Editing El Cid (section)

===Conquest of Valencia===
{{main|Siege of Valencia (1092–1094)}}
{{See also|Lordship of Valencia}}
Around this time, El Cid, with a combined Christian and Moorish army, began maneuvering in order to create his own fief in the Moorish [[Mediterranean]] coastal city of [[Valencia]]. Several obstacles lay in his way. First was Berenguer Ramon II, who ruled nearby [[Barcelona]]. In May 1090, El Cid defeated and captured Berenguer in the Battle of Tébar (nowadays Pinar de Tévar, near [[Monroyo]], [[province of Teruel|Teruel]]). Berenguer was later released and his nephew Ramon Berenguer III married El Cid's youngest daughter Maria to ward against future conflicts.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Along the way to Valencia, El Cid also conquered other towns, many of which were near Valencia, such as [[El Puig]] and [[Quart de Poblet]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}

El Cid gradually came to have more influence in Valencia, then ruled by [[Yahya al-Qadir]], of the [[Hawwara]] Berber [[Dhulnunid dynasty]]. In October 1092 an uprising occurred in Valencia, inspired by the city's chief judge Ibn Jahhaf and the Almoravids. El Cid began a siege of Valencia. A December 1093 attempt to break the siege failed. By the time the siege ended in May 1094, El Cid had carved out his own principality on the coast of the Mediterranean. Officially, El Cid ruled in the name of Alfonso; in practice, El Cid was fully independent. The city was both Christian and Muslim, and both Moors and Christians served in the army and as administrators. [[Jerome of Périgord]] was made bishop.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}