Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Charles I of England

Battles of Charles I of England

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 (1600–1649)

Charles I of England is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1627 and 1645: 7 battles and 4 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (10), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,127 km apart end to end, 213 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (8), English Civil War (2), Thirty Years' War (1).

Siege of HullSiege of GloucesterSiege of OxfordBattle of Cropredy BridgeBattle of LostwithielSecond Battle of NewburySiege of Saint-Martin-de-RéBattle of EdgehillBattle of Turnham GreenFirst Battle of NewburyBattle of NasebySiege of Saint-Martin-de-RéBattle of EdgehillBattle of Turnham GreenFirst Battle of NewburyBattle of NasebyGenevaAmsterdamBrusselsDublinLyonBirminghamManchesterThe HagueBelfastBern500 km49.972N, 2.467W
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1627: 1 engagements1642: 3 engagements1643: 2 engagements1644: 4 engagements4 in 16441645: 1 engagements16271645
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, 1627Siege of Hull, 1642Battle of Edgehill, 1642Battle of Turnham Green, 1642Siege of Gloucester, 1643First Battle of Newbury, 1643Siege of Oxford, 1644Battle of Cropredy Bridge, 1644Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644Second Battle of Newbury, 1644Battle of Naseby, 164516271645
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1627Siege of Saint-Martin-de-RéIsle of Ré, FranceFrench victory
10 July 1642Siege of HullKingston upon Hull, United Kingdom842 km NParliamentarian victory
23 October 1642Battle of EdgehillEdgehill, United Kingdom194 km SWInconclusive
13 November 1642Battle of Turnham GreenTurnham Green, United Kingdom110 km SEParliamentarian victory
5 September 1643Siege of GloucesterGloucester, United Kingdom142 km WParliamentarian victory
20 September 1643First Battle of NewburyNewbury, United Kingdom82 km SEParliamentarian victory
May 1644Siege of OxfordOxford, United Kingdom41 km NParliamentarian victory
29 June 1644Battle of Cropredy BridgeCropredy, United Kingdom41 km NRoyalist victory
13 August 1644Battle of LostwithielLostwithiel, United Kingdom301 km SWRoyalist victory
27 October 1644Second Battle of NewburyNewbury, United Kingdom259 km NEIndecisive
14 June 1645Battle of NasebyNaseby, United Kingdom114 km NParliamentarian 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, Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.