Taifa of Valencia

State · 1010–1249 CE · at its largest around 1147 CE

Muslim kingdom on Iberia's east coast, one of the taifas formed as the Caliphate of Córdoba broke up; El Cid held the city from 1094 to 1099 and James I of Aragon took it in 1238.

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).
Albarracín (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Albarracín (1015–1104).
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.