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Name: Taifa of Lérida

Type: Polity

Start: 1041 AD

End: 1110 AD

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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 1041: Between c. 1040 and c. 1105, the Taifa of Lérida was separate from that of Zaragoza.
  • Chronology


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    1. Reconquista


    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 1070: Conquests of Ramiro I of Aragon during the Reconquista by 1069.
  • January 1094: Between 1087 and 1093, Peter of Aragon took Estada, Monzón and Almenar.
  • January 1105: Conquests of Pedro I of Aragon during the Reconquista by 1104.

  • 1.1.Crusade of Barbastro

    A military expedition by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, sanctioned by Pope Alexander II, to take the Spanish city of Barbastro form the Muslims.

  • September 1064: An international expedition, sanctioned by Pope Alexander II, took the Spanish city of Barbastro.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • June 1065: In 1065, the king of the taifa of Zaragoza, Al-Muqtadir, with the help of the other rulers of al-Andalus, reconquered the city of Barbastro.

  • January 1071: Barcelona conquers of Agramunt.

  • January 1106: Conquest of Balaguer.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1111: Lérida appears to have fallen to the Almoravids that year.
  • Selected Sources


  • Expansión peninsular de la Corona de Aragón. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 21 September 2021. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Expansi%C3%B3n_peninsular_de_la_Corona_de_Arag%C3%B3n.png
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