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The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén resulting in a Castilian victory.
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Battle of Linuesa
1361 battle of the Reconquista
The Battle of Linuesa was an action fought on 21 December 1361 in the city of Huesa, Kingdom of Jaén. The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Castile and the forces of the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a victory for the forces of the Kingdom of Castile.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Reconquista
Medieval Christian military campaigns
The Reconquista or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against Muslim-ruled al-Andalus, culminating in the reign of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Emirate of Granada
State in the Iberian Peninsula, 1232–1492
The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty. It was the last independent Muslim state in Western Europe.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kingdom of Castile
Christian kingdom in Iberia (1065–1833)
The Kingdom of Castile was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile, as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of León. During the 10th century, the Castilian counts increased their autonomy, but it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kingdom of Jaén
Realm of the Crown of Castile from 1246 to 1833
The Kingdom of Jaén was a territorial jurisdiction of the Crown of Castile since 1246 and until Javier de Burgos' provincial division of Spain in 1833. This was a "kingdom" in the second sense given by the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española: the Crown…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)