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Battle of Nájera

Name: Battle of Nájera
Start: 1367-04-03
Location: Nájera, Spain

Battle of Nájera was a battle fought on 3 April 1367 at Nájera, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Castilian Civil War, which ran from 1351 to 1369. The recorded result: Victory for Peter I.

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Fought3 April 1367

WhereNájera, Spain42.428N, 2.700W

OutcomeVictory for Peter I

BelligerentsCastilians supporting Peter; Kingdom of England; Duchy of Aquitaine; Kingdom of Majorca; Kingdom of Navarre; Other; Elite European mercenariesagainstCastilians supporting Henry; Kingdom of France; Crown of Aragon

Casualties and lossesUnknownandHeavy losses

Part ofCastilian Civil War1351 to 1369

Where it sits in the Castilian Civil War

5 placed engagements of the Castilian Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	3 April 1367
Place	Nájera, Spain 42.428N, 2.700W
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	Total: more than 10,000.; 6,000 Elite European mercenaries; 2,000 Aquitaine soldiers; 1,000 English soldiers; 800 Castilian soldiers; 500 English longbowmen; 300 Navarrese soldiers; Troops from Majorca; Henry deserters and other Spanish followers of King Peter.	Total: more than 4,500.; 2,500 Castilian soldiers; 1,000 Elite French mercenaries; 1,000 Aragonese soldiers
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Heavy losses
Commanders	Peter of Castile Edward the Black Prince Jean III de Grailly Gaston III, Count of Foix John of Gaunt John Chandos	Henry II of Castile Bertrand du Guesclin Alfonso I, Duke of Gandia Tello of Castile

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 Monte Laturce AD 859, 17 km N
Battle of Albelda AD 851, 21 km SE
Battle of Peñacerrada 1838, 24 km N
Battle of Clavijo AD 844, 25 km E
Battle of Viana date unknown, 29 km E

In the same war

Before: Battle of Inglesmendi 19 March 1367
After: Siege of León December 1367
All 5 engagements of Castilian Civil War

Elsewhere in 1367

Battle of Nájera is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1631158, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Nájera, revision 1370452001, 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.