Battle of Cabra

Battle of Cabra
	Part of the Reconquista
	; Map of the Taifa of Sevilla.
Date	1079
Location	Cabra, Province of Córdoba, Spain37°28′0.001″N 4°25′59.999″W / 37.46666694°N 4.43333306°W
Result	Victory for Taifa of Sevilla
Belligerents
Taifa of Seville	Taifa of Granada
Commanders and leaders
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid"	Abdallah ibn Buluggin; García Ordóñez (POW); Diego Pérez (POW); Lope Sánchez (POW); Fortuño Sánchez
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Province of Córdoba (Spain) Battle of Cabra (Spain)

The Battle of

Alfonso VI. It resulted in a victory for El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz), who routed the invading forces of Emir Abd Allah of Granada and his Christian allies led by Count García Ordóñez.^[1] El Cid captured Ordóñez and other Christian knights and held them for three days until releasing them to return to Castile.^[2]

References

^ "Battles of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "el Cid"". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

^ Chaytor, Henry John (1933). "Chapter 3: The Reconquest". A History of Aragon and Catalonia. London: Methuan. pp. 39–40.

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[1] "Battles of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "el Cid"". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

[2] Chaytor, Henry John (1933). "Chapter 3: The Reconquest". A History of Aragon and Catalonia. London: Methuan. pp. 39–40.

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