Siege of Villa di Chiesa

Siege of Villa di Chiesa

Medieval walls of Iglesias
Date28 June 1323–7 February 1324
Location
Result Aragonese victory
Belligerents
Crown of Aragon
Giudicato of Arborea
Republic of Pisa
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso IV of Aragon
Hugh II of Arborea
Vico Ronselmini
Iacopo da Settimo
Strength
1,000+
several siege engines
250 knights
272 men-at-arms
128 archers
600 townsfolk
Casualties and losses
Heavy Unknown

The siege of Villa di Chiesa (today Iglesias) was carried out by the army of the Crown of Aragon (under the command of Alfonso IV of Aragon) and of the giudicato of Arborea, between the summer of 1323 and the winter of 1324. It represented the first act of the Aragonese conquest of Pisan Sardinia, for the creation of the Kingdom of Sardinia.