Toda of Pamplona

Toda Aznárez, also Teuda de Larraun or Tota (c. 885-aft. 970), was the queen-consort of Pamplona through her marriage to Sancho I, who reigned 905-925, and was regent of Pamplona, 931-934.

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

The Codex of Roda gives Sancho and Toda six children:

Oneca (d. 931), married Alfonso IV the Monk of León in 926
Sancha, married firstly Ordoño II of León, secondly Count Alvaro Herraméliz of Álava, and thirdly Fernán González, Count of Castile
Urraca, married Ramiro II of León
Velasquita (or Belasquita), married firstly Munio, count of Vizcaya, secondly Galindo, son of Bernard count of Ribagorza, and thirdly Fortún Galíndez, duke of Nájera.
Orbita
García, king of Pamplona

Ancestry

Family of Toda of Pamplona

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16. Íñigo Arista, King of Pamplona (= #24)

8. García Íñiguez, King of Pamplona (= #12)

4. Sancho Garcés

2. Aznar Sánchez de Laron

1. Toda of Navarre

24. Íñigo Arista, King of Pamplona (= #16)

12. García Íñiguez, King of Pamplona (= #8)

6. Fortún Garcés, King of Pamplona

3. Onneca Fortúnez

7. Oria

References

^ Salas Merino, Vicente (2008). La Genealogía de Los Reyes de España (in Spanish) (4th ed.). Madrid: Editorial Visión Libros. p. 216. ISBN 9788498217674. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

Royal titles
Preceded by Auria	Queen consort of Pamplona 905 – 925	Succeeded by Sancha Aznárez

[1] Salas Merino, Vicente (2008). La Genealogía de Los Reyes de España (in Spanish) (4th ed.). Madrid: Editorial Visión Libros. p. 216. ISBN 9788498217674. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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