Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Rodrigo Díaz de Villarreal

Battles of Rodrigo Díaz de Villarreal

11th century Castilian nobleman and military leader

Rodrigo Díaz de Villarreal is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1063 and 1097: 8 battles, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,916 km apart end to end, 274 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Reconquista (3), Almoravid conquest of al-Andalus (2), taifa (first period) (1).

Battle of LlantadaBattle of AlmenarBattle of MorellaBattle of GrausBattle of GolpejeraBattle of CabraBattle of Quart de PobletBattle of BairénBattle of GrausBattle of GolpejeraBattle of CabraBattle of Quart de PobletBattle of BairénMadridBarcelonaSevilleCórdobaZaragozaMurciaGranada‎PalmaValladolidPamplona500 km39.904N, 2.045W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1063: 1 engagements1 in 10631068: 1 engagements1 in 10681072: 1 engagements1 in 10721079: 1 engagements1 in 10791082: 1 engagements1 in 10821084: 1 engagements1 in 10841094: 1 engagements1 in 10941097: 1 engagements1 in 109710631097
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Graus, 1063Battle of Llantada, 1068Battle of Golpejera, 1072Battle of Cabra, 1079Battle of Almenar, 1082Battle of Morella, 1084Battle of Quart de Poblet, 1094Battle of Bairén, 109710631097
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 May 1063Battle of GrausGraus, SpainCastilian–Zaragozan victory
19 July 1068Battle of LlantadaLantadilla, Spain380 km WVictory for Castile
12 January 1072Battle of GolpejeraCardeñosa de Volpejera, Spain34 km WVictory for Sancho II of Castile
1079Battle of CabraCabra, Spain531 km SVictory for Taifa of Sevilla
1082Battle of AlmenarAlmenar, Spain644 km NEZaragozan victory
14 August 1084Battle of MorellaTortosa, Spain143 km SWZaragozan victory
25 October 1094Battle of Quart de PobletQuart de Poblet, Spain129 km SVictory for El Cid
1097Battle of BairénGandia, Spain55 km SChristian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.