Garcia IV of Pamplona
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García Sánchez Abarca of Navarre (d. 1000), called "the Trembling," was briefly King of Pamplona 994–1000.
He was the son of King Sancho Garcés II Abarca and Queen Urraca Fernández of the family of the Counts of Castilla. He married Jimena Fernández, daughter of Count Fernando Vermúdez of Cea and his wife Elvira. Among their children were the future king Sancho Garcés III and Urraca, later the second wife of Alfonso V of Leon.
He tried to escape the submission his father had offered to Córdoba, as a result of which he had to face Almanzor. In 996 he was forced to seek peace in Córdoba.
Towards the year 997, during an expedition of Pamplonans to the land of Calatayud, García killed the governor's brother. Almanzor took revenge by killing 50 Christians.
In the Battle of Cervera in July 1000, he allied with Count Sancho García of Castile, Alfonso V of Leon and García Gómez of Carrión.
| Preceded by: Sancho II | Count of Aragon | Succeeded by: Sancho III |
| King of Navarre |
