Galindo Aznárez I
Galindo Aznárez I (died 867) was Count of Aragón from 844 to 867.
Biography
Galindo was the son of Aznar Galíndez I (and his wife, a woman of unknown name), who had been Count of Aragón from 809 to 820, when a practical joke played by Galindo on his brother-in-law García Galíndez led the latter to enlist the support of the Pamplona in usurping the county.
Aznar was compensated by French king Louis the Pious with the counties of Urgell, Cerdanya, and Conflent. Galindo received these counties from his father sometime before 833, in which year he usurped the counties of Pallars and Ribagorza. For this action he was dispossessed of Urgell and Cerdagne by Louis in 834, and was subsequently ejected from Pallars and Ribagorza by the Counts of Toulouse. Upon the heirless death in 844 of count Galindo Garcés, son of his father's rival, Galindo was allowed to assume the countship of Aragón in exchange for recognition of the suzerainty of Pamplona over the formerly-French county.
Personal life
Galindo Aznárez and an unknown woman had a son, Aznar Galíndez II, his successor. An 867 charter mentions a son-in-law, king Sancho, suggesting that a daughter of Galindo married Sancho Garcés, younger son of García Íñiguez of Pamplona, and by him became mother of his son, Aznar Sánchez of Larraun.[1]
Count Galindo donated money to the Abbey of San Pedro de Siresa.[2][3]
Sources
- Ubieto Arteta, Antonio (1967). ¿Un nuevo rey pamplonés para el siglo IX? Princípe de Viana 28(108/109):289-291
- Sénac, Philippe (1999). "Estudio sobre los primeros condes aragoneses". Aragón en la Edad Media (Zaragoza: Universidad de Zaragoza) (14-15, opseg 2): 1501-1506. ISSN 0213-2486.
- Ubieto Arteta, Antonio (1986). Cartulario de Siresa. Anubar. Textos Medievales. ISBN 84-7013-217-2.
| Preceded by Aznar Galíndez I |
Count of Urgell 824–834 |
Succeeded by Sunifred I |
| Count of Cerdanya 824–834 | ||
| Preceded by Galindo Garcés |
Count of Aragon 844–867 |
Succeeded by Aznar Galíndez II |