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'García IV Sánchez' (died 1000), called 'the Trembling', 'the Tremulous', or 'the Trembler' (in Spanish, ''el Temblón''), was the king of Pamplona and count of Aragón from 994 until his death. He was the son of King Sancho II and Urraca Fernández.
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. In 997 during an expedition into the land of Calatayud, García killed the governor's brother. Almanzor took revenge by beheading 50 Christians.
At the Battle of Cervera in July 1000, he allied with King Alfonso V of León, Count Sancho I of Castile, and Count García Gómez of Carrión.
He married Jimena, daughter of Ferdinand Vermúdez, count of Cea, and Elvira. Among their children were the future king Sancho Garcés III and Urraca, later the second wife of Alfonso V of Leon.