García II Sánchez of Gascony
García II Sánchez (
Duke of Gascony
from sometime before 887 to his death.
He was probably a son of
Sancho Mitarra, though older sources give a genealogy with a Spanish origin.[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). 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
County of Bordeaux into its demesne. 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:
- Sancho IVinherited a rump duchy of Gascony with the ducal title
- Armagnac)
- Arnold inherited the county of Astarac
- Andregoto, mother of William the Good, Count of Bordeaux
- Garsinda, married Raymond III Pons, Count of Toulouse
- Acibella, married Count of Aragon
Notes
- ^ Higounet, p 44, calls it "phantasmagorical".
Sources
- Higounet, Charles. Bordeaux pendant le haut moyen age. Bordeaux, 1963.
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