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Birth:          ABT  876 
Death:          AFT  970 

Notes
d by 960
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_of_Pamplona
Toda Aznárez (Basque: Tota Aznar; 876 – 958), known as Toda of Pamplona, was 
Queen consort of Pamplona by her marriage with Sancho I of Pamplona. She was 
daughter of the Count Aznar Sánchez of Larraun and Onneca Fortúnez, and sister of 
Sancha Aznárez, who was married to Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona. Toda was the 
granddaughter of Fortún Garcés of Pamplona.
Biography[edit]

She was the daughter of Aznar Sánchez, lord of Larraun, paternal grandson of king 
García Íñiguez of Pamplona, while her mother Onneca Fortúnez was a daughter of 
king Fortún Garcés. Thus, Toda's children were also descendants of the Arista 
dynasty of Navarrese monarchs. She was sister of Sancha Aznárez, wife of king 
Jimeno Garcés, her husband's brother and successor, while Toda and Sancha were 
also aunts of Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III, through their mother's first marriage to 
‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad.

With the death of her brother-in-law Jimeno in 931, she became regent and guardian 
for her young son, García Sánchez I. In 934 Toda signed a treaty pledging allegiance 
to her nephew Abd-ar-Rahman III, and released hostages of the Banu Di n-Nun clan, 
the caliph confirming the rule of her son García (this has sometimes been interpreted 
as an act of the Caliph to liberate García from his mother's direct control). This led to 
the rebellion in Falces by a count Fortún Garcés, an "irascible man who hated 
Muslims", the uprising being suppressed with Cordoban arms. Toda violated her treaty 
in 937, forcing a punitive campaign.

During several stretches she appears in the royal charters of the kingdom to the 
exclusion of her daughter-in-law, the queen, from 947 to 955, and again in 959. In 958 
she was ruling her own subkingdom, in the area of Degio and Lizarra, towns not 
otherwise identified.[1]

The same year, she took an interest in the health of her Leonese grandson Sancho I, 
whose obesity was largely responsible for his dethronement.[2][3] Toda requested the 
assistance of Abd-ar-Rahman III, the Caliphate of Córdoba being renowned for its 
physicians. The caliph sent her his Jewish physician Hasdai ibn Shaprut, who 
promised to cure Sancho on condition that Toda visit the city of Córdoba.[4] 
Therefore, Toda, her son García Sánchez I of Pamplona and grandson Sancho I of 
León, nobles and clergymen arrived in Córdoba, where they were received with full 
honors and amid much pomp.[5][6][7] The arrival of this Christian queen in the capital 
of an Islamic caliphate enhanced Abd-ar-Rahman III's prestige among his subjects,[8] 
and is considered a landmark in the history of medieval diplomacy.[9] Sancho's 
medical treatment was successful, and he was "relieved from his excessive 
corpulence."[10][11]

She had been an energetic diplomat, arranging political marriages for her daughters 
among the competing royalty and nobility of Christian Iberia. She died in 958

Marriage and children[edit]

Toda was married to Sancho I of Pamplona, with whom she had the following children:
García Sánchez I, King of Pamplona from 925 until 970, married first to Andregoto 
Galíndez, daughter of the Count of Aragon Galindo Aznárez II and later to Teresa 
Ramírez, daughter of Ramiro II of León.
Urraca Sánchez, Queen consort of the Kingdom of León from 931 until 951 after 
marrying Ramiro II of León.
Oneca Sánchez, Queen consort of the Kingdom of León from 926 until 931 after 
marrying Alfonso IV of León.
Sancha Sánchez, Countess consort of the County of Castile after marrying Fernán 
González, first Count of Castile.
Velasquita Sánchez, married first to Munio Vélaz, Count of Álava, second to Galindo 
of Ribargoza and third to Fortún Galindez.
Munia Sánchez
Orbita Sánchez

Parents
SANCHEZ DE LARRON Aznar (ABT  847 - )
FORTUN OF PAMPLONA Oneca (ABT  848 - AFT  890)

Siblings
AZNAREZ OF LARRON Toda (ABT  876 - AFT  970)

Marriage To GARCES Sancho I "Optimo Imperator" (ABT  880 - 10 Dec  925)
    m. ABT  910 

Notes

Parents
JIMINEZ Garcia II (Inigo Arista) (ABT  860 - AFT  890)
DE PALLARS Dadildis (ABT  860 - )

Children by GARCES Sancho I "Optimo Imperator" ABT  880 - 10 Dec  925
SANCHEZ Garcia III ( 913 -  970)
SANCHEZ OF NAVARRE Sancha (ABT  915 - Dec  959)

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