Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Battles of George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Dutch General and German Field Marshal, 1620 to 1692

George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1656 and 1691: 10 battles and 1 siege across 6 present-day countries, most in Belgium (4), Poland (2), Austria (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,228 km apart end to end, 423 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Franco-Dutch War (3), Nine Years' War (3), Second Northern War (1).

Battle of ProstkenBattle of FilipówBattle of WoerdenSecond Turkish Siege of ViennaBattle of WalcourtBattle of LeuzeBattle of Saint GotthardBattle of CasselBattle of Saint-DenisBattle of ViennaBattle of FleurusBattle of Saint GotthardBattle of CasselBattle of Saint-DenisBattle of ViennaBattle of FleurusBerlinGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtHamburgWarsawBudapestMunichPrague500 km50.561N, 12.555E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1656: 2 engagements2 in 16561664: 1 engagements1672: 1 engagements1677: 1 engagements1678: 1 engagements1683: 2 engagements2 in 16831689: 1 engagements1690: 1 engagements1691: 1 engagements16561691
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Prostken, 1656Battle of Filipów, 1656Battle of Saint Gotthard, 1664Battle of Woerden, 1672Battle of Cassel, 1677Battle of Saint-Denis, 1678Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, 1683Battle of Vienna, 1683Battle of Walcourt, 1689Battle of Fleurus, 1690Battle of Leuze, 169116561691
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 6

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 October 1656Battle of ProstkenEłk, PolandPolish–Lithuanian–Tatar victory
22 October 1656Battle of FilipówFilipów, Poland55 km NSwedish-Brandenburger victory
1 August 1664Battle of Saint GotthardSzentgotthárd, Hungary922 km SWImperial–French victory
12 October 1672Battle of WoerdenWoerden, Netherlands997 km NWFrench victory
11 April 1677Battle of CasselCassel, France220 km SWFrench victory
15 August 1678Battle of Saint-DenisSaint-Denis, Belgium113 km ESee #Aftermath
14 July 1683Second Turkish Siege of ViennaVienna, Austria929 km EChristian coalition victory
12 September 1683Battle of ViennaKahlenberg, Austria4 km NWChristian coalition victory
25 August 1689Battle of WalcourtWalcourt, Belgium893 km WAllied victory
1 July 1690Battle of FleurusFleurus, Belgium28 km NFrench victory
18 September 1691Battle of LeuzeLeuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium67 km WFrench 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, Johann Valentin Tischbein, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.