, Fortún Garcés Of Pamplona

boy silhouette
Fortún Garcés of Pamplona
b:
d: AFT 905
Biography
Fortún Garcés (Arabic: ????? ?? ??????, Fortoûn ibn Garsiya, d. after925), called the One-Eyed (Arabic: ???????, al-Anqar) or the Monk, wasthe king of Pamplona from 882 to 905.
He was the eldest son of King García Íñiguez, himself the son of kingÍñigo Íñiguez Arista, the founder of the kingdom, and Fortún was to bethe last king of the Arista dynasty.
Prince Fortún was taken prisoner by the Moors in 860 during the invasionof Emir Mohammed I of Córdoba and kept for the next 20 years. While aprisoner in Córdoba, his daughter Onneca Fortúnez married Abdallah ibnMohammed, who would later succeed his father as Emir. He was releasedfrom captivity in 880 and returned to Pamplona, apparently accompanied byhis daughter. He succeeded upon the death of his father at Ayhar in 882in a battle against Emir Mohammed I.
Little is known of the remainder of his reign except the manner of itsending. In 905, an alliance of the Banu Qasi under Lubb ibn Mohammed,King Alfonso III of Asturias, and count Raymond I of Pallars broughtabout a successful coup in favor of the latter''s nephew, Sancho Garcés,son of García Jiménez of "another part of the kingdom", forcing Fortún toretire as a monk to Leyre.
Fortún had several surviving children by his wife Oria, whose parentagehas been subject to much speculation:
Íñigo Fortúnez
Aznar Fortúnez
Blasco (Velasco) Fortúnez
Lope Fortúnez
Onneca Fortúnez, who married firstly Abdallah ibn Mohammed, Emir ofCórdoba, and secondly her cousin Aznar Sánchez of Larraun, grandson ofking García Íñiguez, becoming the mother of the future queens TodaAznárez, wife of Sancho Garcés, and Sancha Aznárez, wife of king JimenoGarcés, as well as grandmother of caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III.
Facts
  • AFT 905 - Death -
  • 882 to 905 - Reign - King ; Pamplona
Ancestors
   
 
   
  
  
?
 
  
 
  
?
 
 
?
  
  
  
?
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) García Íñiguez of Pamplona
Birth805
Death882
Marriageto ?
FatherÍñigo Arista of Pamplona
Mother?
PARENT (U) ?
Birth
Death
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FOneca
Birth
Death
Marriageto Aznar Galíndez II
MFortún Garcés of Pamplona
Birth
DeathAFT 905
Marriageto Oria
MSancho Garcés
Birth
Death
Marriageto Unknown
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Fortún Garcés of Pamplona
Birth
DeathAFT 905
Marriageto Oria
FatherGarcía Íñiguez of Pamplona
Mother?
PARENT (F) Oria
Birth
Death
Marriageto Fortún Garcés of Pamplona
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
MÍñigo Fortúnez
Birth
Death
Marriageto Sancha Garcés of Pamplona
FOnneca Fortúnez
BirthABT 848
DeathAFT 890
Marriage882/883to Aznar Sánchez de Laron
MarriageABT 863to Abdallah ibn Mohammed
Descendancy Chart
Oria
Onneca Fortúnez b: ABT 848 d: AFT 890
Toda Aznárez of Navarre b: 885 d: AFT 970
Alfonso V of León b: ABT 994 d: 7 AUG 1028
Elvira Mendes d: 2 DEC 1022
Alfonso VI of León and Castile b: BEF JUN 1040 d: June 29/July 1, 1109
Constance of Burgundy d: September/October 1093
?
Alfonso VI of León and Castile b: BEF JUN 1040 d: June 29/July 1, 1109
Constance of Burgundy d: September/October 1093
Alfonso V of León b: ABT 994 d: 7 AUG 1028
Elvira Mendes d: 2 DEC 1022
Alfonso VI of León and Castile b: BEF JUN 1040 d: June 29/July 1, 1109
Constance of Burgundy d: September/October 1093
?
Alfonso VI of León and Castile b: BEF JUN 1040 d: June 29/July 1, 1109
Constance of Burgundy d: September/October 1093
Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon b: ABT 1105 d: ABT 1159
Alfonso V of León b: ABT 994 d: 7 AUG 1028
?
Alfonso VI of León and Castile b: BEF JUN 1040 d: June 29/July 1, 1109
Constance of Burgundy d: September/October 1093
?
Alfonso VI of León and Castile b: BEF JUN 1040 d: June 29/July 1, 1109
Constance of Burgundy d: September/October 1093
Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon b: ABT 1105 d: ABT 1159
Alfonso V of León b: ABT 994 d: 7 AUG 1028
Abdallah ibn Mohammed b: 11 JAN 844 d: 15 OCT 912