The following is a list of wars involving Portugal.
County of Portugal (868–1139) Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Battle of Aguioncha (966 or 967) Location: River Salas, Galicia County of Portugal Kingdom of Galicia Portuguese victory Battle of Pedroso(1071) Location: Pedroso, near Braga County of Portugal Kingdom of Galicia Galician victory Portugal annexed by GaliciaCapture of Santarém (1111) Part of the Reconquista Location: Santarém, PortugalCounty of PortugalAlmoravidsAlmoravid victorySiege of Coimbra (1117) Part of the Reconquista Location: CoimbraCounty of PortugalAlmoravidsPortuguese victoryReilly, 1996, p. 143Freddy Silva: First Templar Nation Simon and Schuster, 2017. Battle of São Mamede(1128) Location: Guimarães Theresa, Countess of Portugal Afonso Henriques Afonso Henriques victoryLuso–Leonese War (1130–1137) Part of Reconquista Location: Galicia, Kingdom of Leon County of Portugal Kingdom of Navarre (1137) Kingdom of LeonTreaty of Tui Battle of Cerneja(1139/40) Location: Cerneja (Cernesa), near Limia, Galicia County of Portugal Kingdom of León Portuguese victory
Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1910) Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Battle of Ourique(1139) Part of the Portuguese Reconquista Location: Ourique in Alentejo (southern Portugal) County of Portugal Almoravids Portuguese victory Battle of Valdevez(1140) Location: Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of León Portuguese victory Treaty of ZamoraSiege of Lisbon (1142) Part of the Portuguese Reconquista Location: Lisbon, Portugal Portugal CrusadersAlmoravid dynastyDefeat Crusader forces failed to capture LisbonSecond Crusade (1147–1150) Part of the Crusades and the Reconquista Location: Iberia, Near East, EgyptStatus quo ante bellum Lisbon captured by the Portuguese Tarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans See Conquest of Santarém(1147) Part of the Portuguese Reconquista Location: Santarém, Portugal Kingdom of Portugal Taifa of Badajoz Portuguese victoryH. V. Livermore, p. 57Siege of Lisbon (1147) Part of the Portuguese Reconquista and the Second Crusade Location: Lisbon, Portugal Portugal CrusadersAlmoravid dynastyPortuguese-Crusader victoryLuso-Leonese War (1167–1169) Siege of Badajoz (1169) Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of PortugalAlmohad Caliphate
Kingdom of LeónDefeatBattle of Cape Espichel (1180) Part of the Reconquista and Almohad wars in the Iberian Peninsula Location: Off Cape Espichel, Atlantic OceanKingdom of PortugalAlmohad CaliphatePortuguese victoryRaid of Ceuta (1180) Kingdom of PortugalAlmohad CaliphateVictoryBattle of Silves (1182) Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of PortugalAlmohad CaliphateDefeat Siege of Santarém(1184) Part of the Portuguese Reconquista and Almohad wars in the Iberian Peninsula Location: Santarém, Portugal Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of León Almohad Caliphate Christian victory Almohad campaign in the Algarve(1190–1191) Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of Portugal Crusaders Almohad Caliphate Defeat Part of the Reconquista and Third Crusade.Battle of Alarcos (1195) Part of the Reconquista and Almohad wars in the Iberian Peninsula Location: Alarcos, Ciudad Real provinceKingdom of CastileOrder of SantiagoOrder of St. BenedictAlmohad CaliphateCastilian rebelsAlmohad victoryBattle of Alarcos, Theresa M. Vann, Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia, Ed. E. Michael Gerli and Samuel G. Armistead, (Taylor & Francis, 2003), 42.Luso-Leonese War (1196–1200) Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of León Kingdom of Navarre
Almohad CaliphateStatus Quo Ante Bellum Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa(1212) Part of the Reconquista and Almohad wars in the Iberian Peninsula Location: Near Santa Elena, Jaén, Andalusia
