Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth

Battles of Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth

Scottish nobleman, general, and diplomat, 1586 to 1651

Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1635 and 1644: 5 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (4), Germany (1), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,312 km apart end to end, 328 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (3), Thirty Years' War (2), English Civil War (1).

Siege of LandsbergBattle of DömitzBattle of EdgehillBattle of Turnham GreenBattle of CheritonBattle of LostwithielBattle of DömitzBattle of EdgehillBattle of Turnham GreenBattle of CheritonBattle of LostwithielBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsMunichPragueZürichKøbenhavn500 km51.775N, 5.292E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1635: 1 engagements1642: 2 engagements2 in 16421644: 2 engagements2 in 164416351644
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Dömitz, 1635Battle of Edgehill, 1642Battle of Turnham Green, 1642Battle of Cheriton, 1644Battle of Lostwithiel, 164416351644
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
22 October 1635Battle of DömitzDömitz, GermanySwedish victory
23 October 1642Battle of EdgehillEdgehill, United Kingdom865 km WInconclusive
13 November 1642Battle of Turnham GreenTurnham Green, United Kingdom110 km SEParliamentarian victory
29 March 1644Battle of CheritonCheriton, United Kingdom78 km SWParliamentarian victory
13 August 1644Battle of LostwithielLostwithiel, United Kingdom258 km WRoyalist victory
date unknownSiege of LandsbergGorzów Wielkopolski, PolandSwedish 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.