Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

Battles of Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1643-1690)

Charles V, Duke of Lorraine is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1674 and 1687: 4 battles and 6 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Hungary (4), Germany (2), Austria (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,728 km apart end to end, 192 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Turkish War (5), Franco-Dutch War (3), Polish–Ottoman War of 1683–99 (1).

Battle of EntzheimSiege of PhilippsburgSiege of FreiburgSecond Turkish Siege of ViennaBattle of GranBattle of PárkányBattle of ViennaSiege of BudaBattle of BudaBattle of MohácsBattle of PárkányBattle of ViennaSiege of BudaBattle of BudaBattle of MohácsMilanFrankfurtMunichPragueZürichZagrebLjubljanaBernVeniceStuttgart200 km47.544N, 13.344E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1674: 1 engagements1676: 1 engagements1677: 1 engagements1683: 3 engagements3 in 16831684: 1 engagements1685: 1 engagements1686: 1 engagements1687: 1 engagements16741687
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Entzheim, 1674Siege of Philippsburg, 1676Siege of Freiburg, 1677Battle of Párkány, 1683Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683Battle of Vienna, 1683Siege of Buda, 1684Battle of Gran, 1685Battle of Buda, 1686Battle of Mohács, 168716741687
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 October 1674Battle of EntzheimEntzheim, FranceSee Aftermath
1 May 1676Siege of PhilippsburgPhilippsburg, Germany98 km NEImperial victory
9 November 1677Siege of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany145 km SFrench victory
1683Battle of PárkányŠtúrovo, Slovakia810 km EChristian Coalition victory
14 July 1683Second Turkish Siege of ViennaVienna, Austria180 km WChristian coalition victory
12 September 1683Battle of ViennaKahlenberg, Austria4 km NWChristian coalition victory
16 June 1684Siege of BudaBuda, Hungary220 km EOttoman victory
1685Battle of GranEsztergom, Hungary42 km NWHoly Roman Empire victory
1686Battle of BudaBuda, Hungary42 km SEHoly League victory
12 August 1687Battle of MohácsNagyharsány, Hungary186 km SHoly Roman Empire 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, G.Garitan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.