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Battle of the Col de Panissars

Battle of the Col de Panissars was a battle fought on 30 September 1285 at Col de Panissars, in what is now France; it lasted 1 day. It was part of the Aragonese Crusade, which ran from 1283 to 1286. The recorded result: Aragonese victory.

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Peter III of Aragon the Great (1240-1285), at the coll de Panissars.
Peter III of Aragon the Great (1240-1285), at the coll de Panissars.. Mariano Barbasán Lagueruela, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought30 September 1285lasted 1 day
WhereCol de Panissars, France42.456N, 2.856E
OutcomeAragonese victory
BelligerentsCrown of AragonagainstKingdom of France
Part ofAragonese Crusade1283 to 1286

Where it sits in the Aragonese Crusade

Siege of Ull, 1283Siege of Tudela, 1284Burning of Peralada, 1285Siege of Salses, 1285Siege of Elna, 1285Siege of Girona, 1285Battle of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, 1285Battle of Saint Mary, 1285Battle of Besalú, 1285Battle of Les Formigues, 1285Battle of the Col de Panissars, 1285Assault on Alaró Castle, 1285Attack on Serinhan, 128612831286Battle of the Col de Panissars, 1285
13 placed engagements of the Aragonese Crusade in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date30 September 1285
to 1 October 1285
PlaceCol de Panissars, France
42.456N, 2.856E
KindBattle, medieval
Commanders
  • Philip III of France
Battle of the Col de PanissarsBattle of the Col de PanissarsSiege of BellegardeBattle of BoulouFirst Battle of BoulouBattle of VillelongueBattle of CéretFirst Battle of BoulouBattle of CéretBarcelonaToulouseMontpellierBéziersMataró100 km42.456N, 2.856E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1285 and 1794.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1285

Battle of the Col de Panissars is one of 590 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2890887, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Col de Panissars, revision 1370598853, 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.