Garcia III of Pamplona

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García III Sánchez (c.919 – 970) was the king of Pamplona from 925 until his death in 970. He was the son of King Sancho I and Toda Aznárez. His father was very old at his birth and died in 925, leaving the kingdom to his six-year-old son. García's mother took over as regent and García's uncle Jimeno became king-regent. Jimeno died in 931, after which the underage García was the sole king.

Through his mother, García was a great-grandson of King Fortún Garcés who had ceased to reign in 905 when imprisoned by enemies, but lived on until Garcia's own reign as a monk in Leyra.

With the support of his energetic and diplomatic mother, García, like his father, engaged in a number of conflicts with the Moors. He married Andregota Galíndez, heiress of Aragón, but divorced her.

García was succeeded by his son Sancho II Garcés, nicknamed Abarca.

"|Preceded by:
Sancho I

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