Battle of Alcoras ( Spanish: Batalla de Alcoraz ) - a battle between the forces of Aragonese and Almoravids of the Emir of Zaragoza Ahmad II al-Mustain near the city of Alcoras, near Huesca , held on November 15, 1096 . The battle ended with the victory of the Christians.
| Battle of Alcoras | |||
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| Main Conflict: Reconquista | |||
| date of | November 15, 1096 | ||
| A place | Alcoras, near Huesca ( Aragon ) | ||
| Total | Aragonese victory | ||
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Content
- 1 Previous event
- 2 battle
- 3 Interesting fact
- 4 Literature
Previous Event
In 1094, the Aragon army, led by King Sancho I, besieged the Muslim city of Huesca and held a siege for a year. However, when examining the city fortifications, Sancho was wounded by an arrow fired from the wall. This wound soon led him to death on June 4 of that year.
Battle
The new king of Aragon, the son of Sancho Pedro I , along with his brother, the infantry Alfonso , decided to continue the siege of the city. In 1096, the emir of Zaragoza, Ahmad II al-Mustain, decided to come to the rescue of the city and moved at the head of his army to Huesca. But the scouts managed to report this to Pedro I, and part of the Aragonese army, led by the king himself and the Infant Alfonso, moved towards Mustaina.
On the approach to the city, in the Alkoros region, a clash of two armies took place. After the initial onslaught of Muslims, the Aragonese launched a counterattack led by Pedro I himself and drove off the army of al-Mustaina, and soon occupied Huesca.
Interesting fact.
Already in the XIII century, a legend was formed, according to which the Aragonese were able to turn the tide of the battle thanks to the intervention of St. George.
Also, the severed heads of four Muslim rulers in turbans, placed after the battle on the flag of St. George (red cross on a white field), became part of the coat of arms of Aragon. This symbol in this form was borrowed by Sardinia .
Literature
- Zurita y Castro, Jerónimo. “Libro I, Cap. XXXI i Cap. XXXII. " A: “Anales de la Corona de Aragón”, 1580.
- "Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa", p. Alcoraz, Batalla de.