Who captured the city of Valencia during the Christian reconquest of Spain?

Kedix

Sorry, should be Christian Reconquest of Spain * May 12 11, 4:01 PM

serpa

In 1238, King James I of Aragon the Conqueror, with an army composed of Aragonese, Catalans, Navarrese and some French, English, German and Italian crusaders, laid siege to Valencia and on 28 September in that year forced a surrender. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia,_Spain Reconquest After his false start at uniting Aragon with the Kingdom of Navarre through a scheme of mutual adoption, James turned to the south and the Mediterranean Sea, where he conquered Majorca on 10 September in 1229 and the rest of the Balearic Islands; Minorca 1232; Ibiza 1235) and where Valencia capitulated 28 September 1238. Chroniclers say he used gunpowder in the siege of Museros castle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_Aragon May 12 11, 10:45 PM