What the records say
- When
- Jul 1138
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 39.98° N, 6.54° W
- Description
- 1138 battle of the Reconquista
Siege of Coria (1138)
12th-century battle of the Reconquista
The siege of Coria in July 1138 was the first and shorter of two attempts by Alfonso VII of León to take the city of Coria in Muslim Spain. Coria had previously been reconquered in 1079 by Alfonso VI, but was lost to the Almoravids not long after Alfonso's death in 1109. On the heels of a successful razzia (raid) deep into Islamic al-Andalus, Alfonso VII briefly invested the city before retiring.
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