Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck

Battles of Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck

(1639-1688) Swedish military officer

Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1678 and 1688: 1 battle and 4 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Greece (3), Germany (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,161 km apart end to end, 540 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Morean War (3), Scanian War (2).

Battle of WarksowSiege of Stralsund, 1678Siege of NaupliaSiege of the AcropolisSiege of NegroponteBattle of WarksowSiege of Stralsund, 1678Siege of NaupliaSiege of the AcropolisSiege of NegroponteMadridBerlinKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAnkaraAlgiersMilan1000 km45.935N, 18.405E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1678: 2 engagements2 in 16781686: 1 engagements1687: 1 engagements1688: 1 engagements16781688
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Warksow, 1678Siege of Stralsund, 1678, 1678Siege of Nauplia, 1686Siege of the Acropolis, 1687Siege of Negroponte, 168816781688
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 January 1678Battle of WarksowRügen, GermanySwedish victory
10 October 1678Siege of Stralsund, 1678Stralsund, Germany9 km WBrandenburg–Prussian victory
1686Siege of NaupliaGreece2,002 km SEVenetian victory
23 September 1687Siege of the AcropolisAcropolis of Athens, Greece93 km NESurrender of the Acropolis of Athens; destruction of the...
13 July 1688Siege of NegroponteChalkída, Greece56 km NOttoman 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, Litho by Otto Henrik Wallgren (1795-1857) based on an original portrait by Carlberg., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.