El Cid has set his sights over…

1090 CE

El Cid has set his sights over the past several years on the kingdom-city of Valencia, operating more or less independently of Alfonso while politically supporting the Banu Hud and other Muslim dynasties opposed to the Almoravids.

Around 1089-1090, El Cid, with a combined Christian and Moorish army, had begun maneuvering in order to create his own fiefdom in the Moorish Mediterranean coastal city of Valencia.

Several obstacles lie in his way.

First was Berenguer Ramón II, who rules nearby Barcelona.

In May 1090, El Cid defeats and captures Berenguer in the Battle of Tébar (nowadays Pinar de Tévar, near Monroyo, Teruel).

Berenguer will later be released and his nephew Ramón Berenguer III will marry El Cid's youngest daughter Maria to ward against future conflicts.

Along the way to Valencia, a prize also desired by the new Almoravid rulers of southern Spain, …

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Monroyo Aragon Spain View →

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Alfonso VI of León and Castile View → Berenguer Ramon II View → El Cid View → Ramon Berenguer III View → Sancho Ramírez View →

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Arab people View → Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) View → Moors View → Galicia, Kingdom of View → Islam View → Barcelona, County of View → León, Kingdom of View → Zaragoza, Muslim statelet, or taifa, of View → Aragón, Kingdom of View → Banu Hud View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Almoravid dynasty View → Valencia, Muslim statelet, or taifa, of View → Castile, Kingdom of View →

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Reconquista, the View → Almoravid Conquest of Muslim Spain View → El Cid's Conquest of Valencia View →

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