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Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
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Battle of Uclés (1108)
Part of the Reconquista in present day Spain
The Battle of Uclés was fought on 29 May 1108 during the Reconquista period near Uclés just south of the river Tagus between the Christian forces of Castile and León under Alfonso VI and the forces of the Muslim Almoravids under Tamim ibn-Yusuf. The battle was a disaster for the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Almoravid dynasty
1040–1147 Berber dynasty in west Africa and Iberia
The Almoravid dynasty was a Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus, starting in the 1050s and lasting until its fall to the Almohads in 1147.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Christian kingdom in Iberia (1065–1833)
The Kingdom of Castile was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile, as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of León. During the 10th century, the Castilian counts increased their autonomy, but it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kingdom of León
Country on the Iberian Peninsula (910–1230)
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Sancho Alfónsez
Infante of Castille and Leon (c. 1093–1108)
Sancho Alfónsez was the only son of King Alfonso VI of Castile and León; his mother was the Moorish princess Zaida. Alfonso's heir from May 1107, he eventually co-ruled from Toledo. He predeceased his father, being killed while trying to escape the field of the Battle of Uclés.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)