García Ordóñez

García Ordóñez († May 29, 1108 before Uclés ) was a Castilian nobleman in the 11th century. In the Cantar de Mio Cid , one of the main works of literary folklore in Spain , he is described as the personal enemy of Rodrigo Díaz "El Cid" de Vivar .

García was a son of Ordoño Ordóñez, who had served King Ferdinand I of León-Castile as a standard bearer ( alférez ) . In 1074 he himself was twice the standard-bearer of King Alfonso VI. officially named. The proximity of the family to the royal house was evidently related to the family, as it was probably from King Ramiro III. descended from.

Between the years 1074 and 1080 García is no longer mentioned in any royal documents, probably because he was with King Alfonso VI at that time. fell out of favor and had to go into exile. In the service of the Moorish typhoon king of Granada , he carried out an attack on the typhoon king of Seville in 1079 together with two other exiles from Navarre , but was in the battle of Cabra by Rodrigo Díaz "El Cid" de Vivar , who was currently on the royal order stayed in Seville, beaten and taken prisoner. Only a year later, García's situation had changed significantly when he was first mentioned in Nájera in the position of Count of this city, in which he was confirmed in a royal document dated May 8, 1080. He succeeded not only in returning to royal favor, but also in establishing de facto rule over La Rioja . At the same time there was a break between the king and the Cid, who in turn was forced to go into exile. Apparently García was able to prevail in the power struggle at court and expand his position as the king's confidante. So his marriage fell with the Infanta Urraca, a daughter of King García III. of Navarre , and the appointment of his brother Rodrigo Ordóñez as royal standard-bearer at the same time.

From then on, García appeared regularly as a witness in royal documents. In 1096 he was commissioned together with Gonzalo Núñez de Lara to assist the typhoon king of Saragossa in the fight against King Peter I of Aragon , against whom they were defeated on November 18 in the battle of Alcoraz . Finally he was appointed tutor of the young heir to the throne Sancho Alfónsez , with whom he was killed on May 29, 1108 in the Battle of Uclés against the Almoravids .

literature

Bernard F. Reilly: The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI 1065-1109. Princeton University Press, 1988 ( online ).

Remarks

↑ See Reilly (1988), §5, pp. 76-77.
↑ Historia Roderici didaci campidocti, ed. by Manuel Risco in: La Castilla: y el mas famoso castellano. Discurso sobre el sitio, nombre, extension, gobierno, y condado de la antigua Castilla. Historia del célebre castellano Rodrigo Diaz, llamado vulgarmente el Cid Campeador. (1792), Apendices VI, p. XVIII. See Reilly (1988), §7, p. 131.
↑ Archivo Histórico Nacional de Madrid, Códices, 105B, folio 95r – v and 989B, folio 1v – 2r. See Reilly (1988), §7, p. 132.
↑ Urraca is first mentioned in a donation from her brother Ramiro to the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Nájera on April 18, 1081 as the wife of García Ordóñez. Colección documental de Santa María la Real de Najera I, ed. by Margarita Cantera Montenegro (1991), No. 23, p. 43.
↑ See Reilly (1988), §14, p. 283.
↑ Anales Toledanos I , in: España sagrada: Theatro geographico-historico de la iglesia de España , Vol. 23 (1767), p. 386.
↑ García Ordóñez is identified with the "Count García of Grañón, called Crispus" (comes Garsias de Grannione cognomento Crispus) mentioned in the Crónica Najerense , who appears there as one of the fallen. Crónica Najerense, ed. by Antonio Ubieto Arteta (1966), p. 118. This identification is generally accepted as correct, especially since the last document issued by García documenting a donation to Valbanera Abbey was also dated to 1108. Libro Becerro del monasterio de Valbanera, ed. by Manuel Lucas Álvarez, in: Estudios de edad media de la Corona de Aragón. Vol. 4 (1951), pp. 598-599. See Reilly (1988), §17, p. 353.

Web link

Chapter 2. AZA at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.ac

personal data
SURNAME	García Ordóñez
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish nobleman, Count of Nájera
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	May 29, 1108
Place of death	Uclés

[1] See Reilly (1988), §5, pp. 76-77.

[2] Historia Roderici didaci campidocti, ed. by Manuel Risco in: La Castilla: y el mas famoso castellano. Discurso sobre el sitio, nombre, extension, gobierno, y condado de la antigua Castilla. Historia del célebre castellano Rodrigo Diaz, llamado vulgarmente el Cid Campeador. (1792), Apendices VI, p. XVIII. See Reilly (1988), §7, p. 131.

[3] Archivo Histórico Nacional de Madrid, Códices, 105B, folio 95r – v and 989B, folio 1v – 2r. See Reilly (1988), §7, p. 132.

[4] Urraca is first mentioned in a donation from her brother Ramiro to the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Nájera on April 18, 1081 as the wife of García Ordóñez. Colección documental de Santa María la Real de Najera I, ed. by Margarita Cantera Montenegro (1991), No. 23, p. 43.

[5] See Reilly (1988), §14, p. 283.

[6] Anales Toledanos I , in: España sagrada: Theatro geographico-historico de la iglesia de España , Vol. 23 (1767), p. 386.

[7] García Ordóñez is identified with the "Count García of Grañón, called Crispus" (comes Garsias de Grannione cognomento Crispus) mentioned in the Crónica Najerense , who appears there as one of the fallen. Crónica Najerense, ed. by Antonio Ubieto Arteta (1966), p. 118. This identification is generally accepted as correct, especially since the last document issued by García documenting a donation to Valbanera Abbey was also dated to 1108. Libro Becerro del monasterio de Valbanera, ed. by Manuel Lucas Álvarez, in: Estudios de edad media de la Corona de Aragón. Vol. 4 (1951), pp. 598-599. See Reilly (1988), §17, p. 353.