García Fernández (Count)

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García Fernández: Medallion in the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca .

García Fernández († 995 ) was Count of Castile and Álava .

Life

García was the son of Fernán González , Count of Castile and Sancha Sanchéz, a daughter of the Navarre King Sancho I. Garcés . He succeeded his father in 970 as Count of Castile and Álava.

At the beginning of his reign he pursued a balancing policy towards the Caliphate of Córdoba , but allied himself in 974 with the kings of León and Navarre and the Beni Gómez . He attacked Deza and besieged the fortress of Gormaz , but was defeated by the Muslim general Ghalib. Most of his acquisitions were recaptured by Almansor after 977 . In 991 there was an uprising of his son Sancho , as well as a rebellion of the nobility after the marriage of his daughter Elvira to Bermudo II of León. In 974 García issued the Fuero deCastrojeriz and founded the Infantado von Covarrubias in 978 to care for his daughter Urraca. In 995 he was wounded in a skirmish and was taken prisoner, where he died after a short time. He was buried in the Iglesia de los Tres Santos in Córdoba , later he was transferred to the Castilian monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña near Burgos .

family

García married Ava von Ribagorza in 958/961, daughter of Raimundo II, Count of Ribagorza . They had seven children.

  • Mayor († after 1035) ∞ (violated 1026/27) Raimundo III. Count of Pallars
  • Sancho García († 1017), Count of Castile ∞ Urraca († after 1037)
  • Urraca García († after 1038)
  • Gonzalo García († after 1011)
  • Elvira García († 1017) ∞ (991) Bermudo II , King of León († 999)
  • Toda García († after 1031) ∞ Sancho Goméz de Saldaña
  • Oneca García ∞ (995) Almansor († 1002), regent of Córdoba

Remarks

  1. ^ According to LexMA he died on July 29, 995 in Medinaceli , according to fmg.ac on August 1 or 29/30. December 995 in Cordoba .
  2. ↑ Mayor may have been the daughter of García's son Sancho

literature

Web links

CASTILE & LEON, Counts & Kings. In: Medieval Lands. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, accessed March 10, 2012 .

predecessor Office successor
Fernán González Count of Castile
970–995 		Sancho García
personal data
SURNAME García Fernández
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Castile and Avila
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH 995
Place of death unsure: Medinaceli or Córdoba