García II of Pamplona
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García II Jiménez was the regent of Pamplona from 870 until 880 and apparently (sub- or co-)king until his death in 882.
The Basque ruling dynasty (Jiménez) was apparently in control of a part of what would become the kingdom of Navarre distinct from that held by the the descendants of Iñigo Arista, and García's father Jimeno I of Pamplona appears as equal to Iñigo in a Frankish chronicle in 850. García presumably succeeded his father during the lifetime of García I, and is listed by the Códice de Roda as ruler of "another part of the kingdom" of Pamplona.
When King García I died in 870, while his son and heir Fortún Garcés was imprisoned in Córdoba, García Jiménez is thought to have became uncontested regent of the kingdom and was at least treated as king and used the royal title.
García zealously defended his country against the encroachments of the Moors and Islam, but was killed at Ayhar (882) in a battle against the Emir of Córdoba. King Fortún had been released from captivity in 880 and returned to be king. After the coup against Fortún in 905, Jimeno's house took over the kingship undisputedly.
García Jiménez married firstly a woman named Oneca Rebelle de Sangüesa with whom he had the following issue:
- Íñigo, later co-king
- Sancha, married as her first husband Íñigo Fortúnez, son of king Fortún of Pamplona, and remarried Galindo II Aznárez, Count of Aragon.
García Jiménez married secondly Dadildis de Pallars, sister of Count Raymond I of Pallars and Ribagorza, with whom he had the following issue:
| Preceded by García I |
King of Pamplona (regent) 870–880 |
Succeeded by Fortún |
| Preceded by Jimeno I |
Co- or Sub-king in Pamplona ??–882 |
Succeeded by Íñigo II |
