Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Sigismund

Battles of Sigismund

Monarch from the House of Luxemburg (1368-1437)

Sigismund is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1396 and 1430: 6 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Czech Republic (5), Bulgaria (1), Serbia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,403 km apart end to end, 343 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Hussite Wars (5), Moravian Margrave Wars (1).

Siege of ZnojmoBattle of NebovidyBattle of TrnavaBattle of NicopolisBattle of VyšehradBattle of Vítkov HillBattle of Kutná HoraSiege of GolubacBattle of NicopolisBattle of VyšehradBattle of Vítkov HillBattle of Kutná HoraSiege of GolubacViennaBucharestBudapestMunichBelgradeZagrebSarajevoFlorenceLvivKraków500 km46.897N, 19.663E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1396: 1 engagements1 in 13961404: 1 engagements1 in 14041419: 1 engagements1 in 14191420: 1 engagements1 in 14201421: 1 engagements1 in 14211422: 1 engagements1 in 14221428: 1 engagements1 in 14281430: 1 engagements1 in 143013961430
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Nicopolis, 1396Siege of Znojmo, 1404Battle of Vyšehrad, 1419Battle of Vítkov Hill, 1420Battle of Kutná Hora, 1421Battle of Nebovidy, 1422Siege of Golubac, 1428Battle of Trnava, 143013961430
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 September 1396Battle of NicopolisNikopol, BulgariaOttoman victory
1404Siege of ZnojmoZnojmo, Czech Republic888 km NWBohemian victory; withdrawal of the besieging army
16 August 1419Battle of VyšehradVyšehrad, Czech Republic178 km NWHussite victory
12 June 1420Battle of Vítkov HillVítkov, Czechia4 km NEHussite victory
21 December 1421Battle of Kutná HoraKutná Hora, Czech Republic56 km EHussite victory
6 January 1422Battle of NebovidyCentral Bohemian Region, Czechia0 km SEHussite victory
April 1428Siege of GolubacGolubac, Serbia765 km SEOttoman victory
28 April 1430Battle of TrnavaTrnava, Slovakia513 km NWHussite 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, Formerly attributed to Pisanello, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.