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    The Siege of Valencia (1092-1094) or El Cid's conquest of Valencia was fought between the Kingdom of Castile and the Taifa of Valencia. The Castilian victory...
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    the siege continued. By April 1094, the city was starving and he decided to surrender it shortly after. El Cid re-entered Valencia on 15 June 1094, after...
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  • Siege of Valencia may refer to: Siege of Valencia (1065), a siege during the reign of Ferdinand I of León and Castile Siege of Valencia (10921094) Siege...
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    El Cid (category Taifa of Valencia)
    by laying siege to the city. Valencia finally fell in 1094, and El Cid established an independent principality on the Mediterranean coast of Iberia. He...
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  • tradition found in the Estoria de España, shortly after the capture of Valencia in 1094, El Cid ordered his men to give the same deference to those Muslims...
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    Catalan-Aragonese troops of James I of Aragon. Valencia was under Islamic rule since 711, with an eight-year interruption between 1094, when the city had been conquered...
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    Jimena Díaz (category Taifa of Valencia)
    Princess of Valencia from 1099 to 1102. She was the wife and successor of El Cid, whom she married between July 1074 and 12 May 1076. The Principality of Valencia...
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  • El Cid (film) (category Films shot in the province of Cuenca)
    El Cid and join him in the defense of Spain. Knowing that the citizens of Valencia are starving after the long siege, Rodrigo wins them over by throwing...
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    The tight siege would last for almost a whole year, after which Valencia was forced to surrender on 17 June 1094. El Cid took possession of the city,...
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    poetic synonym of "sword" in general. According to the Cantar de Mio Cid, El Cid won the sword from its previous owner, King Yucef in Valencia. Afterward...
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  • Meanwhile, Jimena has a change of heart and follows Rodrigo to Valencia. However, Ordoñez pursues her, and soon both of them are captured by emir Al-Qadir...
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    battles against the Moorish armies and conquered Valencia. By these heroic acts he regained the confidence of the king and his honor was restored. The king...
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    entered the Taifa of Valencia and conquered it in 1094. He ruled for five years until he died defending the city during a siege by the Almoravids. The...
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    the King of Navarre (Pamplona) from 1134. The election of García Ramírez restored the independence of the Navarrese kingdom after 58 years of political...
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    Colada is one of the two best-known swords, along with Tizona, of El Cid. Won in combat from the Count of Barcelona, the sword was presented (along with...
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    Le Cid (category Cultural depictions of El Cid)
    work, and is considered one of the greatest plays of the seventeenth century. The stories of the Cid are based on the life of the Spanish warrior Rodrigo...
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    Vivar del Cid (category Province of Burgos)
    Vivar, or Vivar del Cid, is a village of approximately 260 inhabitants, part of the municipality of Quintanilla Vivar, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) away...
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  • El Cid (TV series) (category Television series about the history of Spain)
    released on July 15, 2021. Ruy is the son of a low-ranking nobleman who died in the service of Ferdinand, Count of Castile (José Luis García Pérez). Ferdinand...
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  • Cristina Rodríguez (noble) (category Year of death unknown)
    daughter of Rodrigo Díaz also known as El Cid and Jimena Díaz. In 1099 or earlier, she married Ramiro Sánchez of Pamplona, the tenant-in-chief of Monzón...
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    Principality of Valencia. Rodrigo Díaz had conquered the Taifa of Valencia and established the Principality of Valencia on June 17, 1094. El Cid had joined...
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    Plain of Valencia and the Gothic Silk Market; in Algemesí (Valencia) the Festivity of La Mare de Déu de la Salut, and in Alicante, the Palmeral of Elche...
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  • The Battle of Graus was a battle of the Reconquista, traditionally said to have taken place on 8 May 1063. Either in or as a result of the battle, King...
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  • conflicts Siege of Breval (1092) Siege of Monteveglio (1092) Siege of Valencia (1093–1094) – Reconquista Siege of Huesca (1094) – Reconquista Siege of Chernigov...
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    Valencia (/vəˈlɛnsiə/; Spanish: [baˈlenθja] ; officially in Valencian: València [vaˈlensia]) is the capital of the province and autonomous community of...
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  • Oviedo, was a member of one of the most noble lineages of the Kingdom of León as the son of Fernando Flaínez and Elvira Peláez, daughter of count Pelayo Rodríguez...
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    Torrecid (category Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Zaragoza)
    Decree of 22 April 1949 and Law 16/1985 of protection of the Spanish Historical Heritage. Located on the right bank of the Jalón river, it is one of the...
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  • Ibn Jahhaf (category Taifa of Valencia)
    Yahya al-Qadir in 1092. This triggered El Cid to invade and lay siege to the city of Valencia. After the fall of the city in June 17 1094, Ibn Jahhaff was...
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    Taifa (category Former monarchies of Europe)
    1011/1012–1065 (to Valencia) Murviedro and Sagunto: 1086–1092 (to Almoravids) Segorbe: 1065–1075 (to Almoravids) Valencia: 1010/1011–1094 (to El Cid, nominally...
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  • María Rodríguez de Vivar (category Countesses of Barcelona)
    consort of Barcelona. Daughter of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, more commonly known as El Cid Campeador and Jimena Díaz. Sources associated with the legend of her...
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    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...
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