The taifas (from Arabic: طائفة ṭā'ifa, plural طوائف ṭawā'if, meaning "party, band, faction") were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of...

additions, one in the 9th century and one in the 11th century, under the Taifa king of Zaragoza, Mundir I. During the restoration completed in 1999, a...

build a mosque and openly made the adhan (call to prayer). The Duke of Segorbe (later Viceroy of Valencia) allowed his vassal in the Vall d'Uixó to operate...

Alfonso agreed to this offer. The conquests of the large urban centers of the Taifa of Zaragoza by Alfonso I (Zaragoza, Tudela, Daroca, Calatayud) necessitated...

Valencia, Castellón de la Plana and Segorbe. Guadalete, with capital in Jerez de la Frontera (province of Cadiz) Sub-prefectures in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz...

died prior to 1462; his second wife was Jeanne de Laval, a French noblewoman and daughter Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval and Isabella of Brittany....

in 1879. Erected: 4 April 1417 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Seville Aymar de Aureliano (21 Mar 1421 – 1443 Died) João Manuel (20 Jul 1444 – 9 Jul 1459...

stipulation that it return to The Crown when Martin would marry María de Luna, señora de Segorbe. The villa's direct attachment to the Royal Crown did not last...

at the front and a transept. Situated next to the old mosque the Wasqah Taifa, it came up in the 12th century. The small Romanesque church was dedicated...

Roda. In November 1096, King Pedro I of Aragon conquered Huesca from the taifa of Zaragoza and restored the original see. Pope Urban II decreed (May 11...