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Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Battle of Al-ʿIqāb
Date July 16, 1212
Location Andalusia • Jaén • Spain
Participants Almohads • Aragon • Castile • Leon • Navarra • Portugal
Context Reconquista

Timeline

Alfonso VI, King of Castile, and His Daughter Urraca
Siege of Toledo
1085
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Battle of Alarcos
July 18, 1195
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Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
July 16, 1212
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Battle of Río Salado
October 30, 1340

Key People

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Sancho VII
king of Navarre
Alfonso VIII
Alfonso VIII
king of Castile
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Peter II
king of Aragon

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