Background
The son of Count Fernán González and Queen Sancha Sánchez of Pamplona, in 970 he succeeded his father as Count of Castile.
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Career
In May 995, he was captured by a raiding party while out hunting. Wounded in the encounter, he was sent to Cordoba as a trophy, but died at Medinaceli in June 995. 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.
In 960, Garcia married Ava of Ribagorza, daughter of Raymond II, count of Ribagorza. They had seven children:
Mayor García, married Raymond III, count of Pallars Jussà
Sancho García
Urraca García entered the monastery of Infantado de Covarrubias
Gonzalo García (died 979), speculated to have been ancestor of the House of Lara
Elvira García, married in 991 to Bermudo II of León
Toda García, married Sancho Gómez of Saldaña
Oneca García, married in 995 Almanzar, chamberlain of Cordoba.
