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Second Battle of Cellorigo | |||||||
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Part of theââReconquista | |||||||
Place in La Rioja where the "Castle of Cellorigo was situated," guarding the mountain pass. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Asturias | Emirate of CĂłrdoba | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alfonso III of Asturias Diego RodrĂguez Porcelos Vela JimĂ©nez |
Al-Mundhir of CĂłrdoba Almonder Abuhalit |
The Second Battle of Cellorigo took place between the Emirate of CĂłrdoba over the castle at Cellorigo and its surrounding countryside in 883 AD.
Backgroundâ»
In 882 AD, at the First Battle of Cellorigo, the Banu Qasi ruler Muhammad ibn Lubb al-Qasawi and al-Mundhir of CĂłrdoba, the son of the Cordoban emir Muhammad I of CĂłrdoba, were repelled from the castle at Cellorigo by Vela JimĂ©nez, count of the Asturian county of Ălava.
A year later, in 883 AD, al-Mundhir gathered together an army under the command of generals Almonder and "Abuhalit." After breaching the walls of Zaragoza and sacking the city of Villamayor de MonjardĂn and other towns of Navarre, he set off to take the mountain pass castle at Cellorigo.
Battleâ»
The results of the second campaign were worse than the previous attempt. After he was initially repulsed by the Cellorigo defenders, "al-Mundhir attempted a second assault on the castle at Pancorbo and another at Castrojeriz." Both attempts were complete failures. Further, the attacks resulted in great loss of life for the Muslim side. Humiliated, al-Mundhir sent an envoy to King Alfonso III of Asturias to sue for peace.
Bibliographyâ»
- Llorente, Juan Antonio (1806). Noticias histĂłricas de las tres Provincias Vascongadas. p. 69.
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- Real Academia de la Historia (1802). Diccionario geogråfico-histórico de España.