GARCA

died c. 860 self-styled king or chief of the Navarrese, centred in Pamplona. He is partly legendary, perhaps originally a count and vassal of Asturias, and is said to have reconquered many towns from the Moors. His son Fortn (or Fortunio) was captured and imprisoned by the Moors in 860, and not until about 880 was he free to proclaim himself king of Pamplona. On Fortn's death (905), Sancho I Garcs reigned as the first indisputable king of Pamplona.