Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Battles of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden and chief commander of the German imperial army (1655-1707)

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1684 and 1704: 5 battles and 6 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Hungary (4), Germany (4), Serbia (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,216 km apart end to end, 222 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Turkish War (7), War of the Spanish Succession (4).

Siege of PécsBattle of BatočinaBattle of NišSiege of LandauSiege of KehlSiege of LandauSiege of BudaBattle of BudaBattle of MohácsBattle of SlankamenBattle of FriedlingenSiege of BudaBattle of BudaBattle of MohácsBattle of SlankamenBattle of FriedlingenViennaMilanMunichZürichBelgradeZagrebSarajevoFlorencePristinaLjubljana500 km46.260N, 14.768E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1684: 1 engagements1686: 2 engagements2 in 16861687: 1 engagements1689: 2 engagements2 in 16891691: 1 engagements1702: 2 engagements2 in 17021703: 1 engagements1704: 1 engagements16841704
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Buda, 1684Battle of Buda, 1686Siege of Pécs, 1686Battle of Mohács, 1687Battle of Batočina, 1689Battle of Niš, 1689Battle of Slankamen, 1691Siege of Landau, 1702Battle of Friedlingen, 1702Siege of Kehl, 1703Siege of Landau, 170416841704
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 June 1684Siege of BudaBuda, HungaryOttoman victory
1686Battle of BudaBuda, Hungary0 km NHoly League victory
14 October 1686Siege of PécsPécs, Hungary166 km SWHoly Roman Empire victory
12 August 1687Battle of MohácsNagyharsány, Hungary30 km SEHoly Roman Empire victory
1689Battle of BatočinaBatočina, Serbia283 km SEHoly Roman Empire victory
1689Battle of NišNiš, Serbia113 km SEDecisive Imperial victory
19 August 1691Battle of SlankamenStari Slankamen, Serbia241 km NWImperial victory; Imperial conquest of most of Croatia
16 June 1702Siege of LandauLandau in der Pfalz, Germany1,020 km NWImperial victory
14 October 1702Battle of FriedlingenFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany181 km SFrench victory
20 February 1703Siege of KehlKehl, Germany108 km NFrench victory
9 September 1704Siege of LandauLandau in der Pfalz, Germany73 km NAllied 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, Not stated., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.