Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Battles of Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Marshal General of France, 1653 to 1734

Claude Louis Hector de Villars is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1689 and 1712: 5 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Germany (3), Belgium (2), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,386 km apart end to end, 231 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession (5), Nine Years' War (2).

Siege of KehlSiege of BouchainBattle of WalcourtBattle of LeuzeBattle of FriedlingenFirst Battle of HöchstädtBattle of DenainBattle of WalcourtBattle of LeuzeBattle of FriedlingenFirst Battle of HöchstädtBattle of DenainFrankfurtBrusselsZürichStuttgartLilleCologneNürnbergStrasbourgLuxembourgMannheim200 km49.102N, 6.950E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1689: 1 engagements1691: 1 engagements1702: 1 engagements1703: 2 engagements2 in 17031712: 2 engagements2 in 171216891712
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Walcourt, 1689Battle of Leuze, 1691Battle of Friedlingen, 1702Siege of Kehl, 1703First Battle of Höchstädt, 1703Battle of Denain, 1712Siege of Bouchain, 171216891712
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 August 1689Battle of WalcourtWalcourt, BelgiumAllied victory
18 September 1691Battle of LeuzeLeuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium69 km NWFrench victory
14 October 1702Battle of FriedlingenFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany444 km SEFrench victory
20 February 1703Siege of KehlKehl, Germany108 km NFrench victory
20 September 1703First Battle of HöchstädtHöchstädt an der Donau, Germany204 km EFranco-Bavarian victory
24 July 1712Battle of DenainDenain, France554 km NWFrench victory
1 October 1712Siege of BouchainBouchain, France8 km SWFrench 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, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.