Kingdom of Castile Order of Santiago Order of Calatrava Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Navarre Knights Templar León volunteers Portuguese volunteers Crusaders Almohad Caliphate Christian victoryCrusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291. United States: University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated, 2013, p.80Villalon, Andrew., Kagay, Donald. To Win and Lose a Medieval Battle: Nájera (April 3, 1367), A Pyrrhic Victory for the Black Prince. Netherlands: Brill, 2017, p.40McNab, Chris. Famous Battles of the Medieval Period. United States: Cavendish Square Publishing LLC, 2017, p.46Siege of Alcácer do Sal (1217) Part of the Fifth Crusade, Almohad wars in the Iberian Peninsula and the Reconquista Location: Qaṣr Abī Dānis, al-GharbKingdom of PortugalCrusaders from northern EuropeAlmohad CaliphatePortuguese–Crusader victory Siege of Faro (1249) Part of the Portuguese Reconquista Location: Faro, Portugal Portugal Order of Santiago Order of Aviz Taifa of Niebla Portuguese victoryWar of the Strait (1292–1350) Battle of Río Salado Siege of Algeciras (1342–1344)
(1292–1350)
Location: Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Gibraltar) Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of Portugal
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Kingdom of Navarre
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of England
Republic of GenoaMarinid Sultanate Emirate of GranadaVictory
End of Moroccan hegemony in the Strait of Gibraltar. No more offensive or expansion attempts against the Christian Kingdoms would be done by Marinids, being just at the defensive for the rest of the reconquista.Luso-Castilian War (1295–1297) Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Aragon Kingdom of CastileStalemate Treaty of Alcañices Luso-Castillian War (1336–39)
Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota (1336) Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Treaty of Seville (1339) Battle of Río Salado(1340) Part of the Reconquista Location: Iberian Peninsula Crown of CastileKingdom of Portugal Marinid Sultanate Emirate of Granada Castilian–Portuguese victoryBattle of Guadalmesí (1342) Part of the Reconquista Location: Guadalmesí, Strait of Gibraltar Crown of Castile Kingdom of PortugalMarinid SultanateCastilian–Portuguese victory Siege of Algeciras (1342–1344) Part of the Battle of the Strait during the Reconquista Location: Algeciras Crown of CastileRepublic of GenoaKingdom of AragonKingdom of PortugalKingdom of NavarreEuropean crusadersMarinid DynastyEmirate of Granada Christian victory War of the Two Peters(1356–1369)
Part of the First Castilian Civil War Location: Mostly towns in the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Valencia, coast of the Principality of Catalonia PedristasSupported by:EnglandRepublic of GenoaPortugalNavarreGranada AragonEnriquistasSupported by:France Trastamarian victory Overthrow of Peter of Castile Accession of Henry II of Castile First Fernandine War(1369–1371)
Part of the Fernandine Wars Location: Iberian Peninsula Ferdinand I of Portugal Peter IV of Aragon Charles II of Navarre Henry of Trastámara Treaty of Alcoutim Second Fernandine War(1372–1373)
Part of the Fernandine Wars Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Defeat Third Fernandine War(1381–1382)
Part of the Fernandine Wars Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Defeat Portuguese interregnum(1383–1385)
Part of the Hundred Years' War Location: Portugal and Castile Party of the Grandmaster of AvisSupported by: England Party of Beatrice of Portugal CastileSupported by: France Aragon Genoese volunteers Victory of the Grandmaster of Avis's party: John of Avis becomes John I of Portugal, ushering in the Johanine Dynasty Consolidation of Portuguese independence from Castile. Signing of the Treaty of Windsor, strengthening the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance and kickstarting the so-called "Illustrious Generation" Conquest of Ceuta(1415)
Part of the Reconquista Location: Ceuta, Marinid dynasty (part of modern-day Spain) Kingdom of PortugalMarinid dynasty Portuguese victory Siege of Ceuta (1419)
Part of the Reconquista Location: Ceuta Kingdom of Portugal Marinid SultanateEmirate of Granada Portuguese victoryIrmandiño revolts (1431–69)
