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Second Battle of Cellorigo

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Second Battle of Cellorigo
Part of the Reconquista

Place in La Rioja where the Castle of Cellorigo was situated, guarding the mountain pass.
Date 883
Location
Result Asturian Victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Asturias Emirate of Cordoba
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso III of Asturias
Diego Rodriguez Porcelos
Vela Jimenez
Al-Mundhir of Cordoba
Almonder
Abuhalit

The Second Battle of Cellorigo took place between the Emirate of Cordoba over the castle at Cellorigo and its surrounding countryside in 883 AD .

Background [ edit ]

In 882 AD , at the First Battle of Cellorigo , the Banu Qasi ruler Muhammad ibn Lubb al-Qasawi and al-Mundhir of Cordoba , the son of the Cordoban emir Muhammad I of Cordoba , were repelled from the castle at Cellorigo by Vela Jimenez , count of the Asturian county of Alava .

A year later, in 883 AD , al-Mundhir gathered together an army under the command of generals Almonder and Abuhalit. After breaching the walls of Zaragoza and sacking the city of Villamayor de Monjardin and other towns of Navarre , he set off to take the mountain pass castle at Cellorigo.

Battle [ edit ]

The results of the second campaign were worse than the previous attempt. After he was initially repulsed by the Cellorigo defenders, al-Mundhir attempted a second assault on the castle at Pancorbo and another at Castrojeriz. Both attempts were complete failures. Further, the attacks resulted in great loss of life for the Muslim side. Humiliated, al-Mundhir sent an envoy to King Alfonso III of Asturias to sue for peace.

Bibliography [ edit ]

  • Llorente, Juan Antonio (1806). Noticias historicas de las tres Provincias Vascongadas . p.  69 . cellorigo vela.
  • Real Academia de la Historia (1802). Diccionario geografico-historico de Espana .