Spain Crushes Navarre at Noain: Iberian Conquest Complete
Spanish forces under the Duke of Alba routed a Franco-Navarrese army at the Battle of Noain on June 30, 1521, ending the last serious attempt to restore the independent Kingdom of Navarre south of the Pyrenees. The French had invaded Navarre to restore the deposed House of Albret to the throne, occupying Pamplona and much of the kingdom. The Spanish counterattack at Noain was decisive: approximately 6,000 Franco-Navarrese troops were killed or captured. A young Inigo Lopez de Loyola (later St. Ignatius of Loyola) was wounded by a cannonball during the siege of Pamplona that preceded the battle; his spiritual conversion during recovery led him to found the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1540. The battle permanently incorporated Lower Navarre into the Spanish Crown and completed the territorial unification of modern Spain.
June 30, 1521
505 years ago
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