Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

Battles of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

Austrian general (1712-1780)

Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1742 and 1757: 7 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Czech Republic (3), Poland (3), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,790 km apart end to end, 298 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Austrian Succession (3), Seven Years' War (3).

Battle of SoorBattle of BreslauBattle of ChotusitzBattle of HohenfriedbergBattle of RocouxBattle of PragueBattle of LeuthenBattle of ChotusitzBattle of HohenfriedbergBattle of RocouxBattle of PragueBattle of LeuthenBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgMunichBratislavaStuttgartCologneNürnberg200 km50.543N, 11.290E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1742: 1 engagements1745: 2 engagements1746: 1 engagements1757: 3 engagements3 in 175717421757
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Chotusitz, 1742Battle of Hohenfriedberg, 1745Battle of Soor, 1745Battle of Rocoux, 1746Battle of Prague, 1757Battle of Breslau, 1757Battle of Leuthen, 175717421757
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
17 May 1742Battle of ChotusitzChotusice, CzechiaPrussian victory
4 June 1745Battle of HohenfriedbergDobromierz, Poland131 km NEPrussian victory
30 September 1745Battle of SoorHajnice, Czechia57 km SWPrussian victory
11 October 1746Battle of RocouxRocourt, Belgium730 km WFrench victory
6 May 1757Battle of PraguePrague, Czech Republic642 km EPrussian victory
22 November 1757Battle of BreslauWrocław, Poland210 km NEAustrian victory
5 December 1757Battle of LeuthenLutynia, Poland20 km WPrussian 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, Martin van Meytens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.