Battle of Simancas

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Battle of Simancas
Part of: Reconquista
Iberian Peninsula around 910
Iberian Peninsula around 910
date 939
place near Simancas
output Victory of the Christian army
Parties to the conflict

Blason Léon.svg Leon Navarre Castile
Blason Royaume Navarre.svg
Blason Castille.svg

Caliphate of Cordoba

Commander

Blason Léon.svg Ramiro II of León

Abd ar-Rahman III.

Troop strength
unknown unknown
losses

unknown

unknown

Iberian Peninsula around 1000

The Battle of Simancas (also: Battle of Simancas ) took place in 939 between the troops of the Christian king Ramiro II of León and the Muslim caliph Abd ar-Rahman III. from Cordoba near the town of Simancas near Valladolid . The outcome of the battle decided who was to rule over the lands of the Duero in the future .

prehistory

In 934 Abd ar-Rahman invaded the Christian territories in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula and, with the help of the Moorish governor of Saragossa , Abu Yahya , assembled a large army of Moorish warriors .

battle

The Christian King Ramiro II led the counterattack with an army consisting of his own troops, those of the Castilian Count Fernán González and Navarre troops under García Sánchez I.

Christian and Moorish chronicles tell of a solar eclipse on the day of the battle. The fighting lasted several days and ended with a victory for the Christian army.

Result

For the first time in centuries, the Christians conquered large stretches of land south of the Duero, including the city of Salamanca , but their territorial gains remained contested for a long time; this only changed with the advance of Alfonso VI. in the 1070s and 1080s.

literature

  • Chalmeta Gendrón, Pedro: Simancas y Alhándega. (revista Hispania pags. 359-446). 1976. ISSN  0018-2141 .
  • Ibn Hayyân .: Muqtabis V, Crónica del Califa Abderrahmân III an-Nâsir entre los años 912 y 942 . ed. y trad. de Mª Jesús Viguera y Federico Corriente. Anubar, Saragossa, 1981. ISBN 84-7013-185-0
  • Martínez Díez, Gonzalo: El Condado de Castilla. Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid 2004. ISBN 84-9718-275-8
  • Pérez de Urbel, Justo: El Condado de Castilla. Lot 300 años en que se hizo Castilla. Fomento Editorial, Madrid 1974. ISBN 84-7301-005-1
  • Rodríguez Fernández, Justiniano: Ramiro II, rey de León. La Olmeda, Burgos 1998. ISBN 84-89915-01-6

Coordinates: 41 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  W.