Eighth siege of Gibraltar

Eighth siege of Gibraltar
Date	1462
Location	Gibraltar36.155341°N 5.345964°W
Result	Castilian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Castile	Emirate of Granada
Commanders and leaders
Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia Alonso de Arcos Rodrigo de Arcos	Unknown
	Location within Spain

The eighth siege of Gibraltar (1462) was a successful effort by soldiers of the Kingdom of Castile to take the fortified town of Gibraltar from the Moors of the Emirate of Granada. Capture of this position, which was weakly defended and was taken with little fighting, was strategically important in the final defeat of the Moors in Spain.

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