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Battle of Cutanda

Type Event Region Europe Time 1120

On 17 June 1120 CE, King Alfonso I 'the Battler' of Aragon, together with Navarrese and Aquitanian reinforcements, routed an Almoravid relief force a…

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  1. 1120Calatayud · AragonAfter conquering Zaragoza in 1118, Alfonso I continued southward; in May 1120, together with Duke William IX of Aquitaine, he besieged Calatayud, the former capital of the Zaragoza taifa, and detached forces to besiege Daroca, cutting off Almoravid strongholds in the Ebro valley.
  2. 1120Cutanda · AragonLearning that an Almoravid relief force led by Ibrahim ibn Yusuf was coming to raise the siege, Alfonso marched north to intercept, engaging the Muslim coalition near Cutanda on 17 June. The Christian cavalry's surprise attack succeeded, the Almoravid army routed, Ibrahim was killed, and the scholar Abu Ali al-Sadafi also fell in battle.
  3. 1120Calatayud and Daroca · AragonWith the relief force destroyed, the garrisons of Calatayud and Daroca lost outside support and successively surrendered to Aragon, as Christian power expanded further southward.

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