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García II (1041/April 1043 [1] – 22 March 1090), King of Galicia, [a] was the youngest of the three sons and heirs of Ferdinand I, King of Castile and León, and Sancha of León, whose Leonese inheritance included the lands García would be given. Garcia first appears in an 11 September 1064 settlement with Suero, Bishop of Mondoñedo, his ...
García II was the king of Galicia from 1065 to 1071. His father, Ferdinand I the Great, divided his lands among his three sons: Alfonso VI received Leon; Sancho II received Castile; and García II, the youngest, received Galicia with a portion of Portugal (1065).
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García II (1041/April 1043 – 22 March 1090), King of Galicia, was the youngest of the three sons and heirs of Ferdinand I, King of Castile and León, and Sancha of León, whose Leonese inheritance included the lands García would be given. Garcia first appears in an 11 September 1064 settlement with Suero, Bishop of Mondoñedo, his father ...
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García II (1065–1071) - reigned in Galicia and in the County of Portugal until he was deposed by his brothers Alfonso and Sancho in 1071, after which he was made prisoner until his death in 1090. Sancho II (1071-1072) - briefly co-reigned as king of Galicia with his brother Alfonso until he was assassinated in 1072.
When Alfonso III of León was forced by his sons to abdicate in 910, his lands were partitioned, bringing about the first episode of a short-lived distinct kingdom of Galicia. García I obtained the Terra de Fora or León, consisting of the southeastern portion of their father's realm, while Ordoño II held the western lands, i.e., Galicia ...
García II (c. 1042 – 22 March 1090), King of Galicia and Portugal, [1] was the youngest of the three sons and heirs of Ferdinand I, King of Castile and León, and Sancha of León, whose Leonese inheritance included the lands García would be given.
Garcia II of Galicia (1042-22 March 1090) was King of Galicia from 1065 to 1071, succeeding Fernando I of Leon and preceding Sancho II of Castile. Garcia was born in 1042, the youngest of Fernando I of Leon and Sancha of Leon's three sons and the younger brother of Sancho II of Castile and Alfonso VI of Castile. In 1065, he was granted the Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal when his ...
