Battle of Najera

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Nájera (1367) was a major engagement of the Castilian Civil War in which an Anglo-Gascon army led by Edward the Black Prince defeated the forces of Henry of Trastámara, temporarily restoring King Peter of Castile to the throne.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Nájera	2
Battle of Najera canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3294809 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Najera
Context triple: [Edward the Black Prince, notableBattle, Battle of Najera]

A. Battle of Sahagún
The Battle of Sahagún was a cavalry action during the Peninsular War (1808) in which British light dragoons decisively defeated French cavalry near the town of Sahagún in Spain.
B. Battle of Pamplona
The Battle of Pamplona (1521) was a key conflict in the Spanish–Navarrese wars, best known for the wounding and spiritual turning point of Ignatius of Loyola, who later founded the Society of Jesus.
C. Battle of Guadalete
The Battle of Guadalete was an early 8th-century clash in Iberia in which invading Muslim forces decisively defeated the Visigothic army, leading to the rapid collapse of the Visigothic Kingdom and the beginning of Islamic rule in the region.
D. Battle of Alarcos
The Battle of Alarcos was a major 1195 military defeat of Castile by the Almohad Caliphate that temporarily halted Christian expansion during the Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.
E. Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa was a decisive 1212 clash in Iberia in which Christian forces crushed the Almohad Caliphate, marking a major turning point in the Reconquista.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Najera
Target entity description: The Battle of Nájera (1367) was a major engagement of the Castilian Civil War in which an Anglo-Gascon army led by Edward the Black Prince defeated the forces of Henry of Trastámara, temporarily restoring King Peter of Castile to the throne.

A. Battle of Sahagún
The Battle of Sahagún was a cavalry action during the Peninsular War (1808) in which British light dragoons decisively defeated French cavalry near the town of Sahagún in Spain.
B. Battle of Pamplona
The Battle of Pamplona (1521) was a key conflict in the Spanish–Navarrese wars, best known for the wounding and spiritual turning point of Ignatius of Loyola, who later founded the Society of Jesus.
C. Battle of Guadalete
The Battle of Guadalete was an early 8th-century clash in Iberia in which invading Muslim forces decisively defeated the Visigothic army, leading to the rapid collapse of the Visigothic Kingdom and the beginning of Islamic rule in the region.
D. Battle of Alarcos
The Battle of Alarcos was a major 1195 military defeat of Castile by the Almohad Caliphate that temporarily halted Christian expansion during the Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.
E. Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa was a decisive 1212 clash in Iberia in which Christian forces crushed the Almohad Caliphate, marking a major turning point in the Reconquista.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
aftermath	Henry of Trastámara later regained the Castilian throne ⓘ Castilian campaign of 1367 ⓘ surface form: Peter of Castile failed to pay agreed subsidies to Edward the Black Prince contributed to deterioration of the Black Prince's health and finances ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Navarrete ⓘ
belligerent	Anglo-Gascon army ⓘ Franco-Castilian alliance ⓘ surface form: France (supporting Henry of Trastámara) Henry of Trastámara's Castilian faction ⓘ Kingdom of Castile (Peter of Castile) ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Navarre (as ally and territory of passage)
captured	Bertrand du Guesclin ⓘ
casualties	heavy casualties for Henry of Trastámara's forces ⓘ
category	14th-century battle ⓘ Battles involving Castile ⓘ Battles involving England ⓘ Battles involving France ⓘ
combatantStrength	Anglo-Gascon and loyalist Castilian army larger than Henry of Trastámara's force ⓘ
commander	Bertrand du Guesclin ⓘ Edward the Black Prince ⓘ Henry of Trastámara ⓘ Peter of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Castilian Civil War ⓘ
date	3 April 1367 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Hundred Years' War ⓘ surface form: Hundred Years' War era
locatedIn	Castile ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Castile
locatedInPresentDay	Spain ⓘ
notablePrisoners	Bertrand du Guesclin ⓘ
partOf	Castilian Civil War ⓘ
place	Nájera ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Montiel (politically related but later in war) ⓘ
prelude	English and Gascon forces marched through Navarre ⓘ
relatedEvent	Castilian Civil War ⓘ Hundred Years' War ⓘ
relatedTo	Edward the Black Prince ⓘ Henry II of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	decisive Anglo-Castilian victory ⓘ defeat of Henry of Trastámara ⓘ temporary restoration of Peter of Castile ⓘ
significance	financially strained Edward the Black Prince ⓘ secured short-term English influence in Castile ⓘ
tacticalFeature	deployment of dismounted men-at-arms ⓘ use of English longbowmen ⓘ
year	1367 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward the Black Prince → notableBattle → Battle of Najera ⓘ

Castilian campaign of 1367 → hasBattle → Battle of Najera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Nájera

Castilian army → notableBattle → Battle of Najera ⓘ