Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

Battles of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

Ruler of the Electorate of Bavaria from 1679 to 1726 (lived 1662-1726)

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1688 and 1708: 4 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Belgium (4), Germany (2), Serbia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,519 km apart end to end, 360 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession (5), Nine Years' War (2), Great Turkish War (1).

Siege of BelgradeSiege of NamurSiege of BrusselsBattle of LandenFirst Battle of HöchstädtBattle of BlenheimBattle of RamilliesSiege of LilleBattle of LandenFirst Battle of HöchstädtBattle of BlenheimBattle of RamilliesSiege of LilleViennaGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtWarsawBudapestMunichPragueZürich500 km47.832N, 11.762E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1688: 1 engagements1693: 1 engagements1695: 1 engagements1703: 1 engagements1704: 1 engagements1706: 1 engagements1708: 2 engagements2 in 170816881708
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Belgrade, 1688Battle of Landen, 1693Siege of Namur, 1695First Battle of Höchstädt, 1703Battle of Blenheim, 1704Battle of Ramillies, 1706Siege of Lille, 1708Siege of Brussels, 170816881708
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 July 1688Siege of BelgradeBelgrade, SerbiaHoly League victory
29 July 1693Battle of LandenNeerwinden, Belgium1,326 km NWFrench victory
1695Siege of NamurNamur, Belgium36 km SGrand Alliance victory
20 September 1703First Battle of HöchstädtHöchstädt an der Donau, Germany462 km SEFranco-Bavarian victory
13 August 1704Battle of BlenheimBlindheim, Germany5 km NGrand Alliance victory
23 May 1706Battle of RamilliesRamillies, Belgium465 km NWAnglo-Dutch victory
12 August 1708Siege of LilleLille, France131 km WGrand Alliance victory
November 1708Siege of BrusselsBrussels, Belgium94 km EGrand Alliance 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, Andreas Møller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.