Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau

Battles of Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau

prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland (1584-1647)

Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1626 and 1637: 8 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (5), Germany (2), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 722 km apart end to end, 103 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (7), Thirty Years' War (1).

Siege of OldenzaalCapture of MaastrichtSiege of RheinbergSiege of GroenloSiege of 's-HertogenboschSiege of LeuvenSiege of SchenkenschansSiege of BredaSiege of GroenloSiege of 's-HertogenboschSiege of LeuvenSiege of SchenkenschansSiege of BredaAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfBonnUtrecht100 km51.590N, 5.815E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1626: 1 engagements1627: 1 engagements1629: 1 engagements1632: 1 engagements1633: 1 engagements1635: 2 engagements2 in 16351637: 1 engagements16261637
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Oldenzaal, 1626Siege of Groenlo, 1627Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1629Capture of Maastricht, 1632Siege of Rheinberg, 1633Siege of Leuven, 1635Siege of Schenkenschans, 1635Siege of Breda, 163716261637
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1626Siege of OldenzaalOldenzaal, NetherlandsAnglo-Dutch victory
20 July 1627Siege of GroenloGroenlo, Netherlands36 km SWAnglo-Dutch victory
30 April 1629Siege of 's-HertogenboschQ2766547, Netherlands97 km SWDutch victory
9 June 1632Capture of MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands96 km SDutch victory
1633Siege of RheinbergRheinberg, Germany99 km NEDutch victory
24 June 1635Siege of LeuvenLeuven, Belgium152 km SWImperial-Spanish victory
30 July 1635Siege of SchenkenschansSchenkenschanz, Germany146 km NEFirst siege: Spanish victory; Second siege: Dutch victory
21 July 1637Siege of BredaBreda, Netherlands95 km WDutch 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, Workshop of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.