What is Battle of Granada?
{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Battle of Granada |image=La Rendición de Granada - Pradilla.jpg |caption=''The Capitulation of Granada'', by Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz: Muhammad XII surrenders before [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Isabella I of Castile]]. Oil on canvas, 1882. |partof=the [[Reconquista]] |date=January 2, 1492 |place=[[Granada]], [[Spain]] |result=Spanish victory |territory=[[Granada]] captured by Christian forces<br>Annexation of last Muslim state in [[Iberia]] |combatant1=[[File:Royal Standard of Nasrid Dynasty Kingdom of Grenade.svg|30px]] [[Emirate of Granada]] |combatant2=[[File:Bandera de la Corona de Castilla.svg|23px]] [[Crown of Castile]]<br />[[File:Armas del soberano de Aragón.svg|22px]] [[Crown of Aragon]] |commander1=[[File:Royal Standard of Nasrid Dynasty Kingdom of Grenade.svg|30px]] Mahoma XII |commander2=[[File:Bandera de la Corona de Castilla.svg|22px]] [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]]<br>[[File:Armas del soberano de Aragón.svg|22px]] [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] }} The '''Battle of Granada''' was a [[siege]] of the city of [[Granada]]. It was fought for several months and ended in the surrender of Granada on January 2, 1492. The forces of King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]] fought against the armies of the [[Muslim]] [[Emirate of Granada]]. ==Battle== This relatively small campaign was of enormous consequences because Granada was the last outpost of [[Al-Andalus]] in Spain and its fall meant the end of 780 years of Muslim control in the Iberian Peninsula. It also was the last act in the [[Reconquista]], the campaign by the medieval Christian states of Spain to drive out the [[Moors|Moorish]] invaders. After heavy days of fighting, the royal imperial forces of Queen [[Isabella of Castile]] marched into the city of Granada and captured it from its last Muslim ruler, Mahoma XII (''Muhammad XII''). After the capture of the city, Muhammad was invited to the royal tent of the queen and her imperial forces where a formal surrender was issu