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Consuegra, Battle of

Years: 1097 - 1097

The Battle of Consuegra is a battle of the Spanish Reconquista fought on August 15, 1097 near the village of Consuegra in the province of Castile-La Mancha between the Castilian and Leonese army of Alfonso VI and the Almoravids under Yusuf ibn Tashfin.

The battle soon turns into Almoravid victory and the son of El Cid, Diego Rodríguez, perishes.

Alfonso with some Leónese retreats into the castle of Consuegra, which is besieged for eight days until the Almoravids withdraw to the south.

"He who does not know how to give himself an account of three thousand years may remain in the dark, inexperienced, and live from day to day."

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan