siege, medieval

Seventh Siege of Gibraltar

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

Seventh Siege of Gibraltar was a siege conducted in 1436 at Gibraltar, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Granadan victory.

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Fought1436

WhereGibraltar, United Kingdom36.138N, 5.345W

OutcomeGranadan victory

Belligerents22px Kingdom of Castileagainst22px|border Emirate of Granada

Record

Date	1436 (year precision)
Place	Gibraltar, United Kingdom 36.138N, 5.345W
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 2nd Count de Niebla Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia

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.

Elsewhere in 1436

Seventh Siege of Gibraltar is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7457743, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Seventh siege of Gibraltar, revision 1383218951, 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.