Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt

Battles of Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt

Swedish general (1659–1719)

Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1703 and 1709: 5 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Latvia (2), Lithuania (1), Belarus (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,314 km apart end to end, 328 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (4).

Battle of SaladenBattle of JakobstadtBattle of GemauerthofBattle of LesnayaBattle of PoltavaBattle of SaladenBattle of JakobstadtBattle of GemauerthofBattle of LesnayaBattle of PoltavaKyivWarsawMinskRigaVilniusKharkivLvivKrakówKaliningradBryansk500 km53.068N, 29.039E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1703: 1 engagements1 in 17031704: 1 engagements1 in 17041705: 1 engagements1 in 17051708: 1 engagements1 in 17081709: 1 engagements1 in 170917031709
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Saladen, 1703Battle of Jakobstadt, 1704Battle of Gemauerthof, 1705Battle of Lesnaya, 1708Battle of Poltava, 170917031709
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
29 March 1703Battle of SaladenEurope, LithuaniaSwedish victory
5 August 1704Battle of JakobstadtJēkabpils, Latvia97 km ESwedish victory
26 July 1705Battle of GemauerthofDuchy of Courland and Semigallia, Latvia144 km WSwedish victory
28 September 1708Battle of LesnayaLiasnaja, Belarus570 km SERussian victory; See Result
27 June 1709Battle of PoltavaPoltava, Ukraine502 km SERussian coalition victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, David von Krafft, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.