Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Battles of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 to 1024, AD 973 to 1024

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1005 and 1018: 5 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Germany (3), Poland (3), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,296 km apart end to end, 216 km between engagements on average.

Battle of Krosno OdrzańskieBattle of Dadosesani LandBattle of the SpreeSiege of LubuszBattle of CianiSiege of NiemczaBattle of VlaardingenBattle of the SpreeSiege of LubuszBattle of CianiSiege of NiemczaBattle of VlaardingenBerlinAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsPragueDresdenStuttgartCologneAntwerpen200 km51.571N, 10.592E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1005: 1 engagements1012: 1 engagements1015: 3 engagements3 in 10151017: 1 engagements1018: 1 engagements10051018
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Spree, 1005Siege of Lubusz, 1012Battle of Ciani, 1015Battle of Krosno Odrzańskie, 1015Battle of Dadosesani Land, 1015Siege of Niemcza, 1017Battle of Vlaardingen, 101810051018
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 September 1005Battle of the SpreeGermanyInconclusive
19 August 1012Siege of LubuszLebus, Germany45 km NEPolish victory
June 1015Battle of CianiCiani, Germany81 km SWHoly Roman Empire victory
July 1015Battle of Krosno OdrzańskieKrosno Odrzańskie, Poland101 km EGerman victory
1 September 1015Battle of Dadosesani LandPoland62 km SEPolish victory; Successful retreat of the Holy Roman Empire...
August 1017Siege of NiemczaNiemcza, Poland131 km SEPolish victory
1018Battle of VlaardingenVlaardingen, Netherlands877 km WWest Frisian 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, Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.