Taifa of Tortosa

State · 1010–1110 CE · at its largest around 1085 CE

Small Muslim taifa at the mouth of the Ebro in north-eastern Iberia, which was later absorbed by the taifa of Zaragoza.

On its lands while it lasted

Tortosa (c. 1010 CE): Capital of Taifa of Tortosa (1010–1099).
Dénia (c. 1010 CE): Capital of Taifa of Dénia (1010–1227).
El Cid (c. 1043 CE – 1099 CE): Castilian knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, who fought for Christian and Muslim rulers and conquered Valencia in 1094; hero of the Cantar de mio Cid.