Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Battles of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Austrian cardinal and governor of the Netherlands (1559-1621)

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1596 and 1604: 1 battle and 4 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in France (2), Belgium (2), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 517 km apart end to end, 129 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (2), French Wars of Religion (1), Anglo-Spanish War (1).

Siege of CalaisSiege of HulstSiege of AmiensBattle of NieuwpoortSiege of OstendSiege of CalaisSiege of HulstSiege of AmiensBattle of NieuwpoortSiege of OstendBrusselsLe HavreLilleRotterdamAntwerpenLuxembourgRouenBrightonCharleroiReims100 km50.604N, 2.955E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1596: 2 engagements2 in 15961597: 1 engagements1600: 1 engagements1604: 1 engagements15961604
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Calais, 1596Siege of Hulst, 1596Siege of Amiens, 1597Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600Siege of Ostend, 160415961604
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
April 1596Siege of CalaisCalais, FranceSpanish victory
July 1596Siege of HulstHulst, Netherlands159 km ESpanish victory
13 May 1597Siege of AmiensAmiens, France201 km SWFranco-English victory; Peace of Vervins
2 July 1600Battle of NieuwpoortNieuwpoort, Belgium144 km NDutch victory
20 September 1604Siege of OstendOstend, Belgium13 km NESpanish 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, Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.