Battle of Martorell (1114)

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Battle of Martorell (1114)
Part of the Almoravid expedition to Catalonia (1114), during the Reconquista
Peninsule iberique en 1115.png
The Iberian Peninsula in 1115
Date1114
Location
Result Catalan victory
Belligerents
Blason d'Aragon.svg County of Barcelona
Blason de la famille d'Urgel (Catalogne).svg County of Urgell
Arms of Cerdanya.svg County of Cerdaña
Almoravid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Blason d'Aragon.svg Udalard Ramon of Rosanes
Blason de la famille d'Urgel (Catalogne).svg Ermengol IV of Urgell
Arms of Cerdanya.svg Bernard, Count of Cerdanya
Muhammad ibn al-Hajj  [ es ] 
Muhammad ibn Aisha  [ es ] (DOW)

The Battle of Martorell of 1114 was fought between Ramon Berenguer III and the counties of Urgel and Cerdanya against the Almoravids.

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Background

Once freed from the presence of El Cid in Valencia, the Almoravids were able to begin campaigns towards the counties of Barcelona and Urgel and the kingdom of Aragon. In 1114, coming from Valencia and commanded by Muhammad ibn Aisha [1] with reinforcements from Muhammad ibn al-Hajj, governor of Zaragoza, they had entered through Lleida via Seo de Urgel and Segarra to the plain of Barcelona.

Meanwhile, the Almoravids of the Balearic Islands, who landed at the mouth of the Besòs River to attack Barcelona, destroyed Sant Adrià de Besòs and Sant Andreu de Palomar. [2]

Battle

Martorell was evacuated while Ramon Berenguer III and the counties of Urgel and Cerdaña and the garrison of the castle lost by Udalard Ramon de Rosanes [3] faced the Almoravids, who were repulsed [4] and pursued, following the coast to Salou. [5]

References

  1. "Muhammad ibn Aisa". Europa Romanica (in Catalan).[ permanent dead link ][ dead link ]
  2. Cuadernos de arqueología e historia de la ciudad. Museo de Historia de la Ciudad. 1964. p. 70.
  3. Pagès i Paretas, Montserrat (1992). Art romànic i feudalisme al Baix Llobregat (in Catalan). Publicacions de la Abadia de Monserrat. ISBN   978-84-7826-300-4 . Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  4. "Martorell". Enciclopèdia.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 23 September 2010.
  5. "La història: El predomini del comtat barceloní". Enciclopèdia.cat (in Catalan).

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