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| Battle of Linuesa | |||||||
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| Part of theReconquista | |||||||
 Map of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Emirate of Granada | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Diego García de Padilla Enrique Enríquez el Mozo Men Rodríguez de Biedma | Muhammed VI | ||||||
TheBattle of Linuesa was an action fought on 21 December 1361 in the city ofHuesa,Kingdom of Jaén (present-dayProvince of Jaén,Spain). The battle was fought between theKingdom of Castile and the forces of theEmirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a victory for the forces of the Kingdom of Castile.
The Castilian forces were commanded byDiego García de Padilla, theGrand Master of theOrder of Calatrava,Enrique Enríquez "el Mozo", the Adelantado Mayor of the frontera deAndalucía, and byMen Rodríguez de Biedma, the head Caudillo of theBishop of Jaén.
TheMuslim troops of theEmirate of Granada, invaded Jaén towards the end of 1361, pillaging the areas of theAdelantamiento de Cazorla and setting fire to the municipality ofPeal de Becerro. The Muslim forces were composed of around 600 cavalry and 2 thousand foot soldiers. They had also captured many captives, both male and female and had amassed a large amount of loot.
WhenDiego García de Padilla, Grand Master ofCalatrava heard news about the Muslim invasion of Cazorla, and of the havoc being raised inPeal de Becerro, he gathered his forces and gave pursuit.[1]
The Castilian-Leonese troops gained control over a river crossing atGuadiana Menor with the intent of taking advantage of the fact that the Muslim forces would have to cross the river at the crossing to return to their lands. The battle commenced on 21 December 1361.
The Muslim troops arrived at the pass previously occupied by theChristian forces and immediately attempted to dislodge their position to force a crossing. The Castilian-Leonese forces advanced on the Muslim troops in return and routed them completely at a place calledLinuesa. The chronicles of the KingPeter I of Castile recount that few Muslims escaped from the action with their lives and that they were slaughtered almost to a man.[2]
When KingPeter I of Castile heard news that his armies had routed the invaders, he was extremely pleased, but ultimately ordered that his captains turn over all their plunder to the crown and promised to give them each three hundredMaravedies in return.
Further, once in power of the treasure handed over, the king failed to make good on the promised reward money. The breaking of this promise doubtless angeredDiego García de Padilla,Enrique Enríquez "el Mozo", andMen Rodríguez de Biedma who had fought the battle in the king's name.[3] Peter I of Castile is known to history as "Pedro I el Cruel" or "Peter I the Cruel".
A few months later, the same Castilian army led by the same commanders was defeated by Muslim troops at theBattle of Guadix which was fought in winter of the year 1362.
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