Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Carl Gustaf Wrangel

Battles of Carl Gustaf Wrangel

Field Marshal of Sweden (1613-1676)

Carl Gustaf Wrangel is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1641 and 1659: 4 battles, 5 sieges, 3 naval actions and 1 campaign across 6 present-day countries, most in Denmark (6), Hungary (2), Poland (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,174 km apart end to end, 514 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (4), Second Northern War (3), Torstenson War (2).

Battle of WolfenbüttelSiege of HammershusSiege of EgerBlockade of EgerBattle of NöteborgSiege of KronborgBattle of FehrmarnSiege of StettinBattle of FehmarnBattle of TrieblBattle of KłeckoMarch Across the BeltsBattle of the SoundBattle of FehmarnBattle of TrieblBattle of KłeckoMarch Across the BeltsBattle of the SoundBerlinKyivViennaStockholmAmsterdamSt. PetersburgFrankfurtHamburgBudapestMunich500 km53.922N, 20.786E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1641: 1 engagements1644: 1 engagements1645: 1 engagements1647: 3 engagements3 in 16471656: 2 engagements1658: 3 engagements3 in 16581659: 2 engagements16411659
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Wolfenbüttel, 1641Battle of Fehmarn, 1644Siege of Hammershus, 1645Siege of Eger, 1647Battle of Triebl, 1647Blockade of Eger, 1647Battle of Kłecko, 1656Battle of Nöteborg, 1656March Across the Belts, 1658Siege of Kronborg, 1658Battle of the Sound, 1658Battle of Fehrmarn, 1659Siege of Stettin, 165916411659
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1641Battle of WolfenbüttelWolfenbüttel, SwedenFranco-Swedish victory
13 October 1644Battle of FehmarnFehmarn Belt, Denmark281 km NSwedish victory
16 June 1645Siege of HammershusHammershus, Denmark246 km ESwedish victory
14 June 1647Siege of EgerEger, Hungary906 km SESwedish victory
18 August 1647Battle of TrieblTřebel, Czech Republic591 km NWSee Aftermath
1647Blockade of EgerEger, Hungary591 km ESwedish victory
1656Battle of KłeckoKłecko, Poland566 km NSwedish victory
1656Battle of NöteborgShlisselburg, Russia1,164 km NESwedish victory
1658March Across the BeltsDanish straits, Denmark1,282 km WSwedish victory
16 August 1658Siege of KronborgKronborg Castle, Denmark118 km NESwedish victory
29 October 1658Battle of the SoundØresund, Denmark33 km SDutch victory
1659Battle of FehrmarnDenmark156 km SWSee aftermath
19 September 1659Siege of StettinSzczecin, Poland240 km SESwedish 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, Jens Mohr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.