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Siege of Burriana
Part of theReconquista (Aragonese conquest of Valencia)
Chronological map documenting the Conquest of Valencia.
Date 1233 Location Burriana,Province of Castellón,Spain Result Conquest of the City of Burriana by James I of Aragon
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Crown of Aragon Knights Hospitaller Knights Templar Senyoria d'Albarrasí	Taifa of Valencia
Commanders and leaders
James I of Aragon Bernat Guillem de Montpellier Bernat Guillem d'Entença	Zayyan ibn Mardanish

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Thesiege of Burriana was one of the battles that occurred during theConquest of Valencia byJames I of Aragon.Burriana was an importantMuslim city, being the capital ofLa Plana, Valencia. It was known as the "Green City". The city was besieged for two months, finally falling to the forces of James I in July 1233.

In 1229, the city ofValencia, known to the Muslims as "Balansiya", had fallen to the forces under the command ofZayyan ibn Mardanish, a local leader who was opposed to theAlmohades. In capturing that city, he dethronedZayd Abu Zayd, who subsequently fled to theKingdom of Aragon.James I of Aragon used this as acasus belli to intervene in the Muslim civil war on the side of the Almohades, but in reality with the pretext of expanding his own territory.

Two Aragonese knights,Hugo de Follalquer, Grand Master of theKnights Hospitaller, andBlas de Aragón, who had just returned from a period of exile in Valencia, met with Jaime I atAlcañiz. They recounted stories of the prosperity of the Muslim kingdom and encouraged the king to conquer it in 1233.

After taking Burriana, the castles to the north continued to fall into Aragonese hands one by one including;Peniscola,Castelló de la Plana,Borriol,les Coves de Vinromà andVilafamés. Three years later, the decisiveBattle of the Puig sealed the conquest in 1236.

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