Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Charles the Bold

Battles of Charles the Bold

last Valois Duke of Burgundy (1433-1477)

Charles the Bold is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1465 and 1476: 4 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in France (2), Switzerland (2), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,167 km apart end to end, 233 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Burgundian Wars (4).

Battle of BrustemBattle of MontlhérySiege of NeussBattle of GrandsonBattle of MoratBattle of NancyBattle of MontlhérySiege of NeussBattle of GrandsonBattle of MoratBattle of NancyFrankfurtBrusselsZürichLe HavreStuttgartLilleCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgMannheim200 km49.009N, 4.694E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1465: 1 engagements1467: 1 engagements1474: 1 engagements1476: 3 engagements3 in 147614651476
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Montlhéry, 1465Battle of Brustem, 1467Siege of Neuss, 1474Battle of Grandson, 1476Battle of Morat, 1476Battle of Nancy, 147614651476
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1465Battle of MontlhéryMontlhéry, FranceIndecisive – see article text
28 October 1467Battle of BrustemBrustem, Belgium320 km NEBurgundian victory
29 July 1474Siege of NeussNeuss, Germany112 km NESiege abandoned after relief by Imperial forces.
2 March 1476Battle of GrandsonGrandson, Switzerland487 km SSwiss victory
22 June 1476Battle of MoratMurten, Switzerland39 km ESwiss victory
22 October 1476Battle of NancyNancy, France208 km NLorraine-Swiss victory; Death of Charles the Bold; End of...

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, Rogier van der Weyden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.