Battle of Cabra
| date | 1079 |
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| place | near Cabra |
| output | Abbadid victory |
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Taifa Granada ( Zirides ) |
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| Commander | |
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García Ordóñez
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The Battle of Cabra decided a military conflict between the Taifa emirates of Seville and Granada in 1079 . It took place near the border town of Egabro or Igabrum (today Cabra ) in the south of today's Spanish province of Cordoba . The battle ended in a victory for Seville.
Knights from the Kingdom of Castile were involved in the battle on both sides , who at that time were staying at the courts of the two opponents, the Moorish Abbadid Muhammad al-Mutamid of Seville and the Berber Zirid Abdallah Buluggin of Granada, in order for their king To collect tributes .
Rodrigo Díaz, later known as El Cid , led the forces of Seville, while the Berbers were assisted by Count García Ordóñez . In the course of the battle, which was victorious for Seville, the Cid managed to embarrassingly capture García Ordóñez, according to legend, he cut off his beard as a humiliating gesture. Presumably both had already been internal adversaries at the Castilian court before this incident, at any rate this incident established a long hostility between García and the Cid.
Probably because of his participation in this dispute, the cid fell with King Alfonso VI. out of favor of Castile and was banished a little later .
literature
- Richard Fletcher: El Cid. Life and legend of the Spanish national hero. A biography. Beltz et al., Berlin et al. 1999, ISBN 3-88-679312-5 .