Back حصار طليطلة (1085) Arabic Setge de Tulàytula Catalan Conquista de Toledo (1085) Spanish Prise de Tolède French Belegering van Toledo (1085) Dutch Осада Толедо (1085) Russian
| Siege of Toledo (1085) | |||||||||
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| Part of Reconquista | |||||||||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Alfonso_VI_reconquista_Toledo.JPG) The Siege of Toledo as depicted in azulejos at the Plaza de España in Seville, built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Taifa of Toledo |
 Kingdom of Castile | ||||||||
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| Yahya al-Qadir |
Alfonso VI | ||||||||
The Siege of Toledo (Arabic: سقوط طليطلة, romanized: Suqūṭ Ṭulayṭilah, lit. 'Fall of Ṭulayṭilah') was the Castilian siege and eventual conquest of Toledo, the capital of the Taifa of Toledo, by Alfonso VI of León and Castile in Muharram 478 / May 1085. The city, ruled by Yahya al-Qadir of the Dhulnunid dynasty, fell after a prolonged campaign.[1][2]
The Castilian conquest of Toledo marked a significant turning point in the Reconquista and a major shift in power on the Iberian Peninsula. The former Visigothic capital was captured through a strategy of attrition warfare, a method Castile had refined over the preceding years.[3] As one of the most significant events of the taifa period, the siege underscored Castile's growing dominance in the region.[3]
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- ^ Corfis, Ivy A.; Wolfe, Michael (1999). The Medieval City Under Siege. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-0-85115-756-6.
- ^ a b "al-Andalus, political history". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_com_30661. Retrieved 2022-11-01.