Part of Castillian Civil War Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of Portugal Supported by: Andrade, Lemos and Moscoso families Galician rebelsVictoryBattle of Tangier (1437)
Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts
Location: Tangier, Morocco Portuguese Empire Marinid Sultanate Moroccan victoryBattle of Marseille–Nice (1451) Location: Off Marseille and near Nice Portuguese EmpirePiratesPortuguese victory Conquest of Ksar es-Seghir(1458)
Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts Location: Ksar es-Seghir, (modern-day Morocco) Kingdom of Portugal Marinid SultanatePortuguese victoryCatalan Civil War (1462–72)
War of the Remences Mieres uprising Location: the Principality of CataloniaPrincipality of Catalonia Council of the Principality Generalitat Consell de Cent
Supported by:Crown of Castile (1462–1463)Kingdom of Portugal (1463–1466)Duchy of Lorraine (1466–1471)Kingdom of France (1466–1471)Crown of AragonSupported by:RemensaKingdom of France (1462–1463)Crown of Castile (1469–1472)Royal victory Capitulation of PedralbesSiege of Tangier (1463–1464) Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts Location: Tangier, Morocco Kingdom of PortugalMarinid SultanateMarinid victoryAnfa expedition (1468) Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts Location: Anfa, Morocco Kingdom of PortugalWattasid MoroccoPortuguese victory Conquest of Asilah(1471)
Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts Location: Asilah, Morocco Kingdom of Portugal Wattasid Morocco Portuguese victory Establishment of Portuguese AsilahPortuguese conquest of Tangier (1471)
Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts
Location: Tangier, Morocco Kingdom of PortugalWattasid dynastyPortuguese victory Establishment of Portuguese Tangier War of the Castilian Succession(1475–1479) Location: Iberian Peninsula and Atlantic Ocean Treaty of Alcáçovas: Isabella is recognised as Queen of Castile Marriage of Isabella of Aragon to Afonso of Portugal Portugal gains hegemony in the Atlantic south of the Canary Islands Portugal recognizes Castile's claim to the Canary IslandsSiege of Ceuta (1476)
Part of Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts Location: North Africa Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile (Juana Supporters)Marinid SultanateVictoryBattle of Guinea (1478)
Part of the War of the Castilian Succession Location: Near Elmina, Gulf of GuineaKingdom of PortugalCrown of CastilePortuguese victoryChaouia expedition (1487)
Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts Location: Chaouia, Morocco Kingdom of PortugalWattasid MoroccoPortuguese victory.Siege of Graciosa (1489)
Part of Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts Location: North Africa (Morocco) Kingdom of Portugal Portuguese MoroccoWattasidsDefeatTarga expedition (1490) Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts Location: Targa Kingdom of Portugal Wattasid MoroccoPortuguese victoryFirst Luso-Malabarese War (1500–1513) Part of the Zamorin–Portuguese conflicts Location: Indian Ocean, Malabar Coast, India. First Battle of Cannanore (1501) Battle of Calicut (1503) Battle of Cochin (1504) Battle of Pandarane (1504) Battle of Cannanore (1506) Siege of Cannanore (1507) Battle of Chaul (1508) Battle of Diu (1509) Portuguese EmpireSupported by:Kingdom of CochinKingdom of Cannanore (until 1507)Kingdom of KollamKingdom of Tanur (1504 on)Kingdom of CalicutSupported by:Mamluk EgyptKingdom of Tanur (up to 1504)Supported by: Mamluk EgyptArab privateersPortuguese victoryBattle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) Part of the Portuguese colonial campaigns Location: Mers-el-Kébir, Kingdom of Tlemcen Portuguese Empire Kingdom of TlemcenZayyanid victoryFirst Battle of Cannanore (1501)
Location: Asia, Indian subcontinent 3rd Portuguese India ArmadaKingdom of CalicutVictoryBattle of Tanger (1502)
Location: North Africa (Morocco) Portugal Portuguese Tangier WattasidsDefeatBattle of Calicut (1503)