Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Nuno Álvares Pereira

Battles of Nuno Álvares Pereira

14th to 15th-century Portuguese military commander and Carmelite friar, Catholic saint, Constable of Portugal, 1360 to 1431

Nuno Álvares Pereira is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1384 and 1415: 4 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Portugal (3), Spain (1), Morocco (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 780 km apart end to end, 195 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Hundred Years' War (4).

Battle of AtoleirosSiege of LisbonBattle of AljubarrotaBattle of ValverdeConquest of CeutaBattle of AtoleirosSiege of LisbonBattle of AljubarrotaBattle of ValverdeConquest of CeutaSevilleCórdobaTangierGranada‎CádizGibraltarSetúbalMálagaAlmeríaHuelva200 km37.768N, 7.233W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1384: 2 engagements2 in 13841385: 2 engagements2 in 13851415: 1 engagements13841415
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Atoleiros, 1384Siege of Lisbon, 1384Battle of Aljubarrota, 1385Battle of Valverde, 1385Conquest of Ceuta, 141513841415
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 April 1384Battle of AtoleirosAlentejo, PortugalPortuguese victory
29 May 1384Siege of LisbonLisbon, Portugal138 km WPortuguese victory
14 August 1385Battle of AljubarrotaLeiria, Portugal106 km NPortuguese victory
1385Battle of ValverdeSpain193 km SEPortuguese victory
21 August 1415Conquest of CeutaCeuta under Muslim rule, Morocco343 km SEPortuguese victory

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, Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.