Aznar (or Asnar) Sánchez (, , Gascon: ''Aznar Sans'') (died 836) was the

Duke of Gascony The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the modern region of Gascony. The Duchy of Gascony, then known as ''Wasconia'', was originally a Franki ...

from 820. He was the supposed son of

Sancho I of Gascony Sancho I López or Lupus Sancho (also Lupo; , French: ''Sanche Loup'', Gascony: ''Sans Lop'') was a Duke of Gascony between the years 801 and 812. His parentage is unknown, but onomastics and chronology indicate that he may have been a son of L ...

, though he has been identified with

Aznar Galíndez I Aznar Galíndez I (also '' Asnar Galí'') (died 839) was a Basque Count of Aragon and Conflent from 809 and Cerdanya and Urgell from 820. Aznar has been confused with Aznar Sánchez, Duke of Gascony, and some authorities have even considered the ...

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. In 824, according to the ''

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'', the counts Aznar and Aeblus (''Eblus atque Asenarius committees'') led an army against rebellious

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. According to the ''

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'' of

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, they (''Aeblus et Asinarius comites'') brought a great deal of wealth with them. They were defeated in a "second

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"Higounet, 34. and Pamplona gained its independence while the two counts were captured. Aznar, however, being a relative (''consanguineus'') of his captors, according to

Astronomus ''Vita Hludovici'' or ''Vita Hludovici Imperatoris'' (The Life of Louis or the Life of the Emperor Louis) is an anonymous biography of Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from AD 814 to 840. Author The work was written ...

, was released. Aznar fell out with Berengar's successor in the

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. In 828, Gascony revolted again.Lewis, 45 n47. In 836, Aznar was killed (a horrible death).

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