What If Alfonso the Battler More Successful?
Alfonso the Battler was of Aragon's greatest kings and spearheaded the early stage of the Reconquista. He had a good run of victories against Islamic forces and at one point even reached Spain's southern coast. Alfonso was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Fraga in 1134 and soon after died leaving Aragon in a weaken state. What if instead he had of been even more successful? Result of him capturing Cordoba and Granada?
Alfonso the Battler was of Aragon's greatest kings and spearheaded the early stage of the Reconquista. He had a good run of victories against Islamic forces and at one point even reached Spain's southern coast. Alfonso was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Fraga in 1134 and soon after died leaving Aragon in a weaken state. What if instead he had of been even more successful? Result of him capturing Cordoba and Granada?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_the_BattlerIn 1119, he retook Cervera, Tudejen, Castellón, Tarazona, Ágreda, Magallón, Borja, Alagón, Novillas, Mallén, Rueda, Épila and populated the region of Soria. He began the siege of Calatayud, but left to defeat the army at Cutanda trying to retake Zaragoza. When Calatayud fell, he took Bubierca, Alhama de Aragón, Ariza, and Daroca (1120). In 1123, he besieged and took Lleida, which was in the hands of the count of Barcelona. From the winter of 1124 to September 1125, he was on a risky expedition to Peña Cadiella deep in Andalusia.
In the great raid of 1125, he carried away a large part of the subject Christians from Granada, and in the south-west of France, he had claims as usurper-king of Navarre. From 1125 to 1126, he was on campaign against Granada, where he was trying to install a Christian prince, and Córdoba, where got only as far as Motril.