Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Battles of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German nobleman; ruler of Anhalt-Dessau and Prussian army officer (1676-1747)

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1703 and 1745: 5 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Germany (3), Italy (2), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,392 km apart end to end, 478 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession (3), Great Northern War (1).

Siege of DouaiFirst Battle of HöchstädtBattle of CassanoSiege of TurinBattle of StresowBattle of KesselsdorfFirst Battle of HöchstädtBattle of CassanoSiege of TurinBattle of StresowBattle of KesselsdorfBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsBudapestMunichPrague500 km49.712N, 8.340E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1703: 1 engagements1 in 17031705: 1 engagements1 in 17051706: 1 engagements1 in 17061710: 1 engagements1 in 17101715: 1 engagements1 in 17151745: 1 engagements1 in 174517031745
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of Höchstädt, 1703Battle of Cassano, 1705Siege of Turin, 1706Siege of Douai, 1710Battle of Stresow, 1715Battle of Kesselsdorf, 174517031745
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 September 1703First Battle of HöchstädtHöchstädt an der Donau, GermanyFranco-Bavarian victory
16 August 1705Battle of CassanoCassano d’Adda, Italy350 km SFrench victory
7 September 1706Siege of TurinTurin, Italy153 km WGrand Alliance victory
April 1710Siege of DouaiDouai, France682 km NWGrand Alliance victory
16 November 1715Battle of StresowPutbus, Germany838 km NECoalition victory
1745Battle of KesselsdorfGermany369 km SPrussian 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, Georg Lisiewski, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.