Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Battles of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

English noble and parliamentarian general, 1591 to 1646

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1625 and 1644: 7 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (8), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,651 km apart end to end, 331 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (8), Eighty Years' War (1).

Siege of ReadingSiege of GloucesterBattle of Aldbourne ChaseBattle of LostwithielCádiz ExpeditionBattle of EdgehillBattle of Turnham GreenFirst Battle of NewburySecond Battle of NewburyCádiz ExpeditionBattle of EdgehillBattle of Turnham GreenFirst Battle of NewburySecond Battle of NewburyMadridBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAlgiersMilanFrankfurtLisbon1000 km44.337N, 3.275W
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1625: 1 engagements1642: 3 engagements3 in 16421643: 3 engagements3 in 16431644: 2 engagements16251644
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Cádiz Expedition, 1625Battle of Edgehill, 1642Siege of Reading, 1642Battle of Turnham Green, 1642Siege of Gloucester, 1643Battle of Aldbourne Chase, 1643First Battle of Newbury, 1643Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644Second Battle of Newbury, 164416251644
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1625Cádiz ExpeditionCádiz, SpainSpanish victory
23 October 1642Battle of EdgehillEdgehill, United Kingdom1,776 km NInconclusive
4 November 1642Siege of ReadingReading, United Kingdom84 km SEParliamentarian victory
13 November 1642Battle of Turnham GreenTurnham Green, United Kingdom49 km EParliamentarian victory
5 September 1643Siege of GloucesterGloucester, United Kingdom142 km WParliamentarian victory
18 September 1643Battle of Aldbourne ChaseAldbourne, United Kingdom58 km SEInconclusive
20 September 1643First Battle of NewburyNewbury, United Kingdom26 km SEParliamentarian victory
13 August 1644Battle of LostwithielLostwithiel, United Kingdom257 km SWRoyalist victory
27 October 1644Second Battle of NewburyNewbury, United Kingdom259 km NEIndecisive

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 artistUnknown artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.