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{{Short description|1529 Ottoman–Spanish naval battle}} |
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| conflict = Battle of Formentera (1529) |
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| image = Barbarossa galley in France 1543.jpg |
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| caption = Barbarossa galley in France 1543. |
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| date = 1529 |
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| place = [[Formentera]] |
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| result = Algerian victory |
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| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Spain|1506}} [[Spanish Empire]] |
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| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Algiers.jpg}} [[Ottoman Algeria|Regency of Algiers]] |
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| commander1 = Rodrigo Portuondo{{KIA}} |
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| commander2 = [[Aydin Reis]] |
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| strength1 = 8 galleys |
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| strength2 = Unknown |
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| casualties1 = 7 galleys captured and remaining soldiers enslaved. 1,000 Muslim galley slaves freed. |
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| casualties2 = Unknown |
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{{Campaignbox Ottoman-Habsburg Wars}} |
{{Campaignbox Ottoman-Habsburg Wars}} |
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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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=bRgFqADzOLkC&pg=PA15]</ref><ref>Garnier, p.27</ref> |
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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> |
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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> |
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| ⚫ | 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> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* Garnier, Edith ''L'Alliance Impie'' Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris ISBN |
* Garnier, Edith ''L'Alliance Impie'' Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris {{ISBN|978-2-86645-678-8}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090818015845/http://www.neopodia.mobi/20090519-histoire-renaissance-alliance-impie-francois-1er-ier-ottoman-soliman-suleyman-charles-quint-forces-en-presence Interview] |
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{{Ottoman battles}} |
{{Ottoman battles}} |
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[[Category:1529 in the Ottoman Empire]] |
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[[Category:Suleiman the Magnificent]] |
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[[Category:Formentera]] |
[[Category:Formentera]] |
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[[Category:Naval battles involving the Ottoman Empire]] |
[[Category:Naval battles involving the Ottoman Empire|Formentera 1529]] |
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[[Category:Naval battles involving Spain|Formentera 1529]] |
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[[Category:1520s in Spain]] |
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[[mk:Битка на Форментера (1529)]] |
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[[Category:Ottoman–Spanish conflicts|Formentera 1529]] |
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[[Category:16th-century military history of Spain|Formentera]] |
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 Barbarossa galley in France 1543. | |||||||
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 Spanish Empire |
 Regency of Algiers | ||||||
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| Rodrigo Portuondo † | Aydin Reis | ||||||
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| 8 galleys | Unknown | ||||||
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| 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, 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]
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[edit]- Garnier, Edith L'Alliance Impie Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris ISBN 978-2-86645-678-8 Interview