Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Alfonso d'Avalos

Battles of Alfonso d'Avalos

Spanish-Italian nobleman; Governor of the Duchy of Milan, 1502 to 1546

Alfonso d'Avalos is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1525 and 1544: 2 battles, 3 sieges and 1 naval action across 4 present-day countries, most in Italy (3), Tunisia (1), Algeria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,860 km apart end to end, 572 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman–Spanish War (2), Italian War of 1521–1526 (1), War of the League of Cognac (1).

Battle of Capo d'OrsoBattle of PaviaConquest of TunisAlgiers expeditionSiege of NiceBattle of CeresoleBattle of PaviaConquest of TunisAlgiers expeditionSiege of NiceBattle of CeresoleBarcelonaNaplesLyonTiranaPalermoValenciaZagrebSarajevoVallettaFlorence500 km40.987N, 8.829E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1525: 1 engagements1 in 15251528: 1 engagements1 in 15281535: 1 engagements1 in 15351541: 1 engagements1 in 15411543: 1 engagements1 in 15431544: 1 engagements1 in 154415251544
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Pavia, 1525Battle of Capo d'Orso, 1528Conquest of Tunis, 1535Algiers expedition, 1541Siege of Nice, 1543Battle of Ceresole, 154415251544
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
24 February 1525Battle of PaviaPavia, ItalyHabsburg victory
28 April 1528Battle of Capo d'OrsoGulf of Salerno, Italy676 km SEFrench victory
16 June 1535Conquest of TunisTunis, Tunisia571 km SWHabsburg and allied victory
1541Algiers expeditionAlgiers, Algeria633 km WAlgerian victory
22 August 1543Siege of NiceNice, France848 km NEImperial-Savoyard victory
11 April 1544Battle of CeresoleCeresole Alba, Italy131 km NFrench 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, Titian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.