siege, medieval
Siege of Tortosa
Siege of Tortosa was a siege conducted on 1 July 1148 at Turtusha, in what is now Spain; it lasted 6 months. It was part of Second Crusade, which ran from 1147 to 1149. The recorded result: Christian victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 against Unknown.
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Where it sits in Second Crusade
Record
| Date | 1 July 1148 to 30 December 1148 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Turtusha, Spain 40.800N, 0.517E | |
| Kind | Siege, medieval | |
| Strength | 2,000 | Unknown |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commanders |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Dertosa 215 BC, same recorded site
- Siege of Tortosa AD 804, same recorded site
- Siege of Tortosa AD 809, same recorded site
- Siege of Tortosa AD 808, same recorded site
- Siege of Tortosa 1810, 1.3 km N
Contested ground: this site was fought over 10 times between 215 BC and 1810.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Mount Cadmus 6 January 1148
- After: Siege of Damascus 28 July 1148
- All 10 engagements of Second Crusade
Elsewhere in 1148
- Battle of Ghazni Afghanistan
- Siege of Kelibia Tunisia
- Battle of Mezzeh Syria
Siege of Tortosa is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q18008727, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tortosa (1148), revision 1370745889, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.