Toda Aznárez de Larron
- Born: 885, Iberian Peninsula 212
- Marriage: Sancho I García Rey de Pamplona
- Died: After 970, Iberian Peninsula 212
 General Notes:
~Stuart's Royalty For Commoners (223:40) & (293:40), says she is García's mother. She, as Queen and then Queen-Mother (and Queen-Grandmother), played a dominant role in Iberian politics for 50 years. 116
Noted events in her life were:
• Dates & Events. 165
She paid personal homage to 'Abd ar-Rahman III in 958 in Córdoba, Al-Andalus
• Dates & Events. 488
Toda Aznárez, as "domna Tota regina", she is named as the daughter of Aznar Sánchez in the Codex de Roda. ~ Codex de Roda, c. 6, quoted in Settipani (2004), p. 99
Toda married, as his second wife, Sancho I García King of Navarre, son of García II Jiménez King of Pamplona & his first wife Oneca.
"Sancio Garsianis rex…cum coniuge mea Tota Isinari" donated the monastery of San Pedro to the bishop of Oya by charter dated 28 Oct 924. ~Pamplona 2, p. 21
She was regent for her son King García III Sánchez from 933. ~Del Pino, p. 158
Queen Toda became a powerful figure, the principal organiser of the coalition of Christian princes which defeated Abd al-Rahman III at Simancas in 939. ~Payne Chapter 3, p. 49
She developed particular through the marriages of her daughters, not only with three successive Kings of León but also the powerful Condes de Álava and Castilla.
Toda married Sancho I García Rey de Pamplona, son of García II Jiménez Regente de Pamplona and Dadailidis de Bigorre. (Sancho I García Rey de Pamplona was born about 865 in Pampelona, Navarre, Iberia 488 and died in Dec 925 488.)
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