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Detail of the Cantiga #63 (13th century), which deals with a late 10th-century battle in San Esteban de Gormaz involving the troops of Count García and Almanzor. [1]The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for ' reconquest ') [a] or the reconquest of al-Andalus [b] was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the ...
The Almoravids made a ruse, attempting to steal cattle in the countryside and flee to provoke the Castilians. The governor of Toledo, Gutierre Armíldez, who was at Alamin Castle, set out with a force of 40 knights to pursue them. The Almoravids emerged from their positions and ambushed the Castilians. A fierce battle ensued.
After the Battle of Sagrajas, in 1093, the Almoravids began taking down the Taifas in Andalusia, as the Taifa of Badajoz had been maintaining an equivocal position between Alfonso VI of León and Castile and the Almoravids, as the ruler of Badajoz, who had been terrified from the Almoravids who were about to overthrow them, finally allied with Alfonso, and in return for the king's protection ...
21 October. The forces of El Cid defeat the Almoravids at the Battle of Cuarte. November. Lisbon is captured from Raymond of Burgundy by the Almoravids led by Syr ibn Abi Bakr. (Date unknown). El Cid conquers the Taifa of Valencia. [185] 1096. August. The First Crusade begins and Urban II later extends crusading indulgences to Spain. [186 ...
New Almoravid attacks had been expected ever since the death of Count Henry, however only in 1116 did an Almoravid army commanded by Abd al-Malik advance against Coimbra and its territory. [16] The Almoravids massacred the garrison of the castle of Miranda do Corvo and captured the garrison of Santa Eulália, including its alcaide Diogo Galinha ...
The Almoravid Caliphate had fallen in Iberia during the Second Crusade and the Second Period of Taifas had arrived. The Almohads arrived at Iberia in 1146 [7] but Christians quickly conquered Santarém, Lisbon, Tortosa and Tarragona before them. [a] It was not until 1172 that the Almohads finished conquering the Taifas.
February: French Siege of Cádiz begins. [3] 24 September: Cortes of Cádiz (national assembly) convenes in Cádiz. 1810-1813 – Population: 85,000. 1812 19 March: Spanish Constitution of 1812 adopted after deliberations of the Cortes of Cádiz. [3] August: Siege of Cádiz ends. [3] 1823 May: Ferdinand VII of Spain imprisoned at Cádiz.
The Almoravid expedition was led by Sir ibn Abu Bakr, who had been appointed as governor of Seville. [133] The Almoravids then returned their attention to Valencia, where another of Ibn Tashfin's nephews, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, was ordered to take the city. [131] [133] He arrived outside its walls in October 1094 and began attacks on the city ...