GarcÃa Fernández of Castile
García Fernández ( † 995 ) was Count of Castile and Álava.
Life
García was the son of Fernán González, Count of Castile and Sancha Sanchéz, a subsidiary of Navarre King Sancho I Garcés. He succeeded his father as Count 970 of Castile and Álava. At the beginning of his reign, he pursued a balancing policy towards the Caliphate of Córdoba, but allied himself 974 with the kings of Leon and Navarre, and the Beni Gómez, Deza attacked and besieged the fortress of Gormaz, but was defeated by the Muslim General Ghalib. His acquisitions were mostly recaptured after 977 of Almansor. 991, there was a rebellion of his son Sancho, and a rebellion of the nobility after the marriage of his daughter Elvira with Bermudo II of León. García issued 974 of the Fuero Catrojeriz 978 and founded the Infantado of Covarrubias to supply his daughter Urraca. 995 he was wounded in a skirmish and was taken prisoner, where he died after a short time. He was los Tres Santos buried in the church de Córdoba, and later he was transferred to the Castilian monastery of San Pedro de Cardena at Burgos.
Family
García married 958/961 Ava Ribagorza, a daughter of Raimundo II, Count of Ribagorza. They had seven children.
- Mayor ( † after 1035 ) ∞ ( breach 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