Battle of Rueda

Battle of Rueda
	Part of the Reconquista
	; Ramiro III of León who abdicated the throne after the disastrous loss at Rueda.
Date	981
Location	Rueda, Valladolid or Roa, Burgos, Spain
Result	Victory for the Caliphate of Córdoba
Belligerents
Kingdom of León; County of Castile; Kingdom of Navarre	Caliphate of Córdoba
Commanders and leaders
Ramiro III of León; García Fernández of Castile; Sancho II of Pamplona	Almanzor

The Battle of Rueda (981) was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista between the Muslim forces of Al-Andalus and a coalition of north-Iberian Christian states. Due to the difficulty in interpreting the various chronicles, historians are still debating the site of the battle. According to Reinhart Dozy, the battle was fought in Rueda in Valladolid, whereas Ruiz Asencio considers that it was Roa, in Burgos, a fortress that had been repopulated in 912.[1]

The Muslim forces were commanded by Almanzor, while the Christian troops were a combined force and the combined from the kingdoms of Leon and Navarre, plus the County of Castile, led by King Ramiro III of Leon, García Fernández of Castile and Sancho II of Pamplona. The battle ended in a disastrous defeat for the Christian kingdoms and resulted in the rebellion of the Galician nobles and the eventual abdication of King Ramiro III in favor of Bermudo II of León.

The battle followed a similar defeat at the Battle of Torrevicente.

References

Martínez Díez 2005, p. 504.

Sources

Martínez Díez, Gonzalo (2005). El Condado de Castilla (711-1038): la historia frente a la leyenda (in Spanish). 2 volumes. Valladolid. ISBN 84-9718-275-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[FOOTNOTEMartínez_Díez2005504-1] Martínez Díez 2005, p. 504.

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