Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for El Cid across 2 places, from 1043 to 1097.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where El Cid was documented, and when
1043year
Vivar del Cidattested“El Cid was born Rodrigo Díaz circa 1043 in Vivar, also known as Castillona de Bivar, a small town about ten kilometers (or six miles) north of Burgos, the capital of Castile.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1094year
Valenciaattested“He inflicted upon them their first major defeat in 1094, on the plains of Caurte, outside Valencia, and continued opposing them until his death.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1097year
Valenciaattested“Although El Cid remained undefeated in Valencia, Diego Rodríguez, his only son and heir, died fighting against the Almoravids in the service of Alfonso in 1097.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
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Places El Cid is documented in
Valencia2 presences · 1094 to 1097
Vivar del Cid1 presence · 1043
Other places tied to El Cid in the record
In each of these, a source puts El Cid and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1063year
Battle of Grausmentioned“In the spring of 1063, El Cid fought in the Battle of Graus, where Ferdinand's half-brother, Ramiro I of Aragon, was laying siege to the Moorish town of Graus, which was fought on Zaragozan lands in the valley of the river Cinca.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1079year
Kingdom of Leónmentioned“In 1079, El Cid was sent by Alfonso VI to Seville to the court of al-Mutamid to collect the parias owed by that taifa to León–Castile.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1079year
Sevillementioned“In 1079, El Cid was sent by Alfonso VI to Seville to the court of al-Mutamid to collect the parias owed by that taifa to León–Castile.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
8 May 1080exact date
Granadamentioned“This unauthorized expedition into Granada, however, greatly angered Alfonso and May 8, 1080, was the last time El Cid confirmed a document in King Alfonso's court.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1081 to 1094period
Zaragozamentioned“It has been conjectured that he received the honorific title and respectful treatment of contemporaries in Zaragoza because of his victories in the service of the King of the Taifa of Zaragoza between 1081 and 1086; however, he more like…”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1084year
Tortosamentioned“In 1084, he defeated the Aragonese at the Battle of Morella near Tortosa, but in autumn the Castilians started a loose siege of Toledo and later the next year the Christians captured Salamanca, a stronghold of the Taifa of Toledo.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1084year
Battle of Morellamentioned“In 1084, he defeated the Aragonese at the Battle of Morella near Tortosa, but in autumn the Castilians started a loose siege of Toledo and later the next year the Christians captured Salamanca, a stronghold of the Taifa of Toledo.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1086year
Gibraltarmentioned“In 1086, the Almoravid invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, through and around Gibraltar, began.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
May 1090month
Monroyomentioned“In May 1090, El Cid defeated and captured Berenguer in the Battle of Tébar (nowadays Pinar de Tévar, near Monroyo, Teruel).”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
October 1092month
Valenciamentioned“In October 1092 an uprising occurred in Valencia, inspired by the city's chief judge Ibn Jahhaf and the Almoravids.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
1097year
Battle of Consuegramentioned“The latter, Diego Rodríguez, was killed while fighting against the invading Muslim Almoravids from North Africa at the Battle of Consuegra in 1097.”source: Wikipedia: El Cid
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