King Garcia II of Galicia Portugal, 1065—1071
12/24/1065 AD inherited
In the division of his father's estates, García was given the County of Galicia, "elevated to the rank of kingdom", that extended south to the Mondego River in Portugal with the parias of the Taifa of Badajoz and Seville.
His eldest brother Sancho received the Kingdom of Castile and the parias of the Taifa of Zaragoza.The second son and his father's favorite, Alfonso, fared best in this division, being given an expanded Kingdom of León that encroached on lands that historically had been Castilian and Galician.
Garcia's Galician kingdom was the most troubled, including lands south of the Duero over which firm administrative control had only been reestablished with the recapture of Coimbra the year before Ferdinand's death. Further, Ferdinand had begun a process intended to weaken the old comital house to bring the nobles more under direct royal control, but not yet finalized at his death. Further, the bishops of Lugo and Santiago were competing for preeminence.
The epitaph later carved on his tomb is the basis for historian Ângelo Ribeiro to conclude that García was the first to use the title King of Portugal.
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