What the records say
- When
- May 1142 – Jun 1142
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 39.98° N, 6.54° W
- Description
- 1142 battle of the Reconquista
Siege of Coria (1142)
12th-century battle of the Reconquista
The second siege of Coria by the Emperor Alfonso VII of León was begun in early May 1142 and ended with the taking of the town in June. Coria had previously been reconquered in 1079 by Alfonso VI. It was lost to the Almoravids sometime not long after Alfonso's death in 1109. Alfonso VII had vainly besieged it in July 1138, in which action his general Rodrigo Martínez was killed.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Reino de León - El rey Alfonso VII reconquista definitivamente la ciudad de Coria (junio de 1142) y restablece su obispado”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار قورية في الفترة ما بين مايو ويونيو”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page