Battle of Cutanda

Part of Battles of the Reconquista

Cutanda

Date	17 June 1120
Location	Cutanda
Result	Victory for combined forces of Aragon and Navarre Calatayud and Daroca in Christian hands

Belligerents

Almoravid dynasty

Aragon and Navarre

Battles of the Almoravids

Sijilmassa (1055) Sagrajas (1086) Bairén (1097) Consuegra (1097) Uclés (1108) Toledo (1109) Talavera (1109) Zaragoza (1110) Zaragoza (1110) Santarém (1111) El Congost de Martorell (1114) Coimbra (1117) Cutanda (1120) Fraga (1134) Ourique (1139) Oreja (1139) Montiel (1143) Santarém (1147) Sacavém (1147) Lisbon (1147)

Reconquista

The Battle of Cutanda or Batalla de Cutanda was a battle in June of the year 1120 between the forces of Alfonso I the Battler and an army led by Ibrahim ibn Yusuf occurring in a place called Cutanda, near Calamocha (Teruel), in which the Almoravid army was defeated by the combined forces, mainly of Aragon and Navarre.

Alfonso I was aided by William IX, Duke of Aquitaine. After this battle the Aragonese captured the fortified towns of Calatayud and Daroca.

References

Cañada Juste, Alberto, La batalla de Cutanda (1120), 1997; Xiloca nº 20 ISSN 0214-1175
Tucoo-Chala, Pierre, Quand l'Islam était aux portes des Pyrénées, 1994; Biarritz: J&D Editions ISBN 2-84127-022-X

Coordinates: 40°56′10″N 1°11′06″W / 40.93611°N 1.18500°W / 40.93611; -1.18500

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