Europe and the Mediterranean in the 13th centuryWars and battles
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
The combined army of Castile, Aragon and Navarre led by Alfonso VIII crushed the army of the Almohad caliph al-Nasir in the Sierra Morena — a turning point in the Reconquista.
- Date
- 16 July 1212exact dateDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Las Navas de Tolosatoday: near Santa Elena, Province of Jaén, Spain · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- Kingdom of Castile, Crown of Aragon, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Almohad Caliphate, Muhammad al-Nasir
- Threads
- Europe and the Mediterranean in the 13th century
The campaign was granted the status of a crusade, and knights from beyond the Pyrenees joined the Spanish kings. After the defeat the Almohad state rapidly declined: over the following decades Castile and Aragon conquered the Balearic Islands, Córdoba, Valencia and Seville, and only the Emirate of Granada remained under Muslim rule on the peninsula.
Connections
Related events
- Albigensian Crusade1209–1229 · Western and Central EuropeKing Peter II of Aragon, who fought at Las Navas, was killed a year later at Muret fighting Simon de Montfort’s crusaders
- Fall of Granada2 January 1492 · Western and Central EuropeAfter Las Navas only the Emirate of Granada remained in Muslim hands on the peninsula; its fall in 1492 completed the Reconquista
Same participants
- Sicilian Vespers30 March 1282 · Western and Central Europevia Crown of Aragon
Adjacent events in the thread
- Battle of Adrianople14 April 1205 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Bouvines27 July 1214 · Western and Central Europe
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within 25 years of this event
Eastern Europe
- Battle of Lipitsabetween 21 April and 22 April 1216
- Battle of the Kalka River31 May 1223
- Mongol invasion of Europe1236–1242
Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Adrianople14 April 1205
- Sack of Constantinople12–13 April 1204
Middle East and Egypt
- Treaty of Jaffa18 February 1229
Africa
- Rock-hewn churches of Lalibelac. 1181 – c. 1221
- Battle of Kirinac. 1235
Central and Northern Asia
- Kurultai of 12061206
- Siege of BukharaFebruary 1220
- Siege of SamarkandMarch 1220
- Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire1219–1221
- Karakorum becomes the Mongol capital1235
South Asia
- Founding of the Delhi Sultanate1206
- Battle of the Indusbetween 24 November and 9 December 1221
- Reign of Razia Sultan in DelhiNovember 1236 – April 1240
East Asia
- Fall of Zhongdubetween April and June 1215
- Death of Genghis Khanbetween 18 August and 25 August 1227
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Construction of Angkor Thom and the Bayon1181 – c. 1218
Latin America
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
- Wikipedia (Russian): Битва при Лас-Навас-де-Толоса
- O’Callaghan J. F. Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain. — Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.
- Wikidata: Q219697