Polity Taifa of Alpuente

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Was one of the Taifas (independent Muslim principality) in the Iberian Peninsula that emerged in the period following the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.

Establishment

  • January 1010: The Taifa of Alpuente existed from around 1009.

Chronology

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1. Fragmentation of the Caliphate of Córdoba

The Caliphate disintegrated in the early 11th century during the Fitna of al-Andalus, a civil war between the descendants of caliph Hisham II and the successors of his hajib (court official), Al-Mansur, leading to the establishment of a multitude of independent Muslim kingdoms (taifas).

  • January 1010: The Taifa of Alpuente existed from around 1009.

2. Reconquista

Were a series military campaigns from the 8th century until 1492 by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to reconquer the region from the Islamic rulers that had conquered it during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.

  • January 1095: El Cid, a Spanish knight and military leader, conquered Valencia from the Moors in 1094.

Disestablishment

  • January 1107: Taifa of Alpuente conquered by the Almoravids.