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Eighth siege of Gibraltar
Date1462
Location
Gibraltar
36°09′19″N 5°20′45″W / 36.155341°N 5.345964°W / 36.155341; -5.345964
Result Castilian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Castile Emirate of Granada
Commanders and leaders

Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia

Alonso de Arcos

Rodrigo de Arcos
Unknown
Eighth siege of Gibraltar is located in Spain
Eighth siege of Gibraltar
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Location within Spain

The eighth siege of Gibraltar (1462) was a successful effort by soldiers of the Kingdom of Castile to take the fortified town of Gibraltar from the Moors of the Emirate of Granada. Capture of this position, which was weakly defended and was taken with little fighting, was strategically important in the final defeat of the Moors in Spain.

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