Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Philip II of France

Battles of Philip II of France

King of France, and the first to be called by that title (1165–1223)

Philip II of France is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1188 and 1214: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in France (4), Israel (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,798 km apart end to end, 1,700 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Third Crusade (1), French invasion of Normandy (1), Anglo-French War of 1213–14 (1).

Battle of SoindresSiege of AcreBattle of GisorsSiege of Château GaillardBattle of BouvinesBattle of SoindresSiege of AcreBattle of GisorsBattle of BouvinesMadridBerlinAthensKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkara1000 km41.754N, 18.242E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1188: 1 engagements1 in 11881189: 1 engagements1 in 11891198: 1 engagements1 in 11981203: 1 engagements1 in 12031214: 1 engagements1 in 121411881214
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Soindres, 1188Siege of Acre, 1189Battle of Gisors, 1198Siege of Château Gaillard, 1203Battle of Bouvines, 121411881214
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1188Battle of SoindresFranceFrench victory
28 August 1189Siege of AcreAcre, Israel3,284 km ECrusader victory
27 September 1198Battle of GisorsCourcelles-lès-Gisors, France3,291 km NWEnglish victory
August 1203Siege of Château GaillardChâteau Gaillard, France25 km WFrench victory; Normandy is formally annexed to the crown...
27 July 1214Battle of BouvinesBouvines, France198 km NEFrench victory; Truce of Chinon; Deposition of Otto IV

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, This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Archives Nationales as part of a cooperation project with Wikimédia F, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.