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Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Part of the Reconquista (Spanish Christian–Muslim War of 1172–1212)

Portrayal of the battle by
Francisco de Paula Van Halen (1864)
Date16 July 1212
Location
Near Santa Elena, Jaén, Andalusia, 38°17′04″N 3°34′58″W / 38.28443°N 3.58286°W / 38.28443; -3.58286[1]
Result Spanish-Crusader victory[2][3][4][5]
Belligerents
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Navarre
Knights Templar
Volunteers from the Kingdom of Leon and the Kingdom of Portugal
Crusaders from all over Europe		 Almohad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
  • Centre:

Vanguard:

Right wing:

Left wing:

Muhammad al-Nasir
Strength
12,000–14,000[7][8] 22,000–30,000[7][9]
"Many hundreds of thousands"[10]
Casualties and losses
~2,000[11][page needed]
~20,000[8]

The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, known in Islamic history as the Battle of Al-Uqab (Arabic: معركة العقاب), took place on 16 July 1212 and was an important turning point in the Reconquista and the medieval history of Spain.[13] The Christian forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, were joined by the armies of his rivals, Sancho VII of Navarre and Peter II of Aragon, in battle[14] against the Almohad Muslim rulers of the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula. The caliph al-Nasir (Miramamolín in the Spanish chronicles) led the Almohad army, made up of people from all over the Almohad Caliphate.

Navas de Tolosa (also called Las Navas) is a town and hamlet in southern Spain, in the municipality of La Carolina, in the province of Jaén, in the eastern part of the Sierra Morena region, fifteen kilometers from the border with the province of Ciudad Real.[15][16]

  1. ^ Smith 1989, p. 14.
  2. ^ Gitlitz & Davidson 2000, p. 60.
  3. ^ Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291. United States: University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated, 2013, p.80
  4. ^ Villalon, Andrew., Kagay, Donald. To Win and Lose a Medieval Battle: Nájera (April 3, 1367), A Pyrrhic Victory for the Black Prince. Netherlands: Brill, 2017, p.40
  5. ^ McNab, Chris. Famous Battles of the Medieval Period. United States: Cavendish Square Publishing LLC, 2017, p.46
  6. ^ Setton 1975, p. 423.
  7. ^ a b c Cabrer 2012, p. 332.
  8. ^ a b Nutter 2023.
  9. ^ Cabrer 2000, p. 196.
  10. ^ ,Notes On Entering Deen Completely: Islam as its followers know it. N.p.: EDC Foundation, 2015, p. 619[1]
  11. ^ Gomez 2011.
  12. ^ Nafziger & Walton 2003, p. 87.
  13. ^ Hunt et al. 2007, p. 391.
  14. ^ Guggenberger 1913, p. 372.
  15. ^ "Navas de Tolosa, map". google.com/maps. Retrieved 15 January 2025..
  16. ^ "Paseo por Navas de Tolosa". alltrails.com. Retrieved 15 January 2025..
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