Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Battles of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

English Earl, 1384 to 1453

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1429 and 1453: 4 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day France. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,078 km apart end to end, 180 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Hundred Years' War (6).

Siege of Saint-DenisSiege of DieppeBattle of Meung-sur-LoireBattle of BeaugencyBattle of PataySiege of PontoiseBattle of CastillonBattle of Meung-sur-LoireBattle of BeaugencyBattle of PataySiege of PontoiseBattle of CastillonGenevaLyonBordeauxBernLe HavreTurinStrasbourgRennesLimogesLuxembourg500 km47.387N, 1.167E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1429: 3 engagements3 in 14291435: 1 engagements1441: 1 engagements1442: 1 engagements1453: 1 engagements14291453
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Meung-sur-Loire, 1429Battle of Beaugency, 1429Battle of Patay, 1429Siege of Saint-Denis, 1435Siege of Pontoise, 1441Siege of Dieppe, 1442Battle of Castillon, 145314291453
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 June 1429Battle of Meung-sur-LoireMeung-sur-Loire, FranceFrench victory
17 June 1429Battle of BeaugencyBeaugency, France115 km SFrench victory
18 June 1429Battle of PatayPatay, France139 km NFrench victory
1 August 1435Siege of Saint-DenisSaint-Denis, France110 km NEEnglish victory
6 June 1441Siege of PontoisePontoise, France22 km NWFrench victory
2 November 1442Siege of DieppeDieppe, France122 km NWFrench victory
17 July 1453Battle of CastillonCastillon-la-Bataille, France570 km SFrench victory; End of the Hundred Years' War

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, William Shakespeare, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.