The Siege of Bayonne was launched Process_start by Alfonso the Battler , King of Aragon and Navarre , apparently against the Duke of Aquitaine , William X , and lasted Process_end from October 1130 to October 1131 .

The chief narrative source for the siege Besieging of Bayonne is the `` Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris '' , a contemporary account of events in Spain compiled to celebrate Social_event the feats of Alfonso VII of León and Castile .

The siege Besieging was a failure , and was lifted after Alfonso had made Manufacturing his famous last will and testament .

The primary sources are insufficient to fully explain Statement the purposes behind Alfonso 's siege Besieging , but historians are unanimous in attributing his actions to his ongoing conflict Hostile_encounter with his western neighbour , Alfonso VII , hero of the aforementioned `` Chronica '' .

The primary sources are insufficient to fully explain Statement the purposes behind Alfonso 's siege Besieging , but historians are unanimous in attributing his actions to his ongoing conflict Hostile_encounter with his western neighbour , Alfonso VII , hero of the aforementioned `` Chronica '' .

The latter had concluded Process_end an alliance with Alfonso 's eastern neighbour , Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona , by marrying Forming_relationships his daughter , Berengaria , in 1127 .

This may have prompted Causation Alfonso to make Manufacturing an attack on Raymond 's allies north of the Pyrenees in an effort to scuttle Raymond 's political aspirations there , for Raymond was an ally of the Duke of Aquitaine .

In March that year , with Suero Vermúdez , he had even taken Creating the capital city of León from some rebels holding Defending out in favour of an illegitimate half-brother of Alfonso VII , one of the sons of his mother , Queen Urraca , and her lover , Pedro González de Lara .

Urraca 's second , childless marriage Forming_relationships was to Alfonso the Battler .

With the death of Urraca , Alfonso VII , her son by an earlier marriage Forming_relationships , succeeded to her position as primary rival of Alfonso the Battler for the rule of these two kingdoms .

With the death of Urraca , Alfonso VII , her son by an earlier marriage Forming_relationships , succeeded to her position as primary rival of Alfonso the Battler for the rule of these two kingdoms .

In besieging Besieging Bayonne , Alfonso the Battler was perhaps hoping to persuade the Count of Toulouse to switch Change allegiance to him and aid Assistance him in his war in Castile .

The attacking Attack army was probably already passing Motion_directional through the Pyrenees when , on 4 September 1130 , Alfonso visited Traveling a chapel in Ardanés , a now depopulated village in the Valle de Hecho .

The first direct reference to the siege dates from 26 October 1130 , when Alfonso issued Creating a `` fuero '' to the town of Corella from Bayonne , called Name_conferral `` the fortress of Bayonne '' ( `` illo castello de Baiona '' ) .

The former records how Pedro González de Lara , after he was captured Conquering by Alfonso VII for his part in the rebellion , joined Becoming_a_member the siege of Bayonne `` in order to bring him [ Alfonso the Battler ] back to Castile '' ( `` ut reducere eum in Castellam '' ) because he wanted `` to wage war in Castile '' ( `` facere bellum in Castella '' ) , that is , continue the revolt .

The former records how Pedro González de Lara , after he was captured Conquering by Alfonso VII for his part in the rebellion , joined Becoming_a_member the siege of Bayonne `` in order to bring him [ Alfonso the Battler ] back to Castile '' ( `` ut reducere eum in Castellam '' ) because he wanted `` to wage war in Castile '' ( `` facere bellum in Castella '' ) , that is , continue the revolt .

According to the `` Chronica '' , `` during the time when Alfonso was at war with the rebel Hostile_encounter nobles ... the King of Aragon had mobilised sizeable armies of knights and infantrymen ... had traveled Traveling then beyond his own borders to Gascony [ where ] he surrounded Surrounding the city of Bayonne which is located near the Garonne River . ''

In the words of the `` Chronica '' : `` Count Pedro asked Request the Count of Toulouse for single combat Hostile_encounter '' ( `` comes Petrus petiit comiti Tolosano singulare certamen '' ) , `` both went out Self_motion to fight much like two strong lions '' ( `` sicut duo leones fortes '' ) , and `` Count Pedro was wounded Bodily_harm by Alfonso 's lance and , falling from his horse , broke Bodily_harm his arm and died Death a few days later '' ( `` et vulneratus est comes Petrus ab hasta comitis Adefonsi et , cadens de equo , fractum est brachium eius et post paucos dies mortuus est '' ) .

