Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Ottavio Piccolomini

Battles of Ottavio Piccolomini

Italian general (1599-1656)

Ottavio Piccolomini is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1634 and 1642: 6 battles and 4 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in France (5), Germany (2), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,012 km apart end to end, 224 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (7), Franco-Spanish War (3).

Siege of Le CateletCrossing of the SommeFirst siege of CorbieSiege of Saint-OmerBattle of WolfenbüttelBattle of NördlingenSiege of LeuvenRelief of ThionvilleBattle of PreßnitzBattle of BreitenfeldBattle of NördlingenSiege of LeuvenRelief of ThionvilleBattle of PreßnitzBattle of BreitenfeldBerlinAmsterdamFrankfurtBrusselsMunichThe HagueDresdenStuttgartLilleRotterdam200 km50.484N, 7.696E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1634: 1 engagements1635: 1 engagements1636: 3 engagements3 in 16361638: 1 engagements1639: 1 engagements1641: 2 engagements1642: 1 engagements16341642
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Nördlingen, 1634Siege of Leuven, 1635Siege of Le Catelet, 1636Crossing of the Somme, 1636First siege of Corbie, 1636Siege of Saint-Omer, 1638Relief of Thionville, 1639Battle of Preßnitz, 1641Battle of Wolfenbüttel, 1641Battle of Breitenfeld, 164216341642
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 September 1634Battle of NördlingenNördlingen, GermanyImperial-Spanish victory
24 June 1635Siege of LeuvenLeuven, Belgium474 km NWImperial-Spanish victory
1636Siege of Le CateletLe Catelet, France141 km SWImperial-Spanish victory
1636Crossing of the SommeFrance38 km WImperial-Spanish victory
1636First siege of CorbieCorbie, France15 km WImperial-Spanish victory
24 May 1638Siege of Saint-OmerSaint-Omer, France95 km NImperial-Spanish victory
7 June 1639Relief of ThionvilleThionville, France319 km SEImperial-Spanish victory
27 March 1641Battle of PreßnitzPřísečnice, Czech Republic513 km EImperial victory
1641Battle of WolfenbüttelSweden261 km NWFranco-Swedish victory
23 October 1642Battle of BreitenfeldBreitenfeld, Germany156 km SESwedish 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, Matthäus Merian the younger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.