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It was a confusing and polemic battle with an inconclusive military outcome, as both sides claimed victory: the Castilian right wing was defeated by the forces under Prince John who possessed the battlefield, but the troops of Afonso V were beaten by the Castilian left-centre led by the Duke of Alba and Cardinal Mendoza. The war continued until the peace of Alcáçovas (1479), and the official propaganda transformed the Battle of Toro in a victory which avenged Aljubarrota.

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  • Battle of Toro
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  • It was a confusing and polemic battle with an inconclusive military outcome, as both sides claimed victory: the Castilian right wing was defeated by the forces under Prince John who possessed the battlefield, but the troops of Afonso V were beaten by the Castilian left-centre led by the Duke of Alba and Cardinal Mendoza. The war continued until the peace of Alcáçovas (1479), and the official propaganda transformed the Battle of Toro in a victory which avenged Aljubarrota.
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Strength
  • About 8,000 men: 5,000 footmen 3,500 horsemen
  • About 8,000 men: 5,000 footmen 2,500 or 3,000 horsemen
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Partof
  • the War of the Castilian Succession
Date
  • 1476-03-01(xsd:date)
Commander
Caption
  • Location of the Province of Toro, Spain .
Casualties
  • Many hundreds
  • Near 1,000
Result
  • Inconclusive: both sides proclaimed victory
combatant
  • 18(xsd:integer)
Place
  • Peleagonzalo, near Toro, Castile
Conflict
  • Battle of Toro
abstract
  • It was a confusing and polemic battle with an inconclusive military outcome, as both sides claimed victory: the Castilian right wing was defeated by the forces under Prince John who possessed the battlefield, but the troops of Afonso V were beaten by the Castilian left-centre led by the Duke of Alba and Cardinal Mendoza. However, it was a major political victory for the Catholic Monarchs by assuring to Isabella the throne of Castile: what still remained of the noblemen loyal to Juana de Trastámara adhered to Isabella. With great political vision, Isabella took advantage of the moment and convoked courts at Madrigal-Segovia (April–October 1476). There her daughter was proclaimed and sworn heiress of the Castile's crown, which was equivalent to legitimizing her own throne. Spanish academic António M. Serrano:“From all of this it is deductible that the battle [of Toro] was inconclusive, but Isabella and Ferdinand made it fly with wings of victory. (...) Actually, since this battle transformed in victory; since 1 March 1476, Isabella and Ferdinand started to rule in the Spain's throne. (...) The inconclusive wings of the battle became the secure and powerful wings of San Juan's eagle [the commemorative temple of the battle of Toro] ”. The war continued until the peace of Alcáçovas (1479), and the official propaganda transformed the Battle of Toro in a victory which avenged Aljubarrota.
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