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Battle of Alarcos
Part of the Reconquista
Alarcos castle
Date
July 18, 1195
Location
Alarcos, Ciudad Real province 38°57′10″N4°0′0″W / 38.95278°N 4.00000°W / 38.95278; -4.00000
Result
Almohad victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Castile Order of Santiago Order of St. Benedict
Almohad Caliphate Castilian rebels
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso VIII of Castile Diego López de Haro
Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur Pedro Fernández de Castro
Strength
Undetermined Modern estimate: More than 25,000 [2]
Undetermined Modern estimate: 20,000-30,000 [2]
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8th century
Covadonga
1st Roncevaux Pass
Burbia River
Lutos
Las Babias
Río Quirós
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Oviedo
9th century
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Clavijo
Albelda
Guadalacete
Monte Laturce
Morcuera
Polvoraria
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2nd Barcelona
10th century
Day of Zamora
Pallars and Ribagorza
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Valdejunquera
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Alhandic
Simancas
Estercuel
Torrevicente
Rueda
3rd Barcelona
11th century
Cervera
Calatañazor
Torà
Albesa
Aqbat al-Bakr
Graus
Coimbra
Barbastro
Paterna
Llantada
Golpejera
Cabra
Piedra Pisada
Morella
2nd Toledo
1st Zaragoza
Sagrajas
Tudela
Tévar
3rd Toledo
1st Valencia
Alcoraz
Bairén
Consuegra
4th Toledo
5th Toledo
12th century
2nd Valencia
Mollerussa
Uclés
Norwegian raid
6th Toledo
Talavera
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Candespina
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2nd Balearic Islands
Martorell
Coimbra
2nd Zaragoza
Cutanda
1st Granada
3rd Valencia
1st Badajoz
Fraga
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Ourique
Oreja
2nd Coria
1st Lisbon
1st Montiel
Almería
Al-Ludjdj
2nd Santarém
Sacavém
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2nd Badajoz
3rd Santarém
Alvor
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2nd Silves
Tomar
Alarcos
13th century
Al-Dāmūs
Las Navas de Tolosa
Alcácer do Sal
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Peníscola
Aragonese raid
Majorca
Portopí
2nd Jaén
1st Jerez
Ares
Burriana
Córdoba
El Puig
4th Valencia
Algarve
1st Xàtiva
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Biar
3rd Jaén
2nd Seville
Faro
2nd Jerez
Mudéjar revolt
3rd Jerez
1st Murcia
Écija
Martos
Montesa
1st Algeciras
2nd Algeciras
Moclín
Iznalloz
14th century
1st Gibraltar
3rd Algeciras
Almería
2nd Gibraltar
Vega de Granada
Shepherds' Crusade
Teba
3rd Gibraltar
4th Gibraltar
Vega de Pagana
Getares
Río Salado
Estepona
4th Algeciras
5th Gibraltar
Linuesa
Guadix
2nd Montiel
5th Algeciras
2nd Murcia
15th century
Collejares
Antequera
6th Gibraltar
La Higueruela
7th Gibraltar
Los Alporchones
8th Gibraltar
9th Gibraltar
2nd Granada campaign
Lucena
Málaga
Post-Reconquista Rebellions
1st Alpujarras
2nd Alpujarras
North Africa
Salé
Strait
1st Ceuta
2nd Ceuta
3nd Ceuta
4nd Ceuta
1st Tangier
Asilah
Melilla
2nd Tangier
Battle of Alarcos (July 18, 1195),[3] was fought between the Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur and King Alfonso VIII of Castile.[4] It resulted in the defeat of the Castilian forces and their subsequent retreat to Toledo, whereas the Almohads reconquered Trujillo, Montánchez, and Talavera.[3]
^Battle of Alarcos, Theresa M. Vann, Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia, Ed. E. Michael Gerli and Samuel G. Armistead, (Taylor & Francis, 2003), 42.
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