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Battle of Noáin

Battle of Noáin was a battle fought on 30 June 1521 at Pamplona, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre, which ran from 1512 to 1529. The recorded result: Spanish victory. Recorded strength: More than 13,000 against Around 7,000.

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Monumento de la batalla de Noáin en Salinas de Pamplona o Getze, Galar.Noaingo guduaren monumentua Getzen, Galar, Nafarroa, Euskal Herria.
Monumento de la batalla de Noáin en Salinas de Pamplona o Getze, Galar.Noaingo guduaren monumentua Getzen, Galar, Nafarroa, Euskal Herria.. Jorab, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought30 June 1521
WherePamplona, Spain42.758N, 1.654W
OutcomeSpanish victory
BelligerentsCastille and AragonagainstKingdom of France; Kingdom of Navarre
Casualties and losses1,000 deadand5,000+ casualties

Where it sits in the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre

Battle of Esa, 1521Battle of Pamplona, 1521Battle of Noáin, 1521Siege of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, 1521Battle of San Marcial, 1522Siege of Maya, 152215211522Battle of Noáin, 1521
6 placed engagements of the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date30 June 1521
PlacePamplona, Spain
42.758N, 1.654W
KindBattle, early modern
StrengthMore than 13,000Around 7,000
Casualties and losses1,000 dead5,000+ casualties
Commanders
  • Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
  • Antonio Manrique de Lara, 2nd Duke of Nájera
  • André de Foix
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between AD 755 and 1874.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1521

Battle of Noáin is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 1,204 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2889540, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Noáin, revision 1375299067, 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.