12/19/966 AD killed by

He was poisoned and subsequently died in 966; he was not yet 35 years old.

According to the chronicle of Sampiro, in the Galician monastery of Castrelo de Miño by the rebel count Gonzalo Menéndez, who gave him a poisonous apple: Gundisaluus, qui dux erat (...) veneni pocula illi in pomo duxit.

The identification of Count Gonzalo Menéndez as Count Gonzalo who poisoned the king is not supported by all historians as his patronymic is not indicated and because of the existence of another contemporary count named Gonzalo Muñoz (Moniz). Sancho I was succeeded by his son Ramiro III.

Although the exact day of his death is not known, it will have occurred between 15 November, the date of the last diploma in which Sancho I appears, and 19 December, the date of the first diploma of his son Ramiro III.

Castrelo De Miño

Lattitude: 42.2944° N
Longitude: 8.0666° W
Region: Europe

Modern Day Spain

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