Event 1113-15 Balearic Islands expedition

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An expedition to the Balearic Islands, then a Muslim Taifa (principality), was launched in the form of a Crusade.

Chronology

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  • September 1114: Pisan troops made their way into the city of Ibiza and the Muslim commander surrendered unconditionally.
  • January 1117: The Almoravids coming from the Iberian peninsula reconquered the Balearic Islands in 1116.
  • May 1115: With the capitulation of the Fort of Majorca, the Pisans completed their conquest of the Balearic Islands in April 1115.

Selected Sources

  • Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2020): Conflict and Collaboration in Medieval Iberia, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 113
  • Capo, L. / Ciaralli, A. (2016): Per Enzo. Studi in memoria di Vincenzo Matera, Firenze University Press, p.39
  • Kim Bergqvist, Kurt Villads Jensen, Anthony John Lappin
  • Rogers, R. (1997): Latin Siege Warfare in the Twelfth Century, Clarendon Press, p.167