Íñigo Arista

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Statue of Aristas in Madrid
( J. Oñate , 1750–53)

Íñigo Arista or Basque Eneko Aritza (* 781 ; † 852 ) was the first king of Pamplona between 824 and 842 and Count of Bigorre and Sobrarbe between 810/820 and 852 .

Íñigo Arista was the son of Íñigo Jiménez and Oneca. When his father died, his mother married Musá ibn Fortún of Tudela , one of the princes of the Ebro Valley from the Banu Qasi family , with whose help he was able to ascend the throne. The connection of his mother secured Íñigo Arista a considerable area of ​​dominion: from Pamplona over the Pyrenees valleys of the Irati (Navarra) to the valley of the Hecho in ( Aragón ). The Banu Qasi controlled the fertile banks of the Ebro from Tafalla to the borders of Zaragoza .

Íñigo Arista is considered to be the patriarch of the House of Íñiga, the first royal dynasty of Pamplona. However, the ascent to the Navarre throne was not without difficulties. Parts of the Christian minority population supported the Frankish party, which in turn was supported first by Charlemagne and later by Louis the Pious . The wealthy Christian Velasco family led this group.

In 799 pro-Carolingian partisans murdered the governor of Pamplona Mutarrif ibn Musa from the Banu Qasi family. In 806 the Franks controlled Navarre by means of a Velasco as governor. In 812, two years after Arista had ascended the throne, Louis the Pious started a campaign against Pamplona. He had to withdraw gloriously and took - Charles's fate in mind - women and children from the surrounding villages as hostages in order to secure the passage over the Roncesvalles pass .

In 824 the Frankish counts Elbe and Aznar led another campaign against Pamplona, ​​but were defeated by troops of Íñigo and his sons-in-law, Musá ibn Fortún and García Galíndez von Jaca .

It is from this time that Íñigo Arista is mentioned as King of Pamplona. Eulogius of Córdoba calls him "Christicola princeps" (Christian prince).

The kingdom of Pamplona (later Navarre) thus developed on the basis of a solid alliance between Christians and Moors . The fruit of this alliance was the intervention in the fighting between the Banu Quasi and the Omayads of Cordoba , which found its answer in the reprisals of Abd ar-Rahmans II against Pamplona.

Arista became seriously ill in 841 and remained paralyzed afterwards. His son García Íñiguez took over the affairs of state and led the campaigns. Likewise, he continued the policy of alliances and married his daughter to Musa ibn Musa ibn Fortun .

progeny

The following children emerged from her marriage to Oneca Velázquez, daughter of the ruler of Pamplona Velasco, who died in 816:

  • Assona Íñiguez ∞ Musa ibn Musa ibn Fortún, governor of Tudela and Huesca
  • García Íñiguez († 882), heir to the throne
  • Galindo Íñiguez de Pamplona, ​​† 851 in Córdoba, father of Musa Ibn Galindo, governor of Huesca in 860, murdered in 870 in Córdoba
  • Nunila ∞ García I. Galíndez, “el Malo”, de Aragón.

See also

predecessor Office successor
–– King of Navarre
approx. 824–842 		García Íñiguez
personal data
SURNAME Íñigo Arista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eneko Aritza (Basque)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Pamplona (824–842) and Count of Bigorre and Sobrarbe (810 / 820–852)
DATE OF BIRTH 781
DATE OF DEATH 852