Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Gustav Horn, Count of Pori

Battles of Gustav Horn, Count of Pori

Swedish/Finnish politician (1592-1657)

Gustav Horn, Count of Pori is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1621 and 1644: 7 battles and 5 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Latvia (5), Poland (2), Germany (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,976 km apart end to end, 298 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (4), Polish–Swedish War of 1626–1629 (3), Polish–Swedish War of 1621–25 (2).

Battle of WendenBattle of TreidenBattle of FalkenbergRelief of KonstanzSiege of Landskrona CitadelSiege of Laholm CastleSiege of LandsbergSiege of RigaBattle of ListenhoffBattle of SelburgBattle of WieslochBattle of NördlingenSiege of RigaBattle of ListenhoffBattle of SelburgBattle of WieslochBattle of NördlingenBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgWarsawBudapestMunichPragueZürich500 km52.488N, 17.536E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1621: 1 engagements1625: 1 engagements1626: 2 engagements2 in 16261628: 1 engagements1630: 1 engagements1632: 1 engagements1633: 1 engagements1634: 1 engagements1644: 2 engagements2 in 164416211644
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Riga, 1621Battle of Listenhoff, 1625Battle of Selburg, 1626Battle of Wenden, 1626Battle of Treiden, 1628Battle of Falkenberg, 1630Battle of Wiesloch, 1632Relief of Konstanz, 1633Battle of Nördlingen, 1634Siege of Landskrona Citadel, 1644Siege of Laholm Castle, 164416211644
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1621Siege of RigaRiga, LatviaSwedish victory
12 October 1625Battle of ListenhoffLatvia177 km SEPolish–Lithuanian victory
30 September 1626Battle of SelburgSēlpils Castle, Latvia82 km NWSwedish victory
3 December 1626Battle of WendenCēsis, Latvia84 km NSwedish victory
1 February 1628Battle of TreidenTuraida, Latvia29 km SWPolish–Lithuanian victory
1630Battle of FalkenbergJastrzębniki, Poland683 km SWSwedish victory
16 August 1632Battle of WieslochWiesloch, Germany702 km SWSwedish victory
1633Relief of KonstanzSwitzerland185 km SPeace of Prague
5 September 1634Battle of NördlingenNördlingen, Germany160 km NEImperial-Spanish victory
31 March 1644Siege of Landskrona CitadelLandskrona Citadel, Sweden802 km NSwedish victory
2 May 1644Siege of Laholm CastleLaholm Municipality, Sweden73 km NSwedish victory
date unknownSiege of LandsbergGorzów Wielkopolski, PolandSwedish 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, From Swedish via English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.