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
Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad; 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 Cabra took place in 1079 in southern Iberia (now Spain) between two Islamic states, Granada and Seville. Each side was aided by Castilian knights under 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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v t e Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ("El Cid")
Reign	Prince of Valencia (1094–1099)
Battles	Battle of Graus (1063) Battle of Llantada (1068) Battle of Golpejera (1072) Battle of Cabra (1079) Battle of Almenar (1082) Battle of Morella (1084–1088) Siege of Valencia (1092–1094) Battle of Bairén (1097)
Swords	Tizona Colada
Family	Jimena Díaz (wife) Diego Rodríguez (son) Cristina Rodríguez (daughter) María Rodríguez (daughter) García Ramírez of Navarre (grandson) Diego Fernández of Oviedo (father-in-law)
Places	Camino del Cid (cultural itinerary) Tomb of El Cid and Doña Jimena (tomb) Torrecid (camp) Vivar del Cid (birthplace)
Historical sources	Carmen Campidoctoris (epic poem, c. 1083) Ibn Alqama (historian, c. 1100) Ibn Bassam (historian, c. 1109) Historia Roderici (chronicle, c. 1181–1190) Crónica particular del Cid (biography, 1512)
Depictions	Cantar de mio Cid (cantar de gesta, c. 1140–1207) Mocedades de Rodrigo (cantar de gesta, c. 1360) Crónica popular del Cid (biography, 1498) Le Cid (tragicomedy, 1637) Le Cid (opera, 1885) El Cid Campeador (sculpture, 1927) El Cid (film, 1961) Ruy, the Little Cid (animated series, 1980) Rodrigue et Chimène (opera, 1993) El Cid: The Legend (animated film, 2003) El Cid (TV series, 2020)