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Siege of Coimbra (1064)

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the walls using battering rams, and the Muslim command sought to surrender in exchange for their lives before the final assault, the Muslim general having in fact delivered himself and his family to Ferdinand. The rest of the population, however, did not accept surrender and continued to resist. With food supplies running low in the city, it was violently taken by storm, with many killed and 5000 Muslims taken captive. King Ferdinand entered the city on 9 July 1064.
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They arrived before the walls of the city on 20 January 1064. The Muslim garrison fiercely resisted the Christian attacks. The supply situation of the Christians was not favourable and Ferdinand even pondered lifting the siege. At the end of six months however, his forces managed to open a breach in
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proposed the conquest of the city to Ferdinand of Leon. Ferdinand thus began preparations for the campaign in December 1063, after receiving the remains of
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The military pacification of this territory allowed the city to become an attractor of populations from southern regions, including Mozarab groups.
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by Christian forces took place in 1064, from January to July; it ended on 9 July 1064, a Friday, when the king,
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Reilly, Bernard F. (1988). "The Three Kingdoms: Galicia" and "The Search for a Successor (1092-1096)".
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Ecclesiastics and political state building in the Iberian monarchies, 13th-15th centuries
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Alfonso Sánchez Candeira (1999). "Las Dos Últimas Campañas de Fernando I".
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Reilly, Bernard F. (1988). "The Reconstitution of León-Castilla".
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Castilla y León en el siglo XI: Estudio del reinado de Fernando I
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Before he moved against Coimbra however, he made a pilgrimage to
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The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI, 1065–1109
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The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI, 1065–1109
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Index

Coimbra
Portugal
Coimbra

Kingdom of León
County of Portugal
Taifa of Badajoz

Ferdinand I of León
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Reconquista
Covadonga
1st Roncevaux Pass
Burbia River
Orbieu River
Lutos
Las Babias
Río Quirós
Oviedo
1st Lisbon
1st Barcelona
1st Tortosa
Pancorbo
2nd Roncevaux Pass
Clavijo
Albelda
Guadalacete
Monte Laturce

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