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Siege of Burriana
	Part of the Reconquista (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
Belligerents
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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The siege of Burriana was one of the battles that occurred during the Conquest of Valencia by James I of Aragon. Burriana was an important Muslim city, being the capital of La 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.

Context

In 1229, the city of Valencia, known to the Muslims as "Balansiya", had fallen to the forces under the command of Zayyan ibn Mardanish, a local leader who was opposed to the Almohades. In capturing that city, he dethroned Zayd Abu Zayd, who subsequently fled to the Kingdom of Aragon. James I of Aragon used this as a casus 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 the Knights Hospitaller, and Blas de Aragón, who had just returned from a period of exile in Valencia, met with Jaime I at Alcañiz. They recounted stories of the prosperity of the Muslim kingdom and encouraged the king to conquer it in 1233.

Consequences

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 and Vilafamés. Three years later, the decisive Battle of the Puig sealed the conquest in 1236.

References

The information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent.

Bibliography

Zurita y Castro, Jerónimo (2003). "Book III" (PDF). Anales de Aragón (Edició d'Ángel Canellas López. Edició electrònica de José Javier Iso, María Isabel Yagüe i Pilar Rivero ed.). Institución Fernando el Católico. p. 238.

Linajes de Aragón (PDF) (in Spanish). Los Cornel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-04.

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+{{More citations needed|date=August 2014}}
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-|partof=the [[Reconquista]] <br /> Aragonese [[Conquest of Valencia]]
+|partof=the [[Reconquista]] ([[Aragonese conquest of Valencia]])
-|image=[[File:Mapa de conquesta del Regne de valencia.png|200px]]
+| image= Mapa de conquesta del Regne de valencia.png
+| image_size = 200
 |caption=Chronological map documenting the Conquest of Valencia.
 |date=1233
 |place=[[Burriana]], [[Province of Castellón]], [[Spain]]
 |result=Conquest of the City of Burriana by James I of Aragon
-|combatant1=[[Image:Armas de Aragon.png|22px]] [[Crown of Aragon]]<br />[[Image:Flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.svg|22px]] [[Knights Hospitaller]]<br />[[Image:Cross of the Knights Templar.svg|22px]] [[Knights Templar]]<br />[[Image:Bandera de Albarracín.svg|22px]] [[Senyoria d'Albarrasí]]
+|combatant1=[[Image:Aragon arms.svg|22px]] [[Crown of Aragon]]<br />[[Image:Flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.svg|22px]] [[Knights Hospitaller]]<br />[[Image:Cross of the Knights Templar.svg|22px]] [[Knights Templar]]<br />[[Image:Bandera de Albarracín.svg|22px]] [[Senyoria d'Albarrasí]]
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+|commander1=[[Image:Aragon arms.svg|22px]] [[James I of Aragon]]<br />[[Image:Aragon arms.svg|22px]]  [[Bernat Guillem de Montpellier]]<br />[[Image:Aragon arms.svg|22px]] [[Bernat Guillem d'Entença]]
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 {{History of Spain}}
-The '''Siege of Burriana''' was one of the battle actions that occurred during the [[Conquest of Valencia]] by [[James I of Aragon]]. [[Burriana]] was an important [[Muslim]] city, being the capital  of [[La 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 of 1233.
+The '''siege of Burriana''' was one of the battles that occurred during the [[Conquest of Valencia (1238)|Conquest of Valencia]] by [[James I of Aragon]]. [[Burriana]] was an important [[Muslim]] city, being the capital of [[La 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.
 == Context ==
+In 1229, the city of [[Valencia]], known to the Muslims as "Balansiya", had fallen to the forces under the command of [[Zayyan ibn Mardanish]], a local leader who was opposed to the [[Almohad Caliphate|Almohades]]. In capturing that city, he dethroned [[Zayd Abu Zayd]], who subsequently fled to the [[Kingdom of Aragon]]. [[James I of Aragon]] used this as a [[casus 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.
-In 1229, the city of [[Valencia]], known to the Muslims as "Balansiya", had fallen to the forces under the command of [[Zayyan ibn Mardanish]], a local leader who was opposed to the [[Almohad Caliphate|Almohades]].  In capturing that city, he dethroned [[Zayd Abu Zayd]], who subsequently fled to the [[Kingdom of Aragon]].  [[James I of Aragon]] used this as a [[casus 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 the [[Knights Hospitaller]], and [[Blas de Aragón]], who had just returned from a period of exile in Valencia, met with Jaime I at [[Alcañiz]]. They recounted stories of the prosperity of the Muslim kingdom and encouraged the king to conquer it in 1233.
 == Consequences ==
+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]] and [[Vilafamés]]. Three years later, the decisive [[Battle of the Puig]] sealed the conquest in 1236.
+== See also ==
-After taking Burriana, the castles to the north continued to fall into Aragonese hands one by one including; [[Peniscola]], [[Castellón de la Plana]], [[Borriol]], [[Cuevas de Vinromá]] and [[Villafamés]]. Three years later, the decisive [[Battle of the Puig]] sealed the conquest in 1236.
+* [[Reconquista]]
 == References ==
 * The information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent.
+{{Reflist}}
-== See also ==
+=== Bibliography ===
+{{cite book
-* [[Knights Hospitaller]]
+| last                  = Zurita y Castro
-* [[Knights Templar]]
+| first                 = Jerónimo
-* [[James I of Aragon]]
+| author-link            = Jerónimo Zurita y Castro
-* [[Reconquista]]
+| title                 = Anales de Aragón
+| url                   = http://ifc.dpz.es/publicaciones/ebooks/id/2448
+| edition               = Edició d'Ángel Canellas López. Edició electrònica de José Javier Iso, María Isabel Yagüe i Pilar Rivero
+| year                  = 2003
+| publisher             = Institución Fernando el Católico
+| page                  = 238
+| chapter               = Book III
+| chapter-url            = http://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/24/48/ebook2473.pdf
+}}
+{{cite book| title                  =Linajes de Aragón| url                  =http://plan.aragob.es/FBA.nsf/0/f56127346d36153cc1256e15002b4140/$FILE/Los%20Cornel.pdf| archive-url                  =https://web.archive.org/web/20110304163307/http://plan.aragob.es/FBA.nsf/0/f56127346d36153cc1256e15002b4140/$FILE/Los%20Cornel.pdf| archive-date                  =2011-03-04| publisher                  =Los Cornel| language                  =es| url-status                  =dead}}
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