Battle of Martorell (1114)
{{Short description|1114 battle during the Reconquista}}
{{other|Battle of Martorell (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Martorell (1114)
| place = Martorell, County of Barcelona
| partof = the Almoravid expedition to Catalonia (1114), during the Reconquista
| image = Péninsule ibérique en 1115.png
| image_size = 300px
| caption = The Iberian Peninsula in 1115
| date = 1114
| result = Catalan victory
| combatant1 = File:Blason d'Aragon.svg County of Barcelona
15px County of Urgell
15pxCounty of Cerdaña
| combatant2 = Almoravid Caliphate
| commander1 = File:Blason d'Aragon.svg Udalard Ramon of Rosanes
15px Ermengol IV of Urgell
15px Bernard, Count of Cerdanya
| commander2 = {{ill|Muhammad ibn al-Hajj|es|Muhammad ibn al-Haŷŷ}}{{KIA}}
{{ill|Muhammad ibn Aisha|es|Abu Abd Allah Muhámmad ibn Aysa}}{{DOW}}
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Reconquista}} {{Campaignbox Almoravid Empire battles}}
}}
The Battle of Martorell of 1114 was fought between Ramon Berenguer III and the counties of Urgel and Cerdanya against the Almoravids.
Background
Once freed from the presence of El Cid in Valencia, the Almoravids were able to begin campaigns towards the counties of Barcelona and Urgel and the kingdom of Aragon. In 1114, coming from Valencia and commanded by Muhammad ibn Aisha{{cite web|language=ca |title=Muhammad ibn Aisa |url=http://europaromanica.proyectosbeta.com/es/glosario/listado.php?f_page=4&letter=m |work=Europa Romanica}}{{Dead link|2=http://europaromanica.proyectosbeta.com/es/glosario/listado.php?f_page=4&letter=m|bot=InternetArchiveBot|date=September 2024}} with reinforcements from Muhammad ibn al-Hajj, governor of Zaragoza, they had entered through Lleida via Seo de Urgel and Segarra to the plain of Barcelona.
Meanwhile, the Almoravids of the Balearic Islands, who landed at the mouth of the Besòs River to attack Barcelona, destroyed Sant Adrià de Besòs and Sant Andreu de Palomar.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mR0NAQAAIAAJ&q=almoravits+Bes%C3%B2s+1114 |title=Cuadernos de arqueología e historia de la ciudad |date=1964 |publisher=Museo de Historia de la Ciudad |pages=70}}
Battle
Martorell was evacuated while Ramon Berenguer III and the counties of Urgel and Cerdaña and the garrison of the castle lost by Udalard Ramon de Rosanes{{Cite book |last=Pagès i Paretas |first=Montserrat |author-link= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z1_jNPU9zIoC&dq=1114+martorell&pg=PA103 |title=Art romànic i feudalisme al Baix Llobregat |publisher=Publicacions de la Abadia de Monserrat |year=1992 |isbn= 978-84-7826-300-4|editor-last= |edition= |location= |pages= |language=ca |chapter= |quote= |access-date=5 March 2014}} faced the Almoravids, who were repulsed{{cite web|archive-date=23 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923032852/http://www.enciclopedia.cat/fitxa_v2.jsp?NDCHEC=0040829#.Uxd2iD95MmE |language=ca |title=Martorell |url=http://www.enciclopedia.cat/fitxa_v2.jsp?NDCHEC=0040829#.Uxd2iD95MmE |work=Enciclopèdia.cat}} and pursued, following the coast to Salou.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=La història: El predomini del comtat barceloní |url=http://www.enciclopedia.cat/fitxa_v2.jsp?NDCHEC=0016462#.Uxd22D95MmE |access-date= |website=Enciclopèdia.cat |language=ca |quote=}}
References
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