Siege of Djerba (1432)
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| Siege of Djerba (1432) | |||||||
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| Part of Aragonese expedition to Tunisia of 1432 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Crown of Aragon |
 Hafsid dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Alfonso V of Aragon |
Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 132 ships[1] | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Low | Unknown | ||||||
The siege of Djerba in 1432 was one of the battles of the Aragonese expedition to Tunisia of 1432.
The permanent ambition of Alfonso V of Aragon was always the Kingdom of Naples, which he had already tried to conquer in the war of 1420–1423.[2] He thought that having a base in Tunisia would be useful for a future invasion of Italy, so he sent an expedition.
Siege
In 1432, taking advantage of the truce with Castile during the War of the Infants of Aragon, Alfonso V of Aragon went to sea again towards Italy, with a first stop on the island of Djerba,[3] laying siege on August 15, until September 9. Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II, the ruler of Tunis, faced him on the beach, but was defeated.[4]