Siege of Jaén (1230)

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Siege of Jaén
Part of the Reconquista
The Castillo de Otíñar which was captured in 1229 by Ferdinand III's forces in preparation for the eventual siege of Jaén.
Date 24 June 1230-September, 1230 Location Jaén, Province of Jaén, Spain 37°46′10.99″N 3°47′20.00″W / 37.7697194°N 3.7888889°W / 37.7697194; -3.7888889 Result Castilian retreat and abandonment of the siege after the death of Alfonso IX of León.
Belligerents
Kingdom of Castile Taifa of Baeza	Taifa of Jayyān (جيان)
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand III of Castile García Fernández de Villamayor	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
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The siege of Jaén was one of many sieges on

In 1229, Ferdinand III of Castile resumed his military campaigns against his Moorish neighbors that had been ongoing since 1224. In 1225, a previous attempt to capture the city resulted in failure when the combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile and the Taifa of Baeza withdrew due to a lack of proper siege equipment before the city's formidable defenses. In 1229, Ferdinand III commenced hostilities in the area around Jaén, taking the castle at Otíñar (which was a point of immense strategic significance if a siege of the city was to be undertaken) and pillaging the areas surrounding the city. Throughout 1229, Ferdinand III continued actions on the areas surrounding Jaén for his eventual siege, capturing strongpoints and preparing for his siege the following year.

The siege

On 24 June,

According to the

mandolos possar el rey en una cabeza que es sobre el alcaçar, e era logar que non se podrien acorrer quando menester les fuesse los de la hueste...

— Crónica de Ávila.

By September, after a siege of around four months, Ferdinand III was obliged to withdraw prematurely a second time from his siege of the city, this time due to the death of his father,

• Jaén, Spain
• List of Castilian Battles
• Ferdinand III of Castile

References

Bibliography

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  . Retrieved 26 February 2010.

• Eslava Galán, Juan (1999). Fortificación en el Reino de Jaén durante la Baja Edad Media. p. 665. Retrieved 27 November 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

• Francisco Miguel Merino Laguna (7 January 2008). "Primer asedio de Fernando III". Muralla de Jaén. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

• "Fernando III de Castilla y León, el Santo". 1991. Retrieved 27 November 2010.