Battle of La Higueruela
Battle of La Higueruela | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Reconquista | |||||||
The Battle of Higueruela as depicted in the Gallery of Battles at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Crown of Castile | Kingdom of Granada | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Álvaro de Luna |
Muhammad IX | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | about 12,000 |
History of Spain |
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The Battle of La Higueruela (lit. 'Battle at the little fig tree') was fought in the
The battle is depicted in a famous series of fresco paintings by Fabrizio Castello, Orazio Cambiasi and Lazzaro Tavarone in the Gallery of Battles at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Joseph F. O'Callaghan, The Last Crusade in the West: Castile and the Conquest of Granada, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014), 214.
- ^ Houtsma 1987, p. 880
- ^ Suárez Fernández 1989, p. 75
Bibliography
- Echevarria, Ana (1999). The Fortress of Faith: The Attitude Towards Muslims in Fifteenth Century Spain. ISBN 90-04-11232-4.
- ISBN 84-321-2560-1.
- Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1987). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. Vol. VI. ISBN 90-04-09792-9.