Siege of Toledo (1085)
| Siege of Toledo (1085) | |||||||||
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| Part of Reconquista | |||||||||
The Siege of Toledo as depicted in azulejos at the Plaza de España, Seville, built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Taifa of Toledo |
Kingdom of León Kingdom of Castile | ||||||||
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| Yahya al-Qadir | Alfonso VI of León and Castile | ||||||||
The siege of Toledo (Arabic: سقوط طليطلة, romanized: Suqūṭ Ṭulayṭilah, lit. 'Fall of Ṭulayṭilah') was the Leónese siege and eventual conquest of Toledo, the capital of the Taifa of Toledo, by Alfonso VI of León and Castile in Muharram 478 / May 1085. The city, under the hajib (ruler) Yahya al-Qadir of the Dhulnunid dynasty, fell after a prolonged campaign.
The Leónese conquest of Toledo marked a significant turning point in the Reconquista and a major shift in power on the Iberian Peninsula. The city was captured through a strategy of attrition warfare, a method the Kingdom of Castile had refined over the preceding years. As one of the most significant events of the taifa era, the siege underscored Castile's growing dominance in the region.