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Fourth Siege of Gibraltar

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

Fourth Siege of Gibraltar was a siege conducted in June 1333 at Gibraltar, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Moorish Gibraltar, which ran from AD 711 to 1462. The recorded result: Marinid victory.

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Map of movements in the Fourth Siege of Gibraltar between June and August 1333. User:Prioryman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

FoughtJune 1333

WhereGibraltar, United Kingdom36.138N, 5.345W

OutcomeMarinid victory

BelligerentsKingdom of CastileagainstEmirate of Granada; Marinid Sultanate

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	June 1333 (month precision) to August 1333
Place	Gibraltar, United Kingdom 36.138N, 5.345W
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Alfonso XI of Castile	Muhammad IV of Granada Abu Malik Abd al-Wahid

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
Fifth Siege of Gibraltar 1349, same recorded site
Third Siege of Gibraltar 1333, same recorded site

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

In the same war

Before: Third Siege of Gibraltar February 1333
After: Fifth Siege of Gibraltar August 1349
All 4 engagements of Moorish Gibraltar

Elsewhere in 1333

Fourth 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 Q5476164, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Fourth siege of Gibraltar, revision 1370620068, 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.