Siege of Toledo (1085)
The siege of Toledo (Arabic: سقوط طليطلة, lit. 'Fall of Ṭulayṭula') was Alfonso VI of León and Castile's siege and conquest of Toledo, capital of the Taifa of Toledo, from Yahya al-Qadir of the Dhulnunid dynasty in Muharram 478 / May 1085. The Castilian conquest of the former Visigothic capital was achieved through a strategy of attrition warfare developed by Castile in the preceding years. As it represented a shift in power on the Iberian peninsula, the siege of Toledo was the most significant event in the taifa period.
| Siege of Toledo (1085) | |||||
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| Part of Reconquista | |||||
The Siege of Toledo as depicted in azulejos at the Plaza de España in Seville, built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Taifa of Toledo | Kingdom of Castile | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Yahya al-Qadir | Alfonso VI | ||||
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