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Siege of Valencia

Siege of Valencia was a siege conducted on 22 April 1238 at Balansiya, in what is now Spain; it lasted 6 months. It was part of the Aragonese conquest of Valencia, which ran from 1225 to 1304. The recorded result: Crown of Aragon victory.

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La obra representa la entrada triunfal del rey Jaime I de Aragón en la ciudad de Valencia, que conquistó a los musulmanes en 1238.
La obra representa la entrada triunfal del rey Jaime I de Aragón en la ciudad de Valencia, que conquistó a los musulmanes en 1238.. Fernando Richart Montesinos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought22 April 1238lasted 6 months
WhereBalansiya, Spain39.467N, 0.367W
OutcomeCrown of Aragon victory
BelligerentsCrown of AragonagainstTaifa of Valencia
Part ofAragonese conquest of Valencia1225 to 1304

Where it sits in the Aragonese conquest of Valencia

Siege of Peñíscola, 1225Siege of Morella, 1232Attack on Albalat, 1233Siege of Burriana, 1233Battle of the Puig, 1237Siege of Almenara, 1238Siege of Valencia, 1238Siege of Xàtiva, 1239Siege of Xàtiva, 1240Siege of Denia, 1244Siege of Biar, 1244Battle of Alcoy, 1276Siege of Montesa, 127712251277Siege of Valencia, 1238
13 placed engagements of the Aragonese conquest of Valencia in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date22 April 1238
to 9 October 1238
PlaceBalansiya, Spain
39.467N, 0.367W
KindSiege, medieval
Commanders
  • Zayyan ibn Mardanish
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 15 times between 75 BC and 1837.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1238

Siege of Valencia is one of 590 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q9078168, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Conquest of Valencia (1238), revision 1380102244, 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.