Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Peter Ernest I of Mansfeld-Vorderort

Battles of Peter Ernest I of Mansfeld-Vorderort

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1517-1604)

Peter Ernest I of Mansfeld-Vorderort is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1578 and 1597: 1 battle and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (2), Belgium (1), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 606 km apart end to end, 152 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (4), Anglo-Spanish War (1).

Battle of GemblouxSiege of GraveSiege of RheinbergSiege of GeertruidenbergSiege of AmiensBattle of GemblouxSiege of GraveSiege of RheinbergSiege of GeertruidenbergSiege of AmiensBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfBonnUtrecht100 km50.826N, 4.449E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1578: 1 engagements1586: 2 engagements2 in 15861593: 1 engagements1597: 1 engagements15781597
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Gembloux, 1578Siege of Grave, 1586Siege of Rheinberg, 1586Siege of Geertruidenberg, 1593Siege of Amiens, 159715781597
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
31 January 1578Battle of GemblouxGembloux, BelgiumSpanish victory
February 1586Siege of GraveGrave, Netherlands151 km NESpanish victory
13 August 1586Siege of RheinbergRheinberg, Germany64 km ESpanish victory
27 March 1593Siege of GeertruidenbergGeertruidenberg, Netherlands121 km WDutch and English victory
13 May 1597Siege of AmiensAmiens, France270 km SWFranco-English victory; Peace of Vervins

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, After Antonis Mor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.