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| conflict = Battle of Formentera (1529)
| conflict = Battle of Formentera (1529)
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| date = 1529
| date = 1529
| place = [[Formentera]]
| place = [[Formentera]]
| result = Ottoman victory
| result = Algerian victory
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Spanish Empire]]
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Spanish Empire]]
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg|24px]] [[Ottoman Empire]]
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Algiers.jpg}} [[Ottoman Algeria|Regency of Algiers]]
| commander1 = Rodrigo Portuondo{{KIA}}
| commander1 = Rodrigo Portuondo{{KIA}}
| commander2 = [[Aydın Reis]]
| commander2 = [[Aydin Reis]]
| commander3 = [[Salah Rais]]
| strength1 = 8 galleys
| strength1 = 8 galleys
| strength2 = unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
| casualties1 = 7 galleys captured and soldiers taken as prisoner
| casualties1 = 7 galleys captured and remaining soldiers enslaved. 1,000 Muslim galley slaves freed.
| casualties2 = unknown
| casualties2 = Unknown
| campaignbox =
| campaignbox =
{{Campaignbox Ottoman-Habsburg Wars}}
{{Campaignbox Ottoman-Habsburg Wars}}
}}
}}


The '''Battle of Formentara''' occurred on 28 October 1529 when an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleet under [[Aydın Reis]] routed a small Spanish fleet of eight [[galleys]] off the island of [[Formentera]] near [[Ibiza]].<ref>''Pillaging the empire: piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750'' by Kris E. Lane p.15 [https://books.google.com/books?id=bRgFqADzOLkC&pg=PA15]</ref><ref name="Garnier-p27">Garnier, p.27</ref>
The '''Battle of Formentara''' occurred on 28 October 1529 when an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleet under [[Aydin Reis]] routed a small Spanish fleet of eight [[galleys]] off the island of [[Formentera]] near [[Ibiza]].<ref>''Pillaging the empire: piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750'' by Kris E. Lane p.15 [https://books.google.com/books?id=bRgFqADzOLkC&pg=PA15]</ref><ref name="Garnier-p27">Garnier, p.27</ref>


Habsburg emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] had sent a small Spanish fleet of eight galleys under the Spanish commander of the Castilla fleet, Rodrigo Portuondo, to eliminate [[Barbary]] ships from [[Algiers]] under [[Aydın Reis|Caccia Diavolo]] which were raiding the coast of [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] and ferrying [[Moriscos]] from Spain to Algeria.<ref>Garnier, p.26</ref>
Habsburg emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] had sent a small Spanish fleet of eight galleys under the Spanish commander of the Castilla fleet, {{ILL|Rodrigo Portuondo|es}}, to eliminate [[Barbary]] ships from [[Algiers]] under [[Aydin Reis|Caccia Diavolo]] which were raiding the coast of [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] and ferrying [[Moriscos]] from Spain to Algeria.<ref>Garnier, p.26</ref>


Portuondo was killed in the battle, seven of his eight galleys were captured, and his soldiers were taken as slaves to the [[Capture of Algiers (1529)|recently conquered]] city of [[Algiers]].<ref name="Garnier-p27" />
Portuondo was killed in the battle, seven of his eight galleys were captured, and his soldiers were taken as slaves to the [[Capture of Algiers (1529)|recently conquered]] city of [[Algiers]],<ref name="Garnier-p27" /> and 1000 Muslim galley slaves had been liberated.<ref>Rogerson, Barnaby, The last crusaders: the hundred-year battle for the centre of the world, p. 285 [https://archive.org/details/lastcrusadershun0000roge/page/285/mode/1up]</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 21:57, 29 June 2024

Battle of Formentera (1529)

Barbarossa galley in France 1543.
Date1529
Location
Formentera
Result Algerian victory
Belligerents
Spain Spanish Empire Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Rodrigo Portuondo † Aydin Reis
Strength
8 galleys Unknown
Casualties and losses
7 galleys captured and remaining soldiers enslaved. 1,000 Muslim galley slaves freed. Unknown

The Battle of Formentara occurred on 28 October 1529 when an Ottoman fleet under Aydin Reis routed a small Spanish fleet of eight galleys off the island of Formentera near Ibiza.[1][2]

Habsburg emperor Charles V had sent a small Spanish fleet of eight galleys under the Spanish commander of the Castilla fleet, Rodrigo Portuondo [es], to eliminate Barbary ships from Algiers under Caccia Diavolo which were raiding the coast of Valencia and ferrying Moriscos from Spain to Algeria.[3]

Portuondo was killed in the battle, seven of his eight galleys were captured, and his soldiers were taken as slaves to the recently conquered city of Algiers,[2] and 1000 Muslim galley slaves had been liberated.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Pillaging the empire: piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750 by Kris E. Lane p.15 [1]
  2. ^ a b Garnier, p.27
  3. ^ Garnier, p.26
  4. ^ Rogerson, Barnaby, The last crusaders: the hundred-year battle for the centre of the world, p. 285 [2]

References

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  • Garnier, Edith L'Alliance Impie Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris ISBN 978-2-86645-678-8 Interview

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