Taifa of Valencia
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The Taifa of Valencia was a medieval taifa
kingdom which existed, in and around Valencia, Spain during four distinct periods: from 1010 to 1065, from 1075 to 1099, from 1145 to 1147 and last from 1229 to 1238 when it was finally conquered by Aragon
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From 1094 to 1099 the kingdom was also famously subject to the rule of legendary military leader El Cid
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Taifa
In the history of the Iberian Peninsula, a taifa was an independent Muslim-ruled principality, usually an emirate or petty kingdom, though there was one oligarchy, of which a number formed in the Al-Andalus after the final collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031.-Rise:The origins of...
kingdom which existed, in and around Valencia, Spain during four distinct periods: from 1010 to 1065, from 1075 to 1099, from 1145 to 1147 and last from 1229 to 1238 when it was finally conquered by Aragon
Kingdom of Aragon
The Kingdom of Aragon was a medieval and early modern kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain...
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From 1094 to 1099 the kingdom was also famously subject to the rule of legendary military leader El Cid
El Cid
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador , was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat...
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Saqlabi dynasty (Servile Rulers)
- Mubarrak: 1010/1-1017 with...
- Muzaffar: 1010/1-1017
- Lab'ib (Tortosa c. 1009-bfr. 1039/40):1017-1019 d. bfr. 1039; with...
- Muyahid (in Denia 1010/2-1045): 1017-1021 d. 1045
Amirid dynasty
- 'Abd al-'Aziz: 1021-1061
- 'Abd al-Malik al-Muzzaffar: 1061-1065
- To ToledoTaifa of ToledoThe taifa of Toledo was a Muslim medieval kingdom located in what is now central Spain. It existed from the fracturing of the long-eminent Muslim Caliphate of Córdoba in 1035 until the Christian conquest in 1085.-History:...
: 1065-1075
- To Toledo
- Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz: 1075-1085
- 'Uthman: 1085-1086
Dynasty of El Cid
- El CidEl CidRodrigo Díaz de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador , was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat...
: 1094-1099 - Jimena DíazJimena DíazDoña Ximena Díaz was the wife of El Cid from 1074 and her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102.-References:*...
: 1099-1102- To CastileKingdom of CastileKingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It emerged as a political autonomous entity in the 9th century. It was called County of Castile and was held in vassalage from the Kingdom of León. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region...
: 1099-1102 - To AlmoravidsAlmoravidsThe Almoravids were a Berber dynasty of Morocco, who formed an empire in the 11th-century that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus. Their capital was Marrakesh, a city which they founded in 1062 C.E...
: 1102-1145
- To Castile
'Jyaddid dynasty (restored)
- Abu Muhammad (restored): 1146-1147
- To MurciaTaifa of MurciaThe Taifa of Murcia was one of the Taifas of medieval Al-Andalus, in what is now southern Spain. It became independent as a taifa centered on the Moorish city of Murcia after the fall of the Omayyad Caliphate of Córdoba...
: 1147-1172 - To Almohads: 1172-1229
- To Murcia
Mardanis dynasty
- Zayyan (in Onda 1228-1229, Murcia 1239-1241): 1229-1238 d. 1241
- To Crown of AragonCrown of AragonThe Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón Corona d'Aragó Corona Aragonum controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain and southeastern France, as well as some of the major islands and mainland possessions stretching across the Mediterranean as far as Greece...
thereafter
- To Crown of Aragon
External links
- http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html