siege, medieval

Fifth Siege of Gibraltar

Name: Fifth Siege of Gibraltar
Location: Gibraltar, United Kingdom

Fifth Siege of Gibraltar was a siege conducted in August 1349 at Gibraltar, in what is now United Kingdom; it ran into the following year. It was part of Moorish Gibraltar, which ran from AD 711 to 1462. The recorded result: Moorish victory.

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Alfonso XI, king of Leon and Castile Contents: Jean Froissart, Chroniques (Vol. I) Place of origin, date: Paris, Virgil Master (illuminator); c. 1410 Material: Vellum, ff. 382, 385x288 (243x187) mm, 4. Virgil Master (illuminator), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

FoughtAugust 1349ran into the following year

WhereGibraltar, United Kingdom36.138N, 5.345W

OutcomeMoorish victory

BelligerentsKingdom of CastileagainstEmirate of Granada; Marinid dynasty

Part ofMoorish GibraltarAD 711 to 1462

Where it sits in Moorish Gibraltar

4 placed engagements of Moorish Gibraltar in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	August 1349 (month precision) to March 1350
Place	Gibraltar, United Kingdom 36.138N, 5.345W
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Alfonso XI of Castile	Yusuf I of Granada Abu Inan Faris

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

Nearest engagements

First Siege of Gibraltar 1309, same recorded site
Second Siege of Gibraltar 1315, same recorded site
Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar 1727, same recorded site
Third Siege of Gibraltar 1333, same recorded site
Sixth Siege of Gibraltar 1411, same recorded site

Contested ground: this site was fought over 26 times between 206 BC and 1942.

In the same war

Before: Fourth Siege of Gibraltar June 1333
After: Sixth Siege of Gibraltar 1411
All 4 engagements of Moorish Gibraltar

Elsewhere in 1349

Fifth Siege of Gibraltar is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5447551, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Fifth siege of Gibraltar, revision 1370618222, 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.