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García Sánchez II Abarca of Navarre, called "the Trembling," was king of Navarre from 994 to 1000.
He was the son of King Sancho Garcés II Abarca and Queen Urraca Fernández. He married Jimena Fernández, daughter of Count Fernando Vermúdez and his wife Elvira. Among their children were the future king Sancho Garcés III and Urraca, later the 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 of 1000, he allied with Count Sancho García of Castile, Alfonso V of Leon and García Gómez of Carrión.
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