Taifa of Valencia
Taifa of Valencia | |||||||||||
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| 1010–1238 | |||||||||||
 Taifa Kingdom of Valencia, c. 1037 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Valencia | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew, Berber | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | 1010 | ||||||||||
• To Toledo | 1065–1075 | ||||||||||
• To Castile/Almoravids | 1099–1102 / 1102–1145 | ||||||||||
| 1147–1172 / 1172–1229 | |||||||||||
• Conquered by Aragon | 1238 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Dirham and Dinar | ||||||||||
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The Taifa of Valencia was a medieval taifa kingdom which existed, in and around Valencia, Spain during four distinct periods: from 1010 to 1065, from 1075 to 1099, from 1145 to 1147 and last from 1229 to 1238 when it was finally conquered by the Aragon.
From 1094 to 1099 the kingdom was also famously subject to the rule of legendary military leader El Cid.
List of Rulers
Saqlabi dynasty (Servile Rulers)
- Mubarrak: 1010/1–1017 with...
- Muzaffar: 1010/1–1017
- Lab'ib (Tortosa c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40):1017–1019, d. bfr. 1039; with...
- Muyahid (in Denia 1010/2–1045): 1017–1021, d. 1045
Amirid dynasty
- 'Abd al-'Aziz: 1021–1061
- 'Abd al-Malik al-Muzzaffar: 1061–1065
- To Toledo: 1065–1075
- Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz: 1075–1085
- 'Uthman: 1085–1086
Dhunnunid dynasty
- Yahya al-Qadir (in Toledo 1075–1085): 1086–1092
Yahhafid dynasty
- Abu Ahmad Dja'far: 1092–1094
Dynasty of El Cid
- El Cid: 1094–1099
- Jimena Díaz: 1099–1102
- To Castile: 1099–1102
- To Almoravids: 1102–1145
'Abd al-'Aziz dynasty
- Abu 'Abd al-Malik Marwan: 1145
'Jyaddid dynasty
- Abu Muhammad: 1145–1146, d. 1147
Huddid dynasty
'Jyaddid dynasty (restored)
- Abu Muhammad (restored): 1146–1147
Mardanis dynasty
- Zayyan (in Onda 1228–1229, Murcia 1239–1241): 1229–1238, d. 1241
- To Crown of Aragon thereafter
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