Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Bertrand du Guesclin

Battles of Bertrand du Guesclin

Constable of France, 1320 to 1380

Bertrand du Guesclin is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1354 and 1373: 6 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in France (6), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,032 km apart end to end, 339 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Breton Succession (3), Hundred Years' War (3), Castilian Civil War (1).

Battle of MontmuranBattle of ChisetSiege of RennesBattle of CocherelBattle of AurayBattle of NájeraBattle of PontvallainSiege of RennesBattle of CocherelBattle of AurayBattle of NájeraBattle of PontvallainGenevaLyonMarseilleBilbaoBordeauxVigoBernLe Havre500 km45.743N, 0.820W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1354: 1 engagements1356: 1 engagements1364: 2 engagements2 in 13641367: 1 engagements1370: 1 engagements1373: 1 engagements13541373
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Montmuran, 1354Siege of Rennes, 1356Battle of Cocherel, 1364Battle of Auray, 1364Battle of Nájera, 1367Battle of Pontvallain, 1370Battle of Chiset, 137313541373
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1354Battle of MontmuranLes Iffs, FranceBlois Party Victory
3 October 1356Siege of RennesRennes, France24 km SEFrench victory
16 May 1364Battle of CocherelHardencourt-Cocherel, France246 km NEFrench victory
29 September 1364Battle of AurayAuray, France355 km SWAnglo-Breton victory
3 April 1367Battle of NájeraNájera, Spain583 km SVictory for Peter I
4 December 1370Battle of PontvallainPontvallain, France636 km NFrench victory
21 March 1373Battle of ChisetChizé, France189 km SFrench 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, D. F. (David Flavel) Jameson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.