The DBA army list IV/68 Medieval Spanish Or Portuguese 1340AD-1485AD is the Christian army at the tail end of the Reconquista. Mostly the armies this list represents fought each other. This post is part of my series on Troop Identities in DBA Army Lists.
See Reconquista Timeline: Christian Resurgence 1250 – 1492.
DBA IV/68 Medieval Spanish or Portuguese
- (a) Spanish
- 1 x 3Kn (Gen) [Knights / Men-at-Arms]
- 2 x 3Kn [Knights / Men-at-Arms]
- 1 x 3Kn // 4Bd [French or English Men-at-Arms]
- or 4Lb [English Longbowmen]
- or 2Lh [Jinetes]
- 2 x 2LH [Jinetes]
- 1 x 4Sp [Spearmen]
- 2 x 3Ax [Javelinmen; Almughavares if Aragonese]
- 1 x 4Cb [Crossbowmen or Archers]
- 2 x 2Ps [Crossbowmen, Archers, or Slingers]
- (b) Portuguese
- 1 x 3Kn // 4Bd (Gen) [Knights / Men-at-Arms]
- 3 x 3Kn // 4Bd [Knights / Men-at-Arms including English]
- 1 x 2LH [Jinetes]
- 1 x 4Sp [Spearmen]
- 2 x 3Ax [Javelinmen]
- 1 x 4Cb [Crossbowmen or Archers]
- 2 x 2Ps [Crossbowmen, Archers or Slingers]
- 2 x 2Ps [Crossbowmen, Archers or Slingers]
- or 4Cb [Crossbowmen or Archers]
- 2 x 4LB [English Longbowmen]
- or 4Cb [Crossbowmen or Archers]
Variants
There are problems with the official lists so people have suggested some variants.
Bernd Lehnhoff
Fanaticus: Bernd Lehnhoff DBM to DBA Armies (Vol. 1, Book IV, — Armies After 999 AD)
Bernd Lehnhoff: Late Spanish Christian States (1340-1485)
- Aragon
- 2 x Kn3 (Gen)
- 1 x LH2
- 1 x LH2 or Ax3
- 1 x Ax3
- 2 x Sp4
- 3 x Bw3 or Ps2 (archers and crossbowmen)
- 1 x Ps2
- Castilian
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2 x Kn3 (gen)
2 x LH2
2 x Sp4
1 x Ax3
2 x Bw3 or Ps2 (archers and crossbowmen)
1 x Bw4 or Ps2 or Ax3 (Hermandad or Mudejar)
2 x Ps2 - Portugal
- 2 x Kn3/Bd4 (gen)1
- 1 x LH2
- 2 x Sp4
- 3 x Bw3 or Ps2 (archers and crossbowmen)
- 2 x Ax3
- 1 x Ax3 or Hd(ax6)
- 1 x Ps2
- Note 1 :All Portuguese Kn3 can dismount as Bd4
Stephen Montague
Fanaticus: Stephen Montague Medieval Spanish (1350-1485 AD) (DBA 171)
Stephen Montague: Spanish (1350-1485 AD)
- 3 x 3Kn Knights
- 4 x 2LH Ginetes
- 1 x 4Cb
- 1 x 3Aux Almughavars, Mudejars or Portuguese peasant hordes
- 1 x 2Ps Slingers, Archers, Crossbowmen or hand gunners
- 2 x 4Sp
- 2Kn/4Bd Dismounting Knights are French mercenaries
- or 1 x 4Bd + 1 x 4Lb Blades and Longbow option are English mercenaries
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