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Birth:          ABT  940 
Death:           995 Medinaceli, nr Cordoba
Burial:         St. Peter of Cerdana

Notes
d betw 18 Apr and 19 July 995
m 958/961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garc%C3%ADa_Fern%C3%A1ndez_of_Castile
García Fernández, called of the White Hands (Spanish: Él de las Manos Blancas) 
(Burgos, c.?938 – Córdoba, 995), was the count of Castile and Alava from 970 to 995. 
In May 995, he was captured by a raiding party while out hunting.[1] Wounded in the 
encounter, he was sent to Cordoba as a trophy, but died at Medinaceli in June 995.[1]
Family[edit]

The son of Count Fernán González and Queen Sancha Sánchez of Pamplona, in 970 
he succeeded his father as Count of Castile. He continued to recognise the suzerainty 
of the Kingdom of León, even though he was practically autonomous. In order to 
expand his frontiers at the expense of the Moors, in 974 he expanded the social base 
of the nobility by promulgating decrees stating that any villein of Castrojeriz who 
equipped a knight for battle would enter the ranks of the nobility. He was succeeded 
by his son, Sancho I of Castile.

Marriage and issue[edit]

Around 960, Garcia married Ava de Ribagorza,[2] daughter of Raymond II, count of 
Ribagorza. They had seven children:
Mayor García, married to Raymond III, count of Pallars Jussà. Repudiated by her 
husband, she returned to Castile where she was the abbess of the Monastery of San 
Miguel de Pedroso. With the help of her brother Sancho, she governed the County of 
Ribagorza which would eventually pass to her niece, Muniadona of Castile, the wife of 
King Sancho III of Pamplona.[3]
Sancho García, count of Castile.[4]
Urraca García, the first abbess of the Colegiata de San Cosme y San Damián in 
Covarrubias.[5]
Gonzalo García (died 979),[5][6] speculated to have been ancestor of the Salvadórez 
and the House of Lara
Elvira García, married in 991 to Bermudo II of León[7][2]
Toda García, married Sancho Gómez, son of Count Gómez Díaz of Saldaña[8]
Oneca García, the first abbess of the Monastery of San Juan in Cillaperlata and later 
abess at the Monastery of Monastery of San Salvador de Oña.[3

Parents
GONZALEZ Fernan (ABT  912 - Jun  970)
SANCHEZ OF NAVARRE Sancha (ABT  915 - Dec  959)

Siblings
FERNANDEZ DE LARA Garcia I (ABT  940 -  995)

Marriage To DE RIBAGORZA Aba (Ava) (ABT  943 - AFT  995)
    m. ABT  960 

Notes

Parents
____ Ramon (Raymond) (Raimondo) II (ABT  910 - ABT  970)
DE FEZENSAC Gersinde (ABT  915 - )

Children by DE RIBAGORZA Aba (Ava) ABT  943 - AFT  995
GARCIA Sancho (ABT  965 - 5 Feb 1017)
GARCIA OF CASTILE Elvira (ABT  978 - 1017)

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