Siege of Toledo (1085)

Siege of Toledo (1085)
Part of Reconquista
The Siege of Toledo as depicted in azulejos at the Plaza de España in Seville, built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
Date 1085 Location Toledo
Belligerents
Taifa of Toledo	Kingdom of Castile
Commanders and leaders
Yahya al-Qadir	Alfonso VI

The siege of Toledo (Arabic: سقوط طليطلة, lit. 'Fall of Ṭulayṭula') was Alfonso VI of León and Castile's siege and conquest of Toledo, capital of the Taifa of Toledo, from Yahya al-Qadir of the Dhulnunid dynasty in Muharram 478 / May 1085.^[1][2] The Castilian conquest of the former Visigothic capital was achieved through a strategy of attrition warfare developed by Castile in the preceding years.^[3] As it represented a shift in power on the Iberian peninsula, the siege of Toledo was the most significant event in the taifa period.^[3]