Cid’s Conquest of Valencia
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Knights, Knighthood
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Spain
- Date: 1093-1094
Article abstract: Type of action: Cavalry and infantry battles and sieges during the Reconquest of Spain. Result: El Cid held Valencia during his lifetime, but the Muslims reconquered it at his death.
El Cid Campeador, or the Lord Champion, was born Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar about 1040. His father was a minor nobleman, and his mother a member of the great landowning aristocracy. Spanish legend made El Cid into a national hero, the personification of chivalric virtue.
Díaz de Vivar was raised in the household of Sancho II of Castile, and he became Sancho’s...
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