Back معركة الأرك Arabic آلارک دؤیوشو AZB Битка при Аларкос Bulgarian Batalla d'Alarcos Catalan Schlacht bei Alarcos German Μάχη του Αλάρκος Greek Batalo de Alarcos Esperanto Batalla de Alarcos Spanish Alarcosko gudua Basque نبرد آلارک Persian
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| Battle of Alarcos | |||||||
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| Part of the Reconquista and Spanish Christian–Muslim War of 1172–1212 | |||||||
_castillo_(RPS_25-08-2012).png) Alarcos castle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Kingdom of Castile Order of Santiago Order of St. Benedict |
Almohad Caliphate Castilian rebels | ||||||
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Alfonso VIII of Castile Diego López de Haro |
Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur Pedro Fernández de Castro | ||||||
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Undetermined Modern estimate: More than 25,000 [2] |
Undetermined Modern estimate: 20,000–30,000 [2] | ||||||
Battle of Alarcos (July 18, 1195),[3] was fought between the Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur and King Alfonso VIII of Castile.[4] It resulted in the defeat of the Castilian forces and their subsequent retreat to Toledo, whereas the Almohads reconquered Trujillo, Montánchez, and Talavera.[3]
- ^ Battle of Alarcos, Theresa M. Vann, Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia, Ed. E. Michael Gerli and Samuel G. Armistead, (Taylor & Francis, 2003), 42.
- ^ a b Kaufmann, Kaufmann & Jurga 2004, p. 101
- ^ a b Britannica.com
- ^ Medieval Iberia: an encyclopedia, 42.