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Coat of arms of the duchy of Gascony.
Coat of arms of the duchy of Gascony.

García II Sánchez (Basque: Gartzia Antso, French: Garsie-Sanche le Tors or le Courbé, Gascon: Gassia Sans, Latin: Garsia Sancius Corvum, died circa 930), called the Bent, was the duke of Gascony from sometime before 887 to his death. Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Gascon (Gascon; French,) is a dialect of the Occitan language. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Events By Place Europe With the establishment of the Althing, now the world's oldest Parliament, the Icelandic Commonwealth The Duchy of Vasconia (sometimes Wasconia) later known as Gascony, was a Merovingian creation a frontier duchy on the Events By Place Asia Emperor Uda ascends to the throne of Japan.

He was probably a son of Sancho Sánchez or of Sancho Mitarra, though older sources give a genealogy with a Spanish origin. Sancho II Sánchez or Sans II Sancion (died 864) succeeded his brother Aznar Sánchez as count of Vasconia Citerior ( Gascony) in Sancho III ( Basque: Antso, Sanzio, Santio, Sanxo, Santzo, Santxo, or Sancio; French: [1]

His ancestry is, in the end, unknown. He may have been a cousin of Arnold, who some sources claim acted as regent during his minority following his father’s death in 864 (if his father was Sánchez). Arnold (also Arnaut or Arnaud, died 864 was the Count of Fézensac and briefly Duke of Gascony in 864 A regent, from the Latin regens "who reigns" is a person selected to act as Head of state (ruling or not because the ruler is a minor Events By Place Europe July 25 - Edict of Pistres: Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings Other sources place Arnold as Sancho’s successor and date his death to that same year. Whatever the case, García was in power by 887.

In that year, he appeared in a charter issued by the grandees of Aquitaine assembled at Bourges to decide on a course of action in the twilight of the reign of Charles the Fat. Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of Bourges is a commune in central France on the Yèvre river It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital Charles the Fat (Carolus Pinguis 13 June 839 – 13 January 888) was the King of Alemannia from 876 King of Italy from In 904, he was using the title comes et marchio in limitibus oceani: "count and margrave to the limits of the ocean. Events By Place Europe The Royal Mint is founded in England Thessalonica is sacked by the Saracens under " García was the first of a line of dukes which ruled Gascony until 1032 and incorporated the county of Bordeaux into its demesne. The Count of Bordeaux or comes Burdagalensis was the ruler of the city of Bordeaux and its environs in the Merovingian and Carolingian García’s daughter Andregoto married one Raymond, who fathered William the Good, Count of Bordeaux. García divided his domain between his three sons by Amuna:

Notes

  1. ^ Higounet, p 44, calls it "phantasmagorical". Sancho IV Garcés ( Basque: Antzo Gartzia, Gascon: Sans Gassia French: Sanche; died 950 or 955) was William García (also Guillaume Garcès or Guillermo Garcés; died 960 was the first Count of Fézensac. Arnold I García (also Arnaldo Garcés, Arnau Nonat, Arnaud, or Arnaut; died 960 was the first Count of Astarac from 926 Astarac is a region in Gascony, a county in the Middle Ages. It was formed as a county out of the partition of the Duchy of Gascony amongst his son following The Count of Bordeaux or comes Burdagalensis was the ruler of the city of Bordeaux and its environs in the Merovingian and Carolingian Raymond (III Pons (I (died after 944) was the Count of Toulouse from 924. The first comites ( counts) of Toulouse were the administrators of the city and its environs under the Merovingians No succession of such royal Galindo Aznárez II (died 922 was a Count of Aragón (893-922 the son and successor of Aznar Galíndez II. This is a list of the rulers of Aragon, now a region of north-eastern Spain.

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