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Sack of Lisbon by Alfonso II of Asturias
Sack of Lisbon
Part of Reconquista

Statue of Alfonso II of Asturias by Víctor Hevia
Date798
LocationLisbon, Caliphate of Córdoba
Result Asturian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Asturias Caliphate of Córdoba
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso II of Asturias Unknown
Casualties and losses
Low 50,000 killed or captured (seems exaggerated)
Battles in the Reconquista
8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
Post-Reconquista Rebellions

North Africa
Battles of the Kingdom of Asturias

The sack of Lisbon was an expedition to Lisbon led by Alfonso II of Asturias. The expedition was successful and he secured Galicia up to the Minho. However, he abandoned the city the same day. According to Mariano Torrente [es], it was revenge for the military incursions sent by the Emir of Córdoba against the Kingdom of Asturias after the Battle of Lutos.

The expedition

Alfonso II of Asturias, since he had an alliance with the Frankish Kingdom, decided to invade the western part of the peninsula to distract the Moorish forces, already broken by their civil war. He crossed the Duero, reached the Tagus and, after some resistance, captured and sacked the city. However, he abandoned the city the same day.

Aftermath

After the sacking, Alfonso II sent to Charlemagne coats of mail, mules, Moorish captives and a tent from a Saracen chief. Lisbon may had remained abandoned for a decade until Tumlus started a rebellion and was executed by the Caliphate of Córdoba in 808.

References

  1. Comte de Ségur 1835, p. 50.
  2. ^ Rábade Obradó 2005, p. 21.
  3. ^ Torrente 1847, p. 98.
  4. ^ Cavanah Murphy 1797, p. 154.
  5. J. Hüffer 1933, p. 9.
  6. Iradiel Murugarren 2009, p. 32.
  7. ^ Collins 1989, p. 212.
  8. Comte de Ségur 1835, p. 49.
  9. Rivero 1982, p. 70.
  10. Calvo y Madroño 2006, p. 125.
  11. Fletcher 1852, p. 281.
  12. Paolella 2020, p. 85.
  13. Louis Ganshof 1971, p. 176. sfn error: no target: CITEREFLouis_Ganshof1971 (help)
  14. Livermore 1971, p. 379.

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