Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Frederick William III of Prussia

Battles of Frederick William III of Prussia

King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840, 1770 to 1840

Frederick William III of Prussia is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1806 and 1814: 6 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Germany (5), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,450 km apart end to end, 242 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Sixth Coalition (5), Napoleonic Wars (1).

Fall of BerlinBattle of Fère-ChampenoiseBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of DresdenBattle of ParisBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of LützenBattle of DresdenBattle of ParisBerlinAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsMunichPragueThe HagueStuttgartLille200 km50.633N, 8.384E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1806: 2 engagements1813: 3 engagements3 in 18131814: 2 engagements18061814
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, 1806Fall of Berlin, 1806Battle of Lützen, 1813Battle of Bautzen, 1813Battle of Dresden, 1813Battle of Fère-Champenoise, 1814Battle of Paris, 181418061814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 October 1806Battle of Jena–AuerstedtJena, GermanyFrench victory
1806Fall of BerlinBerlin, Germany214 km NEFrench victory
2 May 1813Battle of LützenGroßgörschen, Germany166 km SWFrench victory
20 May 1813Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany156 km EFrench victory
26 August 1813Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany51 km WFrench victory
25 March 1814Battle of Fère-ChampenoiseFère-Champenoise, France735 km WCoalition victory
30 March 1814Battle of ParisParis, France128 km WCoalition 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, Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.