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This is a patronymic surname, (which is formed by the derivation of a name belonging to the father or other ancestor and applied to the son or other descendant, to denote in these the quality of such). In this case, this lineage has its origins in the derivation of the proper name García, which in the Gothic language meant "Prince of graceful sight" and many of the knights who held it since ancient times, had the dignity of Ricohombres. Many of the numerous houses with the surname G. did not have the same origin, nor did they come from the same solar primitive and trunk. On the contrary, their backgrounds are so diverse and disparate that there is no relationship of kinship between most of them, nor the slightest and most primitive community of blood, since the coincidence of surnamed in the same way, is fully explained with the old and generalized custom of converting into a patronymic surname the proper name of an ancestor. One of the first men named G., who is known, was Ramiro G., Power and Governor in the years 843. In 981 Nuño G. and Fortún G. flourished, the latter Lord of the Tower of Tovar. Another illustrious predecessor was Sancho G. who held the office of Count of Castilla in the 10th century. Some writers claim that several families of this surname come from Garci-Jiménez, the hero of the reconquest of Aragon, which Ainsa won, where he fortified himself , taking the name of King of Sobrarbe. Other authors speak of three G. brothers who were identified in the defense of the city of León, the first time that the Moors took it, and who were the last to abandon it when resistance became impossible. These three brothers separating when leaving León. One went