Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Sigismund III Vasa

Battles of Sigismund III Vasa

King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632)

Sigismund III Vasa is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1598 and 1626: 3 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Sweden (2), Russia (1), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,998 km apart end to end, 666 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War against Sigismund (2), Polish–Muscovite War (1).

Battle of StegeborgBattle of StångebroSiege of SmolenskBattle of GniewBattle of StegeborgSiege of SmolenskBattle of GniewStockholmSt. PetersburgWarsawHelsinkiMinskRigaVilniusTallinnGdańskKaliningrad500 km56.134N, 23.840E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1598: 2 engagements2 in 15981609: 1 engagements1626: 1 engagements15981626
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Stegeborg, 1598Battle of Stångebro, 1598Siege of Smolensk, 1609Battle of Gniew, 162615981626
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 September 1598Battle of StegeborgStegeborg Castle, SwedenUnion victory
25 September 1598Battle of StångebroLinköping, Sweden56 km WSeparatist victory
29 September 1609Siege of SmolenskSmolensk, Russia1,079 km EPolish–Lithuanian victory
22 September 1626Battle of GniewGniew, Poland862 km WSwedish 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, Pieter Soutman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.