Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of John II of France

Battles of John II of France

monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death, 1319 to 1364

John II of France is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1341 and 1356: 2 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day France. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,125 km apart end to end, 375 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Hundred Years' War (2), War of the Breton Succession (1).

Battle of ChamptoceauxSiege of AiguillonSiege of BreteuilBattle of PoitiersBattle of ChamptoceauxSiege of AiguillonSiege of BreteuilBattle of PoitiersLyonBordeauxRennesLimogesLa RochelleNantesGrenobleSaint-ÉtienneOrléansReims200 km46.569N, 0.189W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1341: 1 engagements1346: 1 engagements1356: 2 engagements2 in 135613411356
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Champtoceaux, 1341Siege of Aiguillon, 1346Siege of Breteuil, 1356Battle of Poitiers, 135613411356
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 October 1341Battle of ChamptoceauxChamptoceaux, FranceInconclusive
1 April 1346Siege of AiguillonAiguillon, France358 km SEnglish victory
1356Siege of BreteuilBreteuil, France506 km NFrench victory
19 September 1356Battle of PoitiersNouaillé-Maupertuis, France260 km SEnglish 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, Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artworkwga QS:P11807,"m/master/yunk_fr/yunk_fr1/02jeanbo", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.