Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Maurice of the Palatinate

Battles of Maurice of the Palatinate

Count Palatine of the Rhine, Royalist of the English Civil War, 1620 to 1652

Maurice of the Palatinate is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1642 and 1644: 2 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 513 km apart end to end, 171 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (2), English Civil War (1).

Siege of PlymouthBattle of Ripple FieldSiege of Lyme RegisBattle of LostwithielSiege of PlymouthBattle of Ripple FieldSiege of Lyme RegisBattle of LostwithielBirminghamCardiffPortsmouthLutonOxfordPeterboroughExeterBathPenzanceBristol100 km51.207N, 3.427W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1642: 1 engagements1643: 1 engagements1644: 2 engagements2 in 164416421644
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Plymouth, 1642Battle of Ripple Field, 1643Siege of Lyme Regis, 1644Battle of Lostwithiel, 164416421644
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 August 1642Siege of PlymouthPlymouth, United KingdomParliamentarian victory
13 April 1643Battle of Ripple FieldRipple, United Kingdom230 km NERoyalist victory
20 April 1644Siege of Lyme RegisLyme Regis, United Kingdom155 km SParliamentarian victory
13 August 1644Battle of LostwithielLostwithiel, United Kingdom127 km WRoyalist 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, Gerard van Honthorst, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.