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Family of Sancho I+ of PAMPLONA and Toda + of NAVARRE

Husband: Sancho I+ of PAMPLONA (860-925)
Wife: Toda + of NAVARRE (885-970)
Children: Oneca (c. 900- )
Urraca (c. 904- )
Velasquita (c. 907- )
Orbita (c. 910- )
Garcia (c. 912- )
Sancha + (c. 915- )

Husband: Sancho I+ of PAMPLONA

Name: Sancho I+ of PAMPLONA
Sex: Male
Father: Garcia + JIMINEZ (c. 835- )
Mother: Dadildis + of PALLARS (c. 840- )
Birth 0860
Title frm 0905 to 0925 (age 44-65) King of Pamplona
Occupation King of Pamplona
Death 11 Dec 0925 (age 64-65)

Wife: Toda + of NAVARRE

Name: Toda + of NAVARRE
Sex: Female
Father: Aznar + SANCHEZ (c. 860- )
Mother: Onneca + FORTUNEZ (848-890)
Birth 0885
Occupation Queen Consort of Pamplona
Death 0970 (age 84-85)

Child 1: Oneca

Name: Oneca
Sex: Female
Birth 0900 (est)

Child 2: Urraca

Name: Urraca
Sex: Female
Birth 0904 (est)

Child 3: Velasquita

Name: Velasquita
Sex: Female
Birth 0907 (est)

Child 4: Orbita

Name: Orbita
Sex: Female
Birth 0910 (est)

Child 5: Garcia

Name: Garcia
Sex: Male
Birth 0912 (est)

Child 6: Sancha +

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Spouse: Fernan + GONZALEZ

Name: Sancha +
Sex: Female
Spouse: Fernan + GONZALEZ (c. 910-970)
Birth 0915 (est)

Note on Husband: Sancho I+ of PAMPLONA

Sancho I Garcés (c. 860 – December 11, 925) was king of Pamplona from 905 to 925. He was a son of García Jiménez, who was king of "another part of the kingdom" of Pamplona and Dadildis de Pallars, his second wife. In 905, a coalition of enemies of the king, Fortún Garcés: Lubb ibn Muhammed of the Banu Qasi, King Alfonso III of Asturias, Galindo Aznar II of Aragon and Sancho's uncle, Raymond I of Pallars and Ribagorza, deposed the king, and put Sancho on the throne in his place. Throughout his reign, he involved himself in the squabbles among the Muslim lords to the south with repeated success. In 907, he turned on his former ally Lubb ibn Muhammad, killing him in battle. Four years later, another former ally, Galindo Aznar, joined with his brother-in-law Muhammad al-Tawil and Abd Allah ibn Lubb ibn Qasi to attack Sancho, but they were defeated and neutralized as a threat. Al-Tawil fled and was killed shortly afterward, and the power of the Banu Qasi was severely crippled, while Galindo was forced into vassalage to Sancho, leading to the incorporation of the County of Aragon into the Pamplona kingdom. In 920, he teamed with Bernard I of Ribagorza and Amrus ibn Muhammed, son of Muhammad al-Tawil, to attack Banu Qasi-held Monzón. His successes allowed him to join Ultra-Puertos, or Basse-Navarre (Baja Navarra), to his own dominions, and extend his territory as far as Nájera. As a thanksgiving offering for his victories, he founded, in 924, the convent of Albelda.

 

Perhaps to legitimize the succession, Sancho married Toda Aznárez, daughter of Onneca Fortúnez, (who was a daughter of former king Fortún Garcés) and Aznar Sánchez, lord of Larraun. Thus, Sancho and Toda's children were also descendants of the Arista dynasty of Navarrese monarchs, but likewise akin to Abd-ar-Rahman III of Córdoba, a grandson of Onneca by a former husband. When Sancho died in 925, his only son was still quite young. Thus Sancho was succeeded by his brother, Jimeno Garcés, upon whose death Sancho's son García would succeed under that regency of Toda. In his memory, the family would be called the Banu Sanyo (Arabic: ??? ?????, 'descendants of Sancho') by Al-Andalus chroniclers.

 

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 third, nobleman Fortún Galíndez.

Orbita

García, king of Pamplona, married firstly Andregota Galíndez and secondly Teresa

 

Sancho also had an illegitimate daughter:

 

Lupa, mother of Raymond I, Count of Bigorre

Note on Wife: Toda + of NAVARRE

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. Later in life, she ruled a subkingdom created for her.

 

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, Cordóba 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 Cordóba.[4] Therefore, Toda, her son García Sánchez I of Pamplona and grandson Sancho I of León, nobles and clergymen arrived in Cordóba, 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. 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