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Sancho García of Castile

Type Figure Region Castile Time c. 965–1017 Also known as Sancho García of Castile、Sancho el de los Buenos Fueros、桑查·加西亚·德·卡斯蒂利亚

Sancho García (c. 965–1017), Count of Castile and Álava, known as 'the Good Laws,' who ruled Castile independently from 995, promoted the Reconquista…

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  1. 995–1002Burgos · CastileAfter his father García Fernández died in 995, he took full control of Castile. He briefly allied with al-Mansur of Córdoba against his father, then reorganized the Christian alliance to resist Muslim advances around the Battle of Cervera in 1000.
  2. 1010–1017Oña · BurgosHe intervened in the succession of Ribagorza in 1010, weakening Muslim influence. In 1011 he founded the Monastery of San Salvador de Oña and granted charters to several towns, earning the epithet 'the Good Laws.' In 1016 at Zaragoza he arranged the betrothal of his daughter Sancha to the Count of Barcelona, strengthening the network of Christian dynastic marriages.

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