Sancho I of Gascony
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Sancho I or Lupus Sancho (also Lupo; Basque: Antso Otsoa,[1] French: Sanche Loup, Gascony: Sans Lop, Spanish: Sancho Lobo or Lope) was a Duke of Gascony between the years 801 and 812.
His parentage is unknown, but he may have been a son of Lupus II. He was almost certainly a Basque, as Ermoldus Niger celebrates him in a poem as "of the Vascones." He first appears in the historical record[2] as a nutritus of Charlemagne who accompanied Louis the Pious in the assault on Barcelona in 801. He was probably the leader of the Gascon contingent.
He was the probable brother of Lupus Centule, Seguin I, and Garsand and father of Aznar and Sancho II. Sancho died in 812 and was succeeded by his brother Seguin.
[edit] Notes
- ^ For alternate forms and spellings of his Basque name, see Gascon ducal nomenclature.
- ^ Royal Frankish Annals.
[edit] Sources
- Collins, Roger. The Basques. Blackwell Publishing: London, 1990.
