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and monastery of San
Emeterio with their dependent villages were detached from Aragon and given to Gonzalo as part of his inheritance. There is no indication that the brothers were on poor terms. Gonzalo subsequently confirmed many charters alongside his brother and they often appear together in
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Blasquita to San Juan de la Peña of the village of Ballarán with the dating clause "the lord king Ramiro reigning in Aragon and his brother Gonzalo in Sobrarbe"
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on 22 August 1036. In Ramiro's charter recording the gift, Gonzalo is given the title of king. In 1037 Gonzalo joined his brothers GarcĂa and Ramiro to confirm a donation of Jimeno GarcĂ©s, Ramiro's godfather, to the
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and a donation of Ramiro to Atón Garcés in 1043). Accepting these, Ubieto Arteta places
Gonzalo's assassination in 1046. Nelson gives reason to believe that it was 1043.
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PĂ©rez de Urbel, p. 22. This is a concession of Aznar AtĂłn, lord of Tena, to
Aldhelm, abbot of the Ribagorzan
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Spain in 1037. Gonzalo's kingdom is shown in green, the same colour as Aragon, which annexed it in 1043.
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for "foremost") to indicate his suzerainty over his brothers, while Ramiro and
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PĂ©rez de Urbel, Justo. "La divisiĂłn del reino por Sancho el Mayor."
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Estudios en Homenaje a Don Claudio Sánchez Albornoz en sus 90 Años
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Gonzalo left no heirs and his short reign was soon forgotten. The
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Ubieto Arteta, Antonio. "Gonzalo, rey de Sobrarbe y Ribagorza."
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