Taifa of Badajoz
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Was one of the Taifas (independent Muslim principality) in the Iberian Peninsula that emerged in the period following the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.
Establishment
January 1010: The taifa of Badajoz rose, like the other taifa kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, after the fragmentation of al-Andalus.
Chronology
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Were a series military campaigns from the 8th century until 1492 by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to reconquer the region from the Islamic rulers that had conquered it during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.
January 1036: Sancho III of Pamplona, also known as Sancho the Great, divided his possessions among his four sons upon his death in 1035.
July 1058: Conquest of Viseu by forces of the Kingdom of Leon.
July 1064: Coimbra, at the mouth of the Mondego, was taken by Christian forces after a six-month siege.
January 1077: In 1076, King Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon conquered the city of Coria, which was under the control of the Emirate of Badajoz.
January 1091: Alfonso VI obtained Lisbon, Sintra and Santarém.
March 1147: Portugal conquered the city of Santarém.
March 1147: Territorial change based on available maps.
June 1147: Siege of Lisbon.
October 1147: In 1147 the Portuguese conquered Lisbon.
December 1147: The Moorish garrisons of Palmela, Sintra and Almada capitulated to the Portuguese.
January 1224: Alfonso II of Portugal conquers Setúbal and Alcácer do Sal from the Moors.
January 1227: Elvas was taken from the Moors in 1226.
January 1230: Alfonso IX of Leon advances along the Guadiana River and conquers Mérida and Badajoz.
June 1230: In 1230, the Kingdom of Leon, under the rule of King Alfonso IX, conquered the entire region of Extremadura, including the cities of Cáceres and Badajoz. This marked a significant expansion of Leon's territory and influence in the Iberian Peninsula.
January 1231: Taifa of Badajoz conquered by Kingdom of Castile.
1.1.Conquests of Yusuf ibn Tashfin
Expansion during the rule of Yusuf ibn Tashfin in the Almoravid Caliphate.
December 1094: The Taifa of Badajoz fell to the Almoravids.
The Caliphate disintegrated in the early 11th century during the Fitna of al-Andalus, a civil war between the descendants of caliph Hisham II and the successors of his hajib (court official), Al-Mansur, leading to the establishment of a multitude of independent Muslim kingdoms (taifas).
Were the conquests of the Taifa of Seville, one of the most powerful Islamic kingdoms in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula.
3.1.Conquests of Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Were the military conquests of Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, emir of the Taifa of Seville.
January 1081: Conquest of the northern part of the taifa of Almeria by the Taifa of Seville.
Were the conquests of Abd al-Mu'min, founder of the Moroccan Almohad Caliphate.
January 1151: The Taifa of Badajoz fell again to the Almohads.
January 1019: The Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve existed from 1018.
January 1023: The Taifa of Lisbon encompassed the Lisbon region, of present-day Portugal, from 1022.
January 1028: Between the years 1027 and 1034, Almanzor I lost the power over the Taifa of Badajoz, which passed into the hands of the taifa of Seville.
January 1035: In the year 1034 The Taifa of Badajoz of was restored.
January 1035: Taifa of Lisbon conquered by the Taifa of Badajoz.
January 1081: The Taifa of Toledo falls to Badajoz.
January 1082: The Taifa of Toledo is independent again.
January 1145: A second independent taifa was briefly recreated in Badajoz, existing from 1144 to 1150.
January 1145: The Taifa of Badajoz existed from 1144.
January 1145: The Taifa of Beja and Évora splits from the Taifa of Badajoz.
January 1146: Taifa of Santarém conquered by Badajoz.
January 1146: Brief intermediate period in which the Taifa of Mértola was annexed to that of Badajoz.
January 1147: End of the brief intermediate period in which the Taifa of Mértola was annexed to that of Badajoz.
January 1213: After the defeat in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, the Almohad power in the Iberian peninsula was greatly weakened and their dominance became purely theoretical, proliferating new taifas that would declare themselves independent.
Disestablishment
January 1231: Taifa of Badajoz conquered by Kingdom of Castile.
