Gartzia I of Pamplona (810-882), also known as García Íñiguez of Pamplona, was the king of Pamplona from 852 to 882, succeeding Eneko I of Pamplona and preceding Fortun I of Pamplona.
Biography[]
García Íñiguez, also called "Gartzia" in Basque, was born in 810 to Eneko I of Pamplona. He was a Basque Catholic of the House of Iniga. Gartzia was educated in Cordoba as a guest at the court of al-Hakam I of Cordoba, and in 842 he became regent of the Kingdom of Pamplona when his father became paralyzed. In 843, he joined his relative Muza II of Zaragoza in rebellion against Emir Abd-al-Rahman II of Cordoba, but the Cordobans defeated Gartzia badly. After his father's death in 852, Gartzia allied with the Kingdom of Asturias, as Muza II allied with Emir Muhammad I of Cordoba. Muza II allowed some Vikings to pass through his lands to attack Navarre in 859, and they captured King Gartzia, who paid 70,000 gold dinars in ransom. That same year, he dealt a crushing blow to the Zaragozans at the Battle of Monte Laturce when they tried to besiege Albelda, and Gartzia died at the Battle of Aybar in 882 while fighting Cordoban troops in alliance with Umar ibn Hafsun.