Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme

Battles of Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme

French officer (1654-1712)

Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1697 and 1710: 6 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Spain (3), Italy (3), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,999 km apart end to end, 428 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession (7), Nine Years' War (1).

Siege of BarcelonaBattle of CalcinatoBattle of BrihuegaBattle of LuzzaraBattle of CassanoBattle of OudenardeSiege of LilleBattle of VillaviciosaBattle of LuzzaraBattle of CassanoBattle of OudenardeSiege of LilleBattle of VillaviciosaMadridViennaGenevaBarcelonaFrankfurtNaplesMunichPragueZürichLyon500 km45.798N, 3.917E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1697: 1 engagements1702: 1 engagements1705: 1 engagements1706: 1 engagements1708: 2 engagements2 in 17081710: 2 engagements2 in 171016971710
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Barcelona, 1697Battle of Luzzara, 1702Battle of Cassano, 1705Battle of Calcinato, 1706Battle of Oudenarde, 1708Siege of Lille, 1708Battle of Brihuega, 1710Battle of Villaviciosa, 171016971710
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 June 1697Siege of BarcelonaBarcelona, SpainFrench victory
15 August 1702Battle of LuzzaraLuzzara, Italy798 km NEInconclusive
16 August 1705Battle of CassanoCassano d’Adda, Italy112 km NWFrench victory
19 April 1706Battle of CalcinatoCalcinato, Italy71 km EFrench victory
11 July 1708Battle of OudenardeOudenaarde, Belgium783 km NWAnglo-Dutch victory
12 August 1708Siege of LilleLille, France44 km SWGrand Alliance victory
8 December 1710Battle of BrihuegaBrihuega, Spain1,189 km SWFranco-Spanish victory
10 December 1710Battle of VillaviciosaVillaviciosa de Tajuña, Spain3 km NEFranco-Spanish 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, Attributed to Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.