Auria—also known as Oria—was an early consort of

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. She is known from a single historical source, the ''

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'', which only gives her name and not her parentage. Historian and professor Antonio Rei has put forward the hypothesis that she could have been the granddaughter of

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, while genealogist

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suggested this and two other alternatives when addressing her possible parentage.

Marriage and issue

She married King

Fortún Garcés of Pamplona Fortún Garcés ( Basque: ''Orti Gartzez''; died 922) nicknamed the One-eyed (''el Tuerto''), and years later the Monk (''el Monje''), was king of Pamplona from 870/882 until 905. He appears in Arabic records as ''Fortoûn ibn Garsiya'' (''فرت ...

, who died in 922. These are the children of Auria and Fortún: *Íñigo Fortúnez *Aznar Fortúnez *Velasco Fortúnez *Lope Fortúnez *

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References

Sources

*Aguado Bleye, Pedro; Alcazar Molina, Cayetano ''Prehistoria, edades antigua y media''. *Collins, Roger (2012). ''Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031''. Blackwell publishing. * * * {{refend Navarrese royal consorts 10th-century people from the Kingdom of Pamplona 9th-century people from the Kingdom of Pamplona 10th-century Spanish women 9th-century Spanish women