Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Battles of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Spanish military tactician and diplomat (1507-1582)

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1535 and 1572: 1 battle and 4 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Tunisia (1), Algeria (1), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,197 km apart end to end, 799 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman–Spanish War (2), Italian War of 1542–46 Un penesote (1), Eighty Years' War (1).

Conquest of TunisAlgiers expeditionSiege of PerpignanBattle of MühlbergSiege of MonsConquest of TunisAlgiers expeditionSiege of PerpignanBattle of MühlbergSiege of MonsMadridBerlinAthensViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaMilanLisbonNaples1000 km44.105N, 8.056E
5 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 15411542: 1 engagements1 in 15421547: 1 engagements1 in 15471572: 1 engagements1 in 157215351572
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Conquest of Tunis, 1535Algiers expedition, 1541Siege of Perpignan, 1542Battle of Mühlberg, 1547Siege of Mons, 157215351572
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 June 1535Conquest of TunisTunis, TunisiaHabsburg and allied victory
1541Algiers expeditionAlgiers, Algeria633 km WAlgerian victory
28 August 1542Siege of PerpignanPerpignan, Spain677 km NSpanish victory
25 April 1547Battle of MühlbergMühlberg/Elbe, Germany1,229 km NEHabsburg victory
19 September 1572Siege of MonsMons, Belgium658 km WSpanish victory; Valenciennes recaptured by the Spanish...

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, Antonis Mor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.