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Battle of Ourique

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Ourique · Baixo Alentejo · Portugal

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

On 25 July 1139, the forces of Count Afonso Henriques defeated an Almoravid army in the region of Ourique in southern Portugal. The victory is traditionally linked to Afonso's proclamation as the first King of Portugal.

Belligerents2

County of Portugal
Almoravid Caliphate

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Ourique
Britannica: Battle of Ourique
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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