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Battle of Alarcos: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date July 18, 1195
Location Spain
Participants Almohads • Castile
Context Reconquista

Timeline

Alfonso VI, King of Castile, and His Daughter Urraca
Siege of Toledo
1085
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Battle of Alarcos
July 18, 1195
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Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
July 16, 1212
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Battle of Río Salado
October 30, 1340

Key People

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Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr
Almohad and Muʾminid ruler

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