battle, medieval

Battle of Candespina

Name: Battle of Candespina
Start: 1110-10-26
Location: Fresno de Cantespino, Spain

Battle of Candespina was a battle fought on 26 October 1110 at Fresno de Cantespino, in what is now Spain. The recorded result: Aragonese-Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought26 October 1110

WhereFresno de Cantespino, Spain41.367N, 3.500W

OutcomeAragonese-Portuguese victory

Belligerents22px| Crown of Aragon; 20px County of Portugalagainst23px Kingdom of León

Record

Date	26 October 1110
Place	Fresno de Cantespino, Spain 41.367N, 3.500W
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Alfonso the Battler Henry, Count of Portugal	Pedro González de Lara Gómez González

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Guadarrama 1936, 24 km S
Battle of Somosierra 1808, 27 km S
Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz AD 917, 35 km NE
Battle of Torrevicente AD 981, 47 km E
Battle of Cervera 1000, 59 km N

Elsewhere in 1110

Battle of Candespina is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3754937, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Candespina, revision 1370436074, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.