Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Battles of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 (1500–1558)

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1535 and 1554: 2 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in France (3), Tunisia (1), Algeria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,526 km apart end to end, 705 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman–Spanish War (2), Italian War of 1542–46 Un penesote (1), Italian War of 1551–1559 (1).

Siege of Saint-DizierConquest of TunisAlgiers expeditionBattle of MühlbergSiege of MetzBattle of RentyConquest of TunisAlgiers expeditionBattle of MühlbergSiege of MetzBattle of RentyMadridBerlinAthensViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtLisbon1000 km44.105N, 7.645E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1535: 1 engagements1 in 15351541: 1 engagements1 in 15411544: 1 engagements1 in 15441547: 1 engagements1 in 15471553: 1 engagements1 in 15531554: 1 engagements1 in 155415351554
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Conquest of Tunis, 1535Algiers expedition, 1541Siege of Saint-Dizier, 1544Battle of Mühlberg, 1547Siege of Metz, 1553Battle of Renty, 155415351554
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 June 1535Conquest of TunisTunis, TunisiaHabsburg and allied victory
1541Algiers expeditionAlgiers, Algeria633 km WAlgerian victory
10 July 1544Siege of Saint-DizierSaint-Dizier, France1,328 km NImperial victory
25 April 1547Battle of MühlbergMühlberg/Elbe, Germany667 km NEHabsburg victory
2 January 1553Siege of MetzMetz, France562 km SWFrench victory
1554Battle of RentyFrance336 km NWFrench 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, Attributed to Titian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.