Battle of Oriola (1521)
| Battle of Oriola Battle of Orihuela | |||||||
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| Part of Revolt of the Brotherhoods | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Agermanados | Royalists | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Micar Bocanegra friar Miquel Garcia Pere Palomares |
Pedro Fajardo Pero Maza de Lizana | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ± 7,000 infantrymen | 5,500 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ± 2,000 | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Oriola or Battle of Orihuela was an armed conflict fought between the troops of the Agermanados (Agermanats or members of the Revolt of the Brotherhoods), mainly artisan guilds, and those of Pedro Fajardo y Chacón, Marqués de los Vélez, on 30 August 1521 in Oriola (Orihuela), in the Kingdom of Valencia (now in Spain).