García Sánchez III, sometimes
García III,
IV,
V, or
VI (also
García of Nájera, from , November 1016 – 1 September 1054), was
king of Navarre from 1035 to 1054. He was the eldest legitimate son and heir of
Sancho III the Great, born November 1016, and he succeeded his father to the crown of
Navarre, becoming feudal overlord over two of his brothers:
Ramiro, who was given lands that would serve as the basis for the
kingdom of Aragón; and
Gonzalo, who received the counties of
Sobrarbe and
Ribagorza. Likewise, he had some claim to suzerainty over his brother
Ferdinand, who under their father had served as
Count of Castile, nominally subject to the
Kingdom of León but brought under the personal control of Sancho III.