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'García I Fernández', called 'of the White Hands' (Spanish: ''Él de las Manos Blancas'') (Burgos, 938-Córdoba, 995), was the count of Castile from 970 to 995.
The son of Count Ferdinand I González, 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. He was succeeded by
his son, Sancho I of Castile.