Alfonso was apparently unharmed .

It is possible that Pedro González was in the company of Alfonso 's mother , Elvira of Castile , Countess of Toulouse , when the young future count of Toulouse was brought Bringing back to Europe from Outremer .

In any case they shared Communication a history going back at least to the disputed Quarreling succession of Alfonso VII .

Besides the aforementioned knights , infantry , and siege Besieging engines , Alfonso also blockaded Besieging the city with ships on the river Adour .

The siege dragged on Change_event_time , however , and during his year-long absence from Spain , Alfonso the Battler lost Earnings_and_losses Castrojeriz and the other places he held Defending in Castile west of the Sierra de la Demanda to Alfonso VII .

The siege dragged on Change_event_time , however , and during his year-long absence from Spain , Alfonso the Battler lost Earnings_and_losses Castrojeriz and the other places he held Defending in Castile west of the Sierra de la Demanda to Alfonso VII .

The siege continued through the summer , but in July and August Alfonso was leading forces Hostile_encounter in a place called Name_conferral `` Rocha Tallata '' or `` Rocathalada '' , possibly modern Peyrehorade .

While still besieging Besieging Bayonne ( `` in obsessione Baione '' ) , Alfonso drafted Writing his will in October 1131 : it contains Containing the last datable reference to the siege Besieging .

After the failed Fifth Siege of Gibraltar in 1349–50 , which ended Process_end with the death of King Alfonso XI of Castile from bubonic plague , the Kingdom of Castile was preoccupied with the Castilian Civil War and its aftermath .

In 1369 , Sultan Muhammed V of Granada took advantage of the Castilians ' distractions and in the Siege of Algeciras ( 1369 ) he seized Hold the city of Algeciras , on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar , which Alfonso XI had captured in 1344 .

Albania at the time was suffering Bodily_harm a crisis of power as Skanderbeg , the chief of the League of Lezhë , became Becoming a vassal of Alfonso the Magnanimous , the king of Aragon .

Worried about another growing Expansion adversary in the Venetian Gulf , the Republic of Venice tried Change to turn Skanderbeg 's allies against him in order to weaken Alfonso 's influence .

The Battle of Salé was a raid Military_operation of the Moroccan city of Salé by King Alfonso X of Castile in 1260 , when the city was governed by the Marinid dynasty .

According to historian Ibn Khaldun , when the Marinid dynasty took Conquering control over Salé from the Almohad Caliphate , Yacoub ben Abdellah le Mérinide rebelled Hostile_encounter against his uncle Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq , and sought the assistance Assistance of King Alfonso X. Ruy López de Mendoza , Admiral of Castile formed Coming_to_be an armada to assist Assistance with Castilian crusades on the North African coast .

The day before Eid al-Fitr in year 658 of the Hijra ( September 1260 ) , thirty-seven warships were sent Sending to Salé by King Alfonso X .

After the failure of the battle , Ruy Lopèz de Mendoza fled Escaping to Portugal in fear of King Alfonso X .

The Siege of Algeciras ( 1342–44 ) was undertaken during the Reconquest of Spain by the Castillian forces of Alfonso XI assisted Assistance by the fleets of the Kingdom of Aragon and the Republic of Genoa .

The Fourth Siege of Gibraltar , fought Hostile_encounter from June until August 1333 , pitted a Christian army under King Alfonso XI of Castile against a large Moorish army led by Muhammed IV of Granada and Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid of Fes .

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The Fifth Siege of Gibraltar , mounted Military_operation between August 1349 and March 1350 , was a second attempt by King Alfonso XI of Castile to retake Conquering the fortified town of Gibraltar .

Alfonso brought Bringing an army of around 20,000 men , along with his mistress and their five illegitimate children , to dig Motion in to the north of Gibraltar for a lengthy siege .

Alfonso refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to abandon GiveUp the siege but fell victim to the plague on 27 March 1350 , becoming Becoming the only monarch to die Death of the disease .