Count García Fernández of Castile

  General Notes:

Called of the White Hands (Spanish: Él de las Manos Blancas) (Burgos, 938 \emdash Córdoba, 995), was the count of Castile and Alava from 970 to 995.
He continued to recognise the suzerainty of the Kingdom of León, even though he was practically autonomous. In order to expand his frontiers at the expense of the Moors, in 974 he expanded the social base of the nobility by promulgating decrees stating that any villein of Castrojeriz who equipped a knight for battle would enter the ranks of the nobility.

García married Ava de Ribagorza, daughter of Count Raymond de Ribagorza II and Unknown, in 960.