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.

Abbey of San Pedro de Siresa

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 unknown woman had a son, Aznar Galíndez II, his successor.

Count Galindo donated money to the Abbey of San Pedro de Siresa.^[1][2]

Sources

1. 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.
2. Ubieto Arteta, Antonio (1986). Cartulario de Siresa. Anubar. Textos Medievales. ISBN 84-7013-217-2.