Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Maximilian, Count of Merveldt

Battles of Maximilian, Count of Merveldt

Austrian diplomat and general (1764-1815)

Maximilian, Count of Merveldt is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1805: 5 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in France (2), Austria (2), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 962 km apart end to end, 240 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (2), French Revolutionary Wars (1), War of the Third Coalition (1).

Battle of FamarsBattle of Villers-en-CauchiesBattle of KircheibBattle of SteyrBattle of MariazellBattle of FamarsBattle of KircheibBattle of SteyrBattle of MariazellGenevaAmsterdamFrankfurtBrusselsMunichPragueZürichThe HagueDresdenBern200 km49.239N, 9.354E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 1 engagements1794: 1 engagements1796: 1 engagements1805: 2 engagements2 in 180517931805
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Famars, 1793Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies, 1794Battle of Kircheib, 1796Battle of Steyr, 1805Battle of Mariazell, 180517931805
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 May 1793Battle of FamarsFamars, FranceCoalition victory
24 April 1794Battle of Villers-en-CauchiesVillers-en-Cauchies, France12 km SWAnglo-Austrian victory
19 June 1796Battle of KircheibKircheib, Germany290 km EAustrian victory
4 November 1805Battle of SteyrSteyr, Austria585 km SEFrench victory
8 November 1805Battle of MariazellMariazell, Austria74 km SEFrench 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, Johann Christoph Rincklake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.