Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Charles Martel

Battles of Charles Martel

Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)

Charles Martel is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 716 and AD 737: 4 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in France (3), Germany (1), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,146 km apart end to end, 286 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Umayyad invasion of Gaul (1).

Battle of CologneBattle of AmblèveBattle of VicyBattle of ToursBattle of NarbonneBattle of CologneBattle of AmblèveBattle of VicyBattle of ToursBattle of NarbonneGenevaMilanFrankfurtBrusselsMunichZürichLyonFlorenceBilbaoBordeaux500 km47.063N, 3.747E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 716: 2 engagements2 in AD 716AD 717: 1 engagementsAD 732: 1 engagementsAD 737: 1 engagementsAD 716AD 737
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cologne, AD 716Battle of Amblève, AD 716Battle of Vicy, AD 717Battle of Tours, AD 732Battle of Narbonne, AD 737AD 716AD 737
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 716Battle of CologneCologne, GermanyNeustria-Frisian victory
AD 716Battle of AmblèveAmel, Belgium106 km SWAustrasia victory
21 March AD 717Battle of VicyLes Rues-des-Vignes, France176 km WAustrasian victory
10 October AD 732Battle of ToursPoitiers, France399 km SWFrankish victory
AD 737Battle of NarbonneNarbonne, France465 km SEFrankish Christian military success against the Umayyad...

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, © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.