GarcÃa I of León
García I ( c. 871, † 914 in Zamora) was 910-914, the first king of the medieval Kingdom of León.
He was the son of Alfonso III. , The Great of Asturias and his wife, Jimena of Pamplona, daughter of King García I. Iñiguez of Pamplona / Navarre. García married Munia, a daughter of the Castilian Count Nuño Fernández, the 910 García and his two brothers Fruela and Ordoño during a rebellion against his own father, which led to his overthrow, supported.
After the fall of Alfonso III. shared his children the kingdom of Asturias. García received León, Galicia and Ordoño II Fruela II of Asturias. Both Ordoño II and Fruela were later Kings of Leon. After the capital was moved to Leon, was the Kingdom of León and Asturias acknowledged the primacy of León. After Garcia's death, 914 his brother Ordoño II was because he had fathered no children, proclaimed King of León.