Battle of the Morcuera

Battle of the Morcuera
Part of the Reconquista

Iberian Peninsula early 9th Century
Date9 August 865
Location
Hoz de la Morcuera, between Burgos and La Rioja, Spain
Result Umayyad victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Asturias
County of Castile
Toledo rebels		 Emirate of Córdoba
Commanders and leaders
Ordoño I of Asturias
Rodrigo of Castile		 Muhammad I of Córdoba

The Battle of the Morcuera, was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that took place in the Hoz de la Morcuera between the municipalities of Foncea and Bugedo nearby the city of Miranda de Ebro on 9 August, 865. The battle was fought between the combined Christian troops of the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Asturias under Rodrigo of Castile and the UmayyadMuslim forces of the Emirate of Cordoba under Muhammad I of Córdoba. The battle resulted in a victory for the Cordobans and a general retreat in the overall Reconquista process.

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