Siege of Algeciras (1309)

Siege of Algeciras
Part of the Reconquista
A Medieval archaeological rendering of Algeciras.
Date July 1309 – January 1310 Location Algeciras, Emirate of Granada, Spain Result Granadan victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Castile Order of Santiago Order of Calatrava	Emirate of Granada
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand IV of Castile Diego López V de Haro † Juan Núñez II de Lara Infante John of Castile Alonso Pérez de Guzmán †	Muhammed III Abu'l-Juyush Nasr

The Siege of Algeciras was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that occurred between July 1309 and January 1310. The battle was fought between the forces of the Kingdom of Castile, commanded by King Ferdinand IV of Castile and his vassals, and the Emirate of Granada commanded by Sultan Abu'l-Juyush Nasr. The battle resulted in a humiliating defeat for the Kingdom of Castile whose army was obliged to lift the siege due to the atrocious conditions of life in the Castilian camp and the desertion of Infante John of Castile. The battle marked one of the many battles fought at Algeciras where the Christian forces would try to take the city unsuccessfully from the Muslims.

On December 19, 1308, at Alcalá de Henares, King Ferdinand IV of Castile and the ambassadors from the Kingdom of Aragon, Bernaldo de Sarriá and Gonzalo García agreed to the terms of the . Ferdinand IV, supported by his brother, , the archbishop of Toledo, the bishop of Zamora, and Diego Lopez V de Haro agreed to initiate a war against the Kingdom of Granada on June 24, 1309. It was agreed that the Aragonese monarch could not sign a separate peace accord with the Emir of Granada. A combined Aragonese-Castilian navy was also formed to support the siege in a blockade of the coastal Granadian towns. It was further agreed that the Kingdom of Castile would attack the towns of Algeciras and Gibraltar and that the Aragonese forces would conquer the city of Almería.

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