Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen

Battles of Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen

Dutch mercenary, 1540 to 1589

Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1578 and 1586: 1 battle and 3 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (2), Belgium (1), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 240 km apart end to end, 80 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (4).

Battle of GemblouxSiege of GraveSiege of VenloSiege of RheinbergBattle of GemblouxSiege of GraveSiege of VenloSiege of RheinbergAmsterdamFrankfurtBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfBonn100 km51.155N, 5.675E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1578: 1 engagements1586: 3 engagements3 in 158615781586
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Gembloux, 1578Siege of Grave, 1586Siege of Venlo, 1586Siege of Rheinberg, 158615781586
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
31 January 1578Battle of GemblouxGembloux, BelgiumSpanish victory
February 1586Siege of GraveGrave, Netherlands151 km NESpanish victory
28 June 1586Siege of VenloVenlo, Netherlands53 km SESpanish victory
13 August 1586Siege of RheinbergRheinberg, Germany36 km NESpanish 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, http://members.home.nl/tetrode/Nassau/Schenk.htm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.