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⚔️ #OnThisDay in 1086, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, ruler of the Almoravid dynasty, defeated the army of Alfonso VI, King of León and Castile at the Battle of Sagrajas near Badajoz, modern day southwest Spain.
Having signed a truce at Burriana, in 1097 El Cid and the King would go on to face an Almoravid ambush led by Muhammad ibn Tashfin at the Battle of Bairén near the Costa del Azahar by land and sea — however, the fabled El Cid would lead the Christians to an impressive victory.
☪️ #OnThisDay in 1154, in the wake of the ill-fated Second Crusade, Nur ad-Din, Zengid emir of Aleppo overthrew Mujir ad-Din Abaq, the final Burid emir of #Damascus and took control of the city.
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🏴 The departure of Richard I, King of England — who died #OnThisDay in 1199 — to the Holy Land.
✝️ #OnThisDay in 33 AD, the Crucifixion of Jesus took place on Mount Calvary, Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea.
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After Pope Eugene III called for the Second Crusade to the Holy Land, he authorised the expansion of the holy war to the Iberian peninsula in the fashion of the #Reconquista in spring 1147.
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