Siege of Villa di Chiesa

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Siege of Villa di Chiesa
Medieval walls of Iglesias
Date 28 June 1323-7 February 1324 Location Iglesias, Sardinia 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.