Battle of Ceuta (1309)
The Battle of Ceuta (1309) was a military confrontation between the Crown of Aragon and the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in the city of Ceuta during the Castilian-Granadian War from 1309 to 1319. The Benimerin Sultanate wished to occupy the city but lacked a navy to carry out the enterprise. The Crown of Aragon, which had gone to war against the Granada, set out to conquer the city for the Benimerins.
Context
On December 19, 1308, in Alcalá de Henares,
By means of the
Battle
The ships of Jaspert V de Castellnou occupied the Strait of Gibraltar while Eimeric de Bellveí commanded the ships of the Royal Navy under James II of Aragon in the conquest of Ceuta on July 21, 1309 as a pre-Crusade operation of al-Mariyya of the Benimerin.[4]
Consequences
Once the square had been taken, it was handed over to the
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