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Count Rodrigo tried to stop the Moors, blocking the gorge near Pancorbo, but Abd ar-Rahman and Abd al-Malik managed to inflict a heavy defeat on the Castilians. According to the Spanish Muslim historian Ibn Idariboth, in battle and during the retreat, the Christians suffered heavy losses, including 19 counts.
The count carried out that tricky river crossing with immense effort and zeal. The wisdom of his thoughts led him to understand both that the Castilians were afraid of him and the strategy with which they were seeking to defeat him.
The count and all his men were fighting on foot and willingly received their onset, and, since they were so few and the Castilians so many, the master pressed them hard. The battle was nobly fought by both sides, but the Portuguese forced the Castilian troops to break ranks in such a way that the master realised that his men were anxious to flee.
Rodrigo Alfonso Pimentel, Count of Benavente and supporter of Isabella, situated himself with a small force in Baltanás to monitor the Portuguese. He was attacked on November 18, 1475 and was defeated and imprisoned.
- 1475-4 September 1479
- Iberian peninsula and Atlantic Ocean
Rodrigo having been sent by Alfonso to collect tribute from the King of Seville, Alfonso’s vassal, he was accused, on his return, by his enemies of having retained a part of it. Whereupon, Alfonso, giving free rein to his hatred, banished him from his dominions (1076).
The areas that they settled did not extend far from the Cantabrian southeastern ridges, and not beyond the southern reaches of the high Ebro river valleys and canyon gores. The first count of a wider and more united Castile was Rodrigo in 850, under Ordoño I of Asturias and Alfonso III of Asturias.
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Jan 10, 2024 · The count crossed the little river, and took up battle formation, because he did not know what the Castilians meant to do. At this point the king came into view with the rearguard and was seen by the enemy.
