El conde García Ordóñez, rival del Cid Campeador. Su familia, sus servicios a Alfonso VI

Abstract

Count García Ordoñez appears in literary works exalting the Cid Campeador as his rival. The works concerned are Historia Ruderici Campidocti, Carmen Campidoctoris and the Cantar de Mío Cid. Logically, they also attempt to undermine the figure of Count Garcia by mixing historical and fictitious elements. The authors of the Crónicas Generales fell into the trap and presented these elements as historical fact. This brief article tries to show the historical figure of the Count: his ancestors, wives, children, loyalty to Alfonso VI, his courageous participation in the Reconquest, at the same time demolishing the black legend: his support of the Moors, the king's anger towards him, his ineptitude as a strategist, etc.