Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle

Battles of Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle

Marshal of France (1684-1761)

Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1734 and 1747: 1 battle and 3 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Czech Republic (2), Germany (1), Italy (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,297 km apart end to end, 432 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Austrian Succession (3).

Siege of TrarbachSiege of PragueBattle of SahaySiege of GenoaSiege of TrarbachSiege of PragueBattle of SahaySiege of GenoaViennaGenevaMilanMunichZürichLyonZagrebFlorenceLjubljanaBern500 km47.245N, 10.767E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1734: 1 engagements1742: 2 engagements2 in 17421747: 1 engagements17341747
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Trarbach, 1734Siege of Prague, 1742Battle of Sahay, 1742Siege of Genoa, 174717341747
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 April 1734Siege of TrarbachTraben-Trarbach, GermanyFrench victory
1742Siege of PraguePrague, Czech Republic522 km EFrance successfully defends the city but withdraws on 18...
24 May 1742Battle of SahayZahájí, Czechia110 km SFrench victory
April 1747Siege of GenoaGenoa, Italy665 km SWFranco-Spanish-Genoese 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, After Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.