Battle of Martorell (1114)

Battle of Martorell (1114)
Part of the Reconquista

The Iberian Peninsula in 1115
Date1114
Location
Martorell, Almoravid dynasty
Result Catalan victory
Belligerents
Coat of Arms of the Crown of Aragon County of Barcelona
County of Urgell
County of Cerdaña		 Almoravid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Coat of Arms of the Crown of Aragon Ramon Berenguer III
Coat of Arms of the Crown of Aragon Udalard Ramon of Rosanes
Ermengol IV of Urgell
Bernard, Count of Cerdanya		 Muhammad ibn al-Haŷŷ [es]
Abu Abd Allah Muhámmad ibn Aysa [es]

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

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 Abu Abd Allah Muhammad Aysa[1] with reinforcements from Muhammad ibn al-Haŷŷ, 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]

The 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. ^ [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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