Battle of Morella

The Battle of Morella (14 August 1084×88), southwest of Tortosa, was fought between Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon and Navarre, and Yusuf al-Mu'tamin, King of Zaragoza, while the former was engaged in a campaign of conquest against the latter. All surviving sources for the battle are either later by a generation or literary in character, and they are confused on the chronology and dating of the event. The encounter was a defeat for Sancho and sparked a brief reversal of fortunes in the Navarro-Aragonese Reconquista. The Castilian hero, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, was a general for al-Mu'tamin at the time. According to the Aragonese Crónica de San Juan de la Peña (c.1370), Sancho later sought out El Cid, who had also defeated his father in the Battle of Graus (1063), and defeated him in the year 1088. However, the Crónica is the only source mentioning such an encounter and, as it was written three hundred years later, most leading scholars give no credence to this claim, which was probably intended to justify the prerogatives of Peter IV of the Crown of Aragon.

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Kingdom of Aragon, battle, Taifa of Zaragoza, Kingdom of Pamplona, Taifa of Lérida,

Arago, Arago, Aragon,

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1084-08-20T00:00:00Z

1084 Battle of Morella

1090-01-01T00:00:00Z

1090 Battle of Tevar

1117-12-01T00:00:00Z

1117 Siege of Morella

1232-01-12T00:00:00Z

1232 Siege of Morella

1705-12-28T00:00:00Z

1706-01-09T00:00:00Z

1705 — 1706 Siege of Sant Mateu

1707-11-02T00:00:00Z

1707-11-26T00:00:00Z

1707 Siege of Morella

1707-12-01T00:00:00Z

1708-07-15T00:00:00Z

1707 — 1708 Siege of Ares del Maestrat

1710-01-01T00:00:00Z

1710 Battle of Todolella

1836-10-31T00:00:00Z

1837-04-24T00:00:00Z

1836 — 1837 Siege of Cantavieja

1837-04-24T00:00:00Z

1837-05-03T00:00:00Z

1837 Siege of Benicarló

1837-04-24T00:00:00Z

1837-05-01T00:00:00Z

1837 Siege of Sant Mateu

1838-07-29T00:00:00Z

1838-08-18T00:00:00Z

1838 Siege of Morella

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1840-05-30T00:00:00Z

1840 Capture of Morella

1874-10-29T00:00:00Z

1874-10-30T00:00:00Z

1874 Battle of Villafranca

1875-07-01T00:00:00Z

1875-07-06T00:00:00Z

1875 Capture of Cantavieja

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1084	Battle of Morella	battle, Taifa of Zaragoza, Kingdom of Aragon, Taifa of Lérida, Kingdom of Pamplona	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1090	Battle of Tevar	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1117	Siege of Morella	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1232	Siege of Morella	siege, Crown of Aragon, Taifa of Valencia (third period)	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1705	Siege of Sant Mateu	Kingdom of England, siege, Austrophiles, Bourbonists	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1707	Siege of Morella	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1707	Siege of Ares del Maestrat	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1710	Battle of Todolella	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1836	Siege of Cantavieja	siege, Carlist army, Christinos	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1837	Siege of Benicarló	siege, Carlist army, Christinos	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1837	Siege of Sant Mateu	siege, Christinos, Carlist army	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1838	Siege of Morella	siege, Christinos, Carlist army	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1840	Capture of Morella	siege, Christinos, Carlist army	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1874	Battle of Villafranca	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1875	Capture of Cantavieja	battle	Wikidata
site	tower		Torre de Olocau del Rey	fortified tower	Wikidata
site	tower		Torre Grossa	building, fortified tower	Wikidata

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