Siege of Coria (1142) begins
05/1142 AD seiged
The second siege of Coria by the Emperor Alfonso VII of León was begun in early May 1142. 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.
The main source for the siege is the second book of the contemporary Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris, which dates the siege to "two years and six months after the capture of Oreja".
The initial response to the arrival of Alfonso's army by the inhabitants of Coria, both the Almoravids (from northern Africa) and the local Muslims, was to fortify the gates against entry or exit with a "strong supporting wall".
Subjects Who or What seiged?
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Castile (Crown of Castile) Nation -
León (Kingdom of) An independent kingdom s... -
Alfonso VII of León and Castile (the Emperor) King of León and ...
Objects To Whom or What was seiged?
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Almoravid dynasty (المرابطون, Al-Murābiṭūn) The Almoravid dynast...
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