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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Count Claude Florimond de Mercy

Battles of Count Claude Florimond de Mercy

Austrian Imperial field marshal (1666-1734)

Count Claude Florimond de Mercy is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1716 and 1734: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Italy (3), Romania (1), Serbia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,901 km apart end to end, 475 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Polish Succession (2), Ottoman–Habsburg Wars (1).

Siege of TemeşvarSiege of BelgradeBattle of FrancavillaBattle of ColornoBattle of San PietroSiege of TemeşvarSiege of BelgradeBattle of FrancavillaBattle of ColornoBattle of San PietroAthensGenevaMilanNaplesBucharestSofiaTiranaPalermoThessalonikiZagreb500 km41.831N, 15.765E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1716: 1 engagements1717: 1 engagements1719: 1 engagements1734: 2 engagements2 in 173417161734
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Temeşvar, 1716Siege of Belgrade, 1717Battle of Francavilla, 1719Battle of Colorno, 1734Battle of San Pietro, 173417161734
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
31 August 1716Siege of TemeşvarTimișoara, RomaniaHabsburg victory
18 June 1717Siege of BelgradeBelgrade, Serbia121 km SWHabsburg victory
1719Battle of FrancavillaItaly888 km SWSpanish victory
5 June 1734Battle of ColornoColorno, Italy876 km NWFranco-Sardinian victory
29 June 1734Battle of San PietroParma, Italy16 km SWFranco-Sardinian 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.