Battle of Llantada

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Battle of Llantada

Date	July 19, 1068
Location	On the banks of the banks of the Pisuerga River on the boundary between León and Castile
Result	Victory for Sancho II of Castile

Belligerents

Sancho II of Castile
Castile

Alfonso VI of León
León

Commanders

Sancho II of Castile
Alfarez Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar

Alfonso VI of León

Strength

unknown

Casualties and losses

unknown

v • d • e Reconquista

Covadonga – Roncevaux Pass – Simancas – Atapuerca – Graus – Llantada – Golpejera – Sagrajas – Ucles – Ourique – Lisbon – Alarcos – Las Navas de Tolosa – Jerez – Teba – Rio Salado – Granada

The Battle of Llantada (Spanish:Batalla de Llantada) was fought on July 19, 1068 in the time of the moorish occupation of the Iberian Peninsula and the middle stages of the Iberian Reconquista, most notably most of southern Iberian Peninsula.

[edit] Battle

King Sancho II of Castile The Strong defeated Alfonso VI of León The Brave on the banks of the Pisuerga River in the boundary between León and Castile. The Castilians under Sancho II of Castile and Rodrigo Diaz defeated the Leónese and Alfonso fleed. Alfonso VI of León lead a campaign against Badajoz, but withdrew when Emir Mamun ibn Dhi-I-Nun of Toledo interceded. Badajoz became tributary to León. Later the Emir of Badajoz died and his two sons disputed the succession.

[edit] Aftermath and Hypothesis

Llantada is the result of a challenge between both kings who served mainly to increase Rodrigo's prestige (it is in this time, when he started to be called "El Campeador") ... and to make him win some ennemies in the Leonese Court, and even in the Castilian one (as a member of the Low Nobility, he was seen as a parvenu by the High noblemen).