Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Battles of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (1560–1620)

William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1581 and 1604: 5 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (4), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 555 km apart end to end, 139 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (5).

Siege of NiezijlSiege of HulstSiege of 's-HertogenboschSiege of GraveSiege of SluisSiege of NiezijlSiege of HulstSiege of 's-HertogenboschSiege of GraveSiege of SluisAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfUtrechtHaarlemMünster100 km52.291N, 4.920E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1581: 1 engagements1 in 15811596: 1 engagements1 in 15961601: 1 engagements1 in 16011602: 1 engagements1 in 16021604: 1 engagements1 in 160415811604
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Niezijl, 1581Siege of Hulst, 1596Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1601Siege of Grave, 1602Siege of Sluis, 160415811604
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
24 October 1581Siege of NiezijlNiezijl, NetherlandsStates-General victory
July 1596Siege of HulstHulst, Netherlands267 km SWSpanish victory
1 November 1601Siege of 's-HertogenboschQ2766547, Netherlands97 km NESpanish victory
18 July 1602Siege of GraveGrave, Netherlands30 km EAnglo-Dutch victory
1604Siege of SluisSluis, Belgium161 km WAnglo-Dutch 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, Workshop of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.