Battle of Ceuta (1339)
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| Battle of Ceuta | |||||||
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| Part of the Battle of the Strait | |||||||
 Emirate of Granada | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Crown of Aragon |
Marinid Dynasty Republic of Genoa | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jofre Gilabert de Cruïlles Galceran Marquet | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8 galleys | 14 galleys | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Ceuta in 1339 was one of the battles of the Battle of the Strait.
The 14th century saw a gradual increase in fleets as the war in the Straits became more fierce. In 1334 a peace treaty was signed between Morocco, Granada and Castile and in 1336 Peter IV of Aragon agreed to extend the peace with Granada, but the peace could not be maintained for long time for conflicting ambitions.
The Marinid dynasty planned to reunify the Maghreb, taking Tilimsen in 1337,[1] and the fleet of Alfonso XI of Castile was in the Straits of Gibraltar from the spring of 1338[2] and requested help from Peter the Ceremonious to complete the Straits fleet, signing the pact of Madrid,[3] by which the two kingdoms pledged to help each other to wage war in Morocco and Granada while the Marinids did the same with the Hafsids.
Admiral Jofre Gilabert de Cruïlles left Barcelona on June 1 of 1339 with four galleys, to join Valencia with six other galleys and a galiot that from there set course for the Strait.[2]
