García I (Navarre)

García I. Sánchez in a 19th century depiction

García I. Sánchez (* around 919; † February 22, 970 ) was King of Navarre from the House of Jiménez from 931 to 970 . He was a son of King Sancho I. Garcés and Toda Aznárez .

history

Since García was only six years old when his father died in 925, his uncle Jimeno Garcés initially took over the rule in Pamplona . When he died in 931, another uncle, Íñigo Garcés , claimed the reign for himself, but he was successfully ousted from Pamplona by Toda in 933. In any case, García had been the reigning king in name since 931 at the age of twelve, but his mother actually led the reign. In 934 the troops of the Caliph Abd ar-Rahman III fell. in Navarre; this forced Toda to submit to the suzerainty of the Caliphate of Cordoba , but at the same time recognized her son as king. Around the same time García himself took over the rule and married Andregoto , the heiress of the county of Aragón , which borders east on Navarre . Before 943 he separated from her and married Teresa, who is mentioned for the first time that year and was possibly a daughter of King Ramiro II of León . It was last mentioned in a document in September 957.

In 939, a united Christian army led by Ramiros II of León was able to end the power of the caliph north of the Duero in the victorious battle of Simancas . Later García got involved in the Leonese fratricidal fight in favor of his nephew Sancho I against his half-brother Ordoño III. In 958 he granted Sancho I exile in Pamplona after Ordoño IV had ousted him from León . Now in league with the caliph, he was able to restore his nephew to the throne of León the following year. García died on February 22, 970 and was buried in the chapel of the Castle of San Estebán near Villamayor de Monjardín .

progeny

From his first marriage to Andregoto von Aragón († 971) he had a son:

• Sancho II. Garcés († 994), King of Navarre, Count of Aragón.

From his second marriage to Teresa († after 957) he had three children:

• Ramiro Garcés († 981), King of Viguera.
• Urraca Garcés; 1. ∞ with Count Fernán González of Castile († 970), 2. ∞ with Wilhelm II of Gascogne († probably 996).
• Jimeno Garcés († after 979).

literature

• Antonio Ubieto Arteta: Los reyes pamploneses entre 905 and 970. In: Príncípe de Viana. Vol. 24 (1963), pp. 77-82.
• Alberto Cañada Juste: Un milenario navarro: Ramiro Garcés, rey de Viguera. In: Príncípe de Viana. Vol. 42 (1981), pp. 21-38.

Web links

Commons : García Sánchez I of Pamplona  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• GARCÍA III 931-970 at fmg.ac.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ He is also called García III. if you include the kings from the house of Iñiguez.
2. ↑ Textos navarros del Códice de Roda, ed. by José María Lacarra de Miguel in: Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón. Vol. 1 (1945), §13, p. 236. ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Textos navarros del Códice de Roda, ed. by José María Lacarra de Miguel in: Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón. Vol. 1 (1945), p. 255. ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla (759-1076), ed. by Antonio Ubieto Arteta (1976), No. 30, p. 45. See Cañada Juste (1981), p. 24.
5. ↑ Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla (759-1076), ed. by Antonio Ubieto Arteta (1976), No. 76, p. 90.
6. ↑ Cronica de Sampiro §25, ed. by Justo Pérez de Urbel, Atilano González Ruiz-Zorrilla in: Historia Silense: edición crítica e introducción (1959), p. 169.
7. ↑ See Cañada Juste (1981), pp. 26-27.
8. ↑ Textos navarros del Códice de Roda, ed. by José María Lacarra de Miguel in: Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón. Vol. 1 (1945), pp. 255 and 259. ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Jimeno Garcés is only mentioned in a document in a donation from his brother Sancho II to the Abbey of San Pedro de Siresa on February 15, 979. Cartulario de Siresa, ed. by Antonio Ubieto Arteta (1960), No. 11, p. 32.

predecessor	Office	successor
Jimeno Garcés	King of Navarre 931–970	Sancho II.