Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Battles of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

also known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1813: 4 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in France (1), Belgium (1), Czech Republic (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,296 km apart end to end, 432 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (1), French Revolutionary Wars (1), War of the Third Coalition (1).

Battle of TourcoingBattle of TournayBattle of AusterlitzBattle of DresdenBattle of TournayBattle of AusterlitzBattle of DresdenBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsMunichPragueZürichThe Hague500 km50.081N, 9.959E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 2 engagements2 in 17941805: 1 engagements1813: 1 engagements17941813
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tourcoing, 1794Battle of Tournay, 1794Battle of Austerlitz, 1805Battle of Dresden, 181317941813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 May 1794Battle of TourcoingTourcoing, FranceFrench victory
22 May 1794Battle of TournayTournai, Belgium22 km SECoalition victory
2 December 1805Battle of AusterlitzSlavkov u Brna, Czech Republic971 km EFrench victory
26 August 1813Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany303 km NWFrench 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, Friedrich von Amerling, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.