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Siege of Fuenterrabía (1523–1524)

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In July 1522, it was decided to surrender the fortress due to starvation. After ten months without being supplied, deaths from starvation began to occur. French troops came who, after crossing the Bidasoa, made the imperial troops flee, being able to supply the square and renew the garrison. For this
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Faced with the difficulties in defending the castle of Behovia, the French army decided to abandon it. The withdrawal was carried out correctly, taking the cannons, weapons, and provisions. Later, different explosive charges were arranged to destroy its walls, but its fuses were extinguished by the
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The Lord of Bonnivent established a garrison with 3,000 men, who were 2,000 Gascons and 1,000 Navarrese under the orders of Jacques D'Aillon, Lord of Luda, who remained as mayor of the square "in the name of the King of Navarre". For this reason, the
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On 29 February 1524, pardon was granted to the imprisoned Navarrese, with the condition that within two months they surrendered and gave an oath and loyalty to Charles V. The fortress was surrendered on 29 April.
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The naval control of the fortress allowed the supply to be maintained. Throughout the siege, the red flag of Navarre flew in the fortress, although the French tried to impose theirs.
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so that he intervened before Francis I and required this position. Knowledge of these conversations by the Navarrese was decisive for the replacement of the garrison months later.
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covet its possession. For this reason, both nations appointed commissioners to elucidate the problems of water limits in the conflicts of the towns of Fuenterrabía and
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began. On 27 February the French abandoned the fortress, leaving only Navarrese soldiers, the most notable being Pedro de Navarre, son of Marshal
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volunteers, among which nearly a thousand casualties occurred. Diego de Vera, warden of the plaza, surrendered on October 18.
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At the beginning of October 1521 the castle of Behovia was taken by the troops commanded by the French Admiral
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The Fuenterrabía of the 16th century also included most of the municipal term of the current city of
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and Fuenterrabia. This campaign failed after 24 days with the loss of a quarter of the army due to
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As of 1517, the territorial rights of the area were defined by law by the two kingdoms, that of
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army had taken it in a new incursion after the failure of the third attempt to reconquer the
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In the winter of 1523–1524, a great offensive was organized by Emperor Charles V against
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Castilian troops under the command of Captain Ochoa Sanz de Asua, who took the castle.
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on October 6, taking it twelve days later, after three assaults by Navarrese and
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who had been killed in strange circumstances, presumably assassinated, in the
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was waving throughout the siege, despite the intention of the French to raise
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after its invasion by the Crowns of Castile and Aragon, in which Marshal
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Its border situation and its geographic characteristics made both
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reason, Beltrán de la Cueva was dismissed, and was replaced by
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