Battle of Cabra

Battle of Cabra
Part of the Reconquista

Map of the Taifa of Sevilla.
Date1079
Location
Cabra, Province of Córdoba, Spain
37°28′0.001″N 4°25′59.999″W / 37.46666694°N 4.43333306°W / 37.46666694; -4.43333306
Result Victory for Taifa of Sevilla
Belligerents
Taifa of Seville Taifa of Granada
Commanders and leaders
Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid"		 Abdallah ibn Buluggin
García Ordóñez (POW)
Diego Pérez (POW)
Lope Sánchez (POW)
Fortuño Sánchez
Battle of Cabra is located in Province of Córdoba (Spain)
Battle of Cabra
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Location within Province of Córdoba (Spain)
Battle of Cabra is located in Spain
Battle of Cabra
Battle of Cabra (Spain)

The Battle of Cabra took place in 1079 in southern Iberia (now Spain) between two Islamic states, Granada and Seville. Each side was aided by Castilian knights under Alfonso VI. It resulted in a victory for El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz), who routed the invading forces of Emir Abd Allah of Granada and his Christian allies led by Count García Ordóñez.[1] El Cid captured Ordóñez and other Christian knights and held them for three days until releasing them to return to Castile.[2]

  1. ^ "Battles of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "el Cid"". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  2. ^ Chaytor, Henry John (1933). "Chapter 3: The Reconquest". A History of Aragon and Catalonia. London: Methuan. pp. 39–40.