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Battle of Roncevaux Pass

Name: Battle of Roncevaux Pass
Location: Roncevaux Pass, Spain

Battle of Roncevaux Pass was a battle fought in AD 824 at Roncevaux Pass, in what is now Spain. The recorded result: Rebellious Basque / Banu Qasi victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown (guerrilla party).

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FoughtAD 824

WhereRoncevaux Pass, Spain43.020N, 1.324W

OutcomeRebellious Basque / Banu Qasi victory

BelligerentsFranks (Carolingians) Basques (Gascons)againstBasques (Navarrese); Basques (Aragonese); Banu Qasi

Casualties and lossesExpedition crushed; Commanders capturedandUnknown

Record

Date	AD 824 (year precision)
Place	Roncevaux Pass, Spain 43.020N, 1.324W
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	Unknown	Unknown (guerrilla party)
Casualties and losses	Expedition crushed; Commanders captured	Unknown
Commanders	Aeblus Aznar Sánchez of Gascony	Íñigo Arista of Pamplona Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi

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 Roncesvalles 1813, 1.7 km SE
Battle of Roncevaux Pass AD 778, 3.5 km S
Battle of Orbaizeta 1794, 9.2 km SE
Battle of Aldudes 1794, 12 km NW
Battle of the Baztan Valley 1794, 21 km NW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between AD 778 and 1813.

Battle of Roncevaux Pass is one of 169 engagements of the 9th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872202, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Roncevaux Pass (824), revision 1370587663, 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.