Siege of Oreja

Siege of Oreja
	Part of the Reconquista
Date	April – October 1139
Location	Castle of Oreja on the river Tagus
Result	Christian victory
Belligerents
Castilians, Galicians, Leonese, and Toledans (Christians)	Almoravids (Muslims)
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso VII, Gutierre and Rodrigo Fernández	Ali

The siege of Oreja was a siege by the forces of Alfonso VII, Emperor of Spain, that lasted from April until October 1139 when the Almoravid garrison surrendered. It was the first major victory of the renewed Reconquista that characterised the last two decades of Alfonso's reign. The fortress of Oreja [es] (Aurelia) was located in the left (southern) bank of the Tagus, within the current-day limits of the Spanish municipality of Ontígola.^[1]

^ Larrén Izquierdo, Hortensia (1984). El castillo de Oreja y su encomienda (PDF). pp. 33–34.

[1] Larrén Izquierdo, Hortensia (1984). El castillo de Oreja y su encomienda (PDF). pp. 33–34.

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