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Facts

Date 1085
Location Spain • Toledo
Participants Moor • Castile
Context Reconquista

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Alfonso VI, King of Castile, and His Daughter Urraca
Siege of Toledo
1085
Battle of Alarcos
July 18, 1195
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
July 16, 1212
Battle of Río Salado
October 30, 1340

Key People

Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI
king of Leon and Castile