Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases

Battles of Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases

Italian general (1569–1630)

Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1604 and 1624: 1 battle, 6 sieges and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Germany (5), Netherlands (2), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,126 km apart end to end, 161 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (5), Thirty Years' War (2).

Siege of SluisSiege of LingenSiege of AachenPalatinate campaignCapture of OppenheimSiege of JülichSiege of Bergen op ZoomSiege of BredaPalatinate campaignCapture of OppenheimSiege of JülichSiege of Bergen op ZoomSiege of BredaAmsterdamFrankfurtBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfSaarbrücken200 km51.012N, 5.930E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1604: 1 engagements1605: 1 engagements1614: 1 engagements1620: 2 engagements2 in 16201621: 1 engagements1622: 1 engagements1624: 1 engagements16041624
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Sluis, 1604Siege of Lingen, 1605Siege of Aachen, 1614Palatinate campaign, 1620Capture of Oppenheim, 1620Siege of Jülich, 1621Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1622Siege of Breda, 162416041624
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1604Siege of SluisSluis, BelgiumAnglo-Dutch victory
10 August 1605Siege of LingenLingen, Germany292 km NESpanish victory
August 1614Siege of AachenAachen, Germany212 km SWSpanish victory
1620Palatinate campaignPalatinate, Germany198 km SECatholic victory
1620Capture of OppenheimOppenheim, Germany47 km NESpanish victory
5 September 1621Siege of JülichJülich, Germany185 km NWSpanish victory
1622Siege of Bergen op ZoomBergen op Zoom, Netherlands157 km NWDutch victory
28 August 1624Siege of BredaBreda, Netherlands35 km ESpanish 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, Peter Paul Rubens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.