Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Ernest Rüdiger of Starhemberg

Battles of Ernest Rüdiger of Starhemberg

Austrian field marshal (1638-1701)

Ernest Rüdiger of Starhemberg is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1683 and 1686: 2 battles and 3 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Austria (2), Hungary (2), Slovakia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 404 km apart end to end, 101 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Turkish War (3), Polish–Ottoman War of 1683–99 (1).

Battle of PárkánySecond Turkish Siege of ViennaBattle of ViennaSiege of BudaBattle of BudaBattle of PárkánySecond Turkish Siege of ViennaBattle of ViennaSiege of BudaBattle of BudaBrnoGrazMiskolcGyőrZlínMariborSzolnokŽilinaZvolenSzékesfehérvár100 km47.851N, 17.693E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1683: 3 engagements3 in 16831684: 1 engagements1686: 1 engagements16831686
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Párkány, 1683Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683Battle of Vienna, 1683Siege of Buda, 1684Battle of Buda, 168616831686
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1683Battle of PárkányŠtúrovo, SlovakiaChristian 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
1686Battle of BudaBuda, Hungary0 km NHoly League 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, Stich von J. le Pautre., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.