Galindo Aznárez II (died 922) was

Count of Aragon The County of Aragon () or County of Jaca () was a small Frankish marcher county in the central Pyrenean valley of the Aragon river, comprising Ansó, Echo, and Canfranc and centered on the small town of Jaca (''Iacca'' in Latin and ''Chaca' ...

from 893 to 922. He was the son of

Aznar Galíndez II Aznar Galíndez II was a Count of Aragón (867–893), son and successor of Galindo Aznárez I. Aznar married Oneca, daughter of the king of Pamplona, Garcia Iñíguez, and had: * Galindo Aznárez II *García *Sancha, wife of Muhammad al-Tawil, w ...

and his wife Onneca Garcés, daughter of King

García Íñiguez of Pamplona García or Garcia may refer to: People * García (surname) * Kings of Pamplona/Navarre ** García Íñiguez of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 851/2–882 ** García Sánchez I of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 931–970 ** García Sánchez II of Pamp ...

Life

Galindo succeeded his father as Count of Aragon. In 905 he was part of a coalition that sponsored a ''

coup d'état A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...

'' in

Pamplona Pamplona (; ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood pl ...

in favor of his brother-in-law, Sancho I, that overthrew the ruling Íñiguez dynasty which was replaced by the

Jiménez dynasty The Jiménez dynasty, alternatively called the Jimena, the Sancha, the Banu Sancho, the Abarca or the Banu Abarca, was a medieval ruling family which, beginning in the 9th century, eventually grew to control the royal houses of several kingdoms ...

, another branch that was more favorable to the interests of Aragon. However, he turned on this new king and on 911 attacked him in concert with brother-in-law

Muhammad al-Tawil Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Tawil (, died 913 or 914) was a Muwallad Wāli of Huesca and a prominent Muslim lord in the Upper March (, ''Aṯ-Ṯaḡr al-Aʿlà'') of Al-Andalus in the late-ninth and early-tenth centuries. Acting autonomously from ...

and Abd Allah ibn Lubb al-Qasawi. This coalition was defeated, al-Tawil killed, and Galindo forced to become

vassal A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, the dominant party is called a suzerain ...

of Sancho.

Marriages and issue

Galindo was married twice. By his first wife, Acibella, daughter of Count

García II Sánchez of Gascony García II Sánchez ( Basque: ''Gartzia Antso'', French: ''Garsie-Sanche le Tors'' or ''le Courbé'', Gascon: ''Gassia Sans'', Latin: ''Garsia Sancius Corvum''; died 930), called the Bent, was Duke of Gascony from sometime before 887 to his dea ...

, and his wife Amuna of Périgord, he had three children: * Toda Galíndez, married to Bernat I,

Count of Ribagorza The County of Ribagorza or Ribagorça (; ; ) was a medieval county on the southern side of the Pyrenees, including the northeast of modern Aragón and part of the northwest of modern Catalonia, both in Spain. It was originally the independent c ...

, to whom she brought

Sobrarbe Sobrarbe is a comarca of Aragon, Spain. It is located in the north of Huesca province, making up part of the autonomous community of Aragon. Many of its people speak the Aragonese language locally known as ''fabla''. Sobrarbe is a mountainous ...

. * Redemptus Galíndez, bishop. * Mirón Galíndez, who probably died before his father since he did not inherit the county in spite of being a legitimate son. By his second wife, Sancha Garcés of Pamplona, daughter of

García Jiménez García or Garcia may refer to: People * García (surname) * Kings of Pamplona/Navarre ** García Íñiguez of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 851/2–882 ** García Sánchez I of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 931–970 ** García Sánchez II of Pamp ...

and Onneca Rebelle of Sangüesa, and half-sister of Sancho I, he had: *

Andregoto Galíndez Andregoto Galíndez, of the County of Aragon, was the Queen of Pamplona by marriage to García Sánchez I, prior to being divorced by him before the year 940. She was the mother of Sancho II of Pamplona. Andregoto was one of two daughters born ...

, who inherited the Aragonese county. She was queen of

by her marriage with her first cousin García Sanchez, king of Pamplona (925–970). * Velasquita Galíndez, first married Íñigo López de Estigi y Ciligueta. She could also have been the wife of Count Fortún Jiménez of Aragon ( 943–958). Galindo also sired several illegitimate sons: Guntislo, Sancho, Belasco, Banzo—father of a Galindo—and Aznar.

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