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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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The Battle of La Higueruela (lit. 'Battle at the little fig tree') was fought in the vega of the river Genil near Granada on 1 July 1431 between the forces of John II of Castile, led by Álvaro de Luna, and troops loyal to Muhammed IX, Nasrid Sultan of Granada. The battle was a modest victory for the forces of Castile, with no territorial gain and failing to take Granada.[1] Following this battle, John II of Castile installed Yusuf IV, grandson of Muhammed VI,[2] as Sultan of Granada.[3]
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
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Echevarria, Ana (1999). The Fortress of Faith: The Attitude Towards Muslims in Fifteenth Century Spain. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-11232-4.
- Suárez Fernández, Luis (1989). Los Reyes Católicos: El tiempo de la Guerra de Granada. Ediciones Rialp. ISBN 84-321-2560-1.
- Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1987). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. Vol. VI. Brill. ISBN 90-04-09792-9.