Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba

Battles of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba

Spanish military leader (1585–1635)

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1620 and 1632: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Germany (3), Belgium (1), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 592 km apart end to end, 148 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (4), Eighty Years' War (1).

Capture of BacharachBattle of WimpfenSiege of HeidelbergBattle of FleurusCapture of MaastrichtCapture of BacharachBattle of WimpfenSiege of HeidelbergBattle of FleurusCapture of MaastrichtBrusselsStuttgartCologneAntwerpenStrasbourgLuxembourgMannheimDüsseldorfSaarbrückenBonn100 km50.032N, 6.861E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1620: 1 engagements1622: 3 engagements3 in 16221632: 1 engagements16201632
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Capture of Bacharach, 1620Battle of Wimpfen, 1622Siege of Heidelberg, 1622Battle of Fleurus, 1622Capture of Maastricht, 163216201632
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 October 1620Capture of BacharachBacharach, GermanySpanish victory
6 May 1622Battle of WimpfenBad Wimpfen, Germany140 km SECatholic victory
23 July 1622Siege of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany41 km NWSpanish-Imperial victory
29 August 1622Battle of FleurusFleurus, Belgium321 km NWSpanish victory
9 June 1632Capture of MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands91 km NEDutch 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, Wolfgang Kilian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.