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Birth:          ABT  830 
Death:           922 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%C3%BAn_Garc%C3%A9s_of_Pamplona
Fortún Garcés (Basque: Orti Gartzez; died 922) nicknamed the One-eyed (el Tuerto), 
and years later the Monk (el Monje), was King of Pamplona from 882 until 905. He 
appears in Arabic records as Fortoûn ibn Garsiya (????? ?? ?????). He was the eldest 
son of García Iñíguez and grandson of Íñigo Arista, the first king of Pamplona. 
Reigning for about thirty years, Fortún Garcés would be the last king of the Íñiguez 
dynasty.
Biography[edit]

Fortún was born at an unknown date, being the eldest son of García Íñiguez,[1] king 
of Pamplona, and a woman named Urraca, who could have been the granddaughter of 
Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi, the leader of the Banu Qasi clan.[2] Little is known about his 
early life.

King García Íñiguez had worked towards a closer relationship with the Kingdom of 
Asturias, distancing himself and his kingdom from the Banu Qasi dynasty that ruled the 
lands near the Ebro river. He was involved in repeated armed conflicts with the Muslim 
forces of the Banu Qasi,[3] and Muhammad I, emir of Córdoba, who invaded Pamplona 
in the year 860 and captured Fortún in Milagro, along with his daughter Onneca 
Fortúnez and took them hostages in Córdoba.[1] The Wali of Zaragoza Muhammad ibn 
Lubb sieged and ultimately destroyed the castle of Aibar, resulting in the death of the 
king García Íñiguez. After the death of his father, Fortún Garcés was allowed to return 
to Pamplona to take his place as king.[4] Fortún Garcés reigned with a policy very 
accommodating to the wishes of the Banu Qasi clan, which caused anger between the 
Pamplonese nobility. He would frequently retire to the Monastery of Leyre.

A drastic change took place in 905, when Sancho Garcés was chosen by the 
Pamplonese nobility to replace Fortún Garcés as king.[5] The reasons behind this 
decision reside in the fact that Sancho Garcés had a very well respected military 
prestige and had the support of important figures such as Raymond I, Count of Pallars 
and Ribagorza, Galindo Aznárez II, Count of Aragon and Alfonso III, King of Asturias.
[5]

Fortún Garcés permanently retired to the Monastery of Leyre in 905,[5] where he died 
in 922.[6]

Marriage and descendants[edit]

Fortún was married to Auria, who could have been the granddaughter of Musa ibn 
Musa ibn Qasi [7] with whom he had the following children:
Íñigo Fortúnez,[8] married to Sancha Garcés, daughter of García Jiménez of Pamplona 
and Onecca Rebelle of Sangüesa.
Aznar Fortúnez,[8] little is known about him.
Velasco Fortúnez,[8] who had three children: Jimena, wife of Íñigo Garcés, son of 
García Jiménez of Pamplona.
Lope Fortúnez[8]
Onneca Fortúnez,[8] first married to Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi of Córdoba and 
later to Aznar Sánchez of Larraun, with whom she had several children, including 
Queen Toda of Pamplona.[1]

Parents
INIGUEZ Garcia I (ABT  805 -  882)
____ Urraca ()

Siblings
GARCES OF PAMPLONA Sancho (ABT  830 - )
GARCES Fortun (ABT  830 -  922)
GARCES Oneca Inigo (ABT  830 - )
GARCES Jimena (ABT  845 - )

Marriage To ____ Auria (Aria) (Aurea) ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Auria (Aria) (Aurea) 
FORTUN OF PAMPLONA Oneca (ABT  848 - AFT  890)

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