Battle of Ourique

Battle of Ourique
	Part of the Portuguese Reconquista
	; "The Miracle of Ourique" by Domingos Sequeira (1793)
Date	25 July 1139
Location	Ourique in Alentejo (southern Portugal); 39°10′12″N 8°45′36″W / 39.1700°N 8.7600°W
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
County of Portugal	Almoravids
Commanders and leaders
Afonso Henriques Royal ensign Garcia Mendes de Sousa; Mem Moniz; Diogo Gonçalves de Cete †; alcaide of Coimbra Gonçalo Dias de Góis;	Muhammad Az-Zubayr Ibn Umar
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Ourique (Arabic: معركة أوريكه) was a battle that took place on 25 July 1139, in which the forces of Portuguese count Afonso Henriques (of the House of Burgundy) defeated those led by the Almoravid governor of Córdoba, Muhammad Az-Zubayr Ibn Umar, identified as "King Ismar" in Christian chronicles.

Background

Learning that during his Battle of Valdevez against Alfonso VII of León, Muslim forces had attacked and destroyed Leiria and Trancoso, Afonso Henriques's anxiety at this incursion at his southern frontier hastened his negotiations with Alfonso VII of León, leading to the Treaty of Zamora and freeing Afonso Henriques's troops to deal with the Muslim attack.^[1]

References

↑ Lay, S. (2008-11-28). The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-58313-9.

[1] Lay, S. (2008-11-28). The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-58313-9.

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