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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of James I of Aragon

Battles of James I of Aragon

King of Aragon (1208–1276)

James I of Aragon is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1229 and 1270: 1 battle and 4 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Spain (4), Tunisia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,390 km apart end to end, 348 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Conquest of Majorca (2), Aragonese conquest of Valencia (2).

Battle of PortopíSiege of ArtaSiege of BurrianaSiege of ValenciaEighth CrusadeBattle of PortopíSiege of ArtaSiege of BurrianaEighth CrusadeAlgiersOranConstantineAnnabaSousseBatnaSétifSassariBlidaChlef500 km38.345N, 4.907E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1229: 1 engagements1 in 12291230: 1 engagements1 in 12301233: 1 engagements1 in 12331238: 1 engagements1 in 12381270: 1 engagements1 in 127012291270
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Portopí, 1229Siege of Arta, 1230Siege of Burriana, 1233Siege of Valencia, 1238Eighth Crusade, 127012291270
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 September 1229Battle of PortopíColl de sa Batalla, SpainAragonese victory
February 1230Siege of ArtaArtà, Spain74 km EAragonese victory
June 1233Siege of BurrianaBurriana, Spain295 km WBurriana captured by James I of Aragon
22 April 1238Siege of ValenciaBalansiya, Spain53 km SWCrown of Aragon victory
1270Eighth CrusadeTunis, Tunisia968 km EWithdrawal of Crusaders from Ifriqiya; Death of Louis IX of...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Google Arts & Culture, QAGIaj-RXqZ15g, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.