Atlas of Battles

commander, 17 engagements

Battles of Charles XIV John of Sweden

Battles of Charles XIV John of Sweden

King of Sweden and Norway between 1818–1844. Prince of Ponte Corvo 1806–1810 and French field marshal (1763–1844)

Charles XIV John of Sweden is recorded as a commander at 17 placed engagements in the atlas between 1796 and 1814: 15 battles and 2 campaigns across 9 present-day countries, most in Germany (7), Poland (2), Austria (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,154 km apart end to end, 510 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Fourth Coalition (5), War of the Fifth Coalition (3), War of the Sixth Coalition (3).

Battle of TheiningenBattle of ValvasoneBattle of HalleBattle of Waren-NossentinBattle of LübeckBattle of MohrungenBattle of Guttstadt-DeppenBattle of Linz-UrfahrWalcheren CampaignBattle of Dennewitz1814 campaign in FranceBattle of FredrikstadUlm CampaignBattle of AusterlitzBattle of FriedlandBattle of WagramBattle of GroßbeerenUlm CampaignBattle of AusterlitzBattle of FriedlandBattle of WagramBattle of GroßbeerenStockholmGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsWarsawBudapestMunich500 km52.603N, 11.508E
17 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1796: 1 engagements1797: 1 engagements1805: 2 engagements1806: 3 engagements3 in 18061807: 3 engagements3 in 18071809: 3 engagements3 in 18091813: 2 engagements1814: 2 engagements17961814
17 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Theiningen, 1796Battle of Valvasone, 1797Ulm Campaign, 1805Battle of Austerlitz, 1805Battle of Halle, 1806Battle of Waren-Nossentin, 1806Battle of Lübeck, 1806Battle of Mohrungen, 1807Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen, 1807Battle of Friedland, 1807Battle of Linz-Urfahr, 1809Battle of Wagram, 1809Walcheren Campaign, 1809Battle of Großbeeren, 1813Battle of Dennewitz, 18131814 campaign in France, 1814Battle of Fredrikstad, 181417961814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
22 August 1796Battle of TheiningenGermanyFrench Victory; See #Result and aftermath
16 March 1797Battle of ValvasoneTagliamento, Italy374 km SFrench victory
1805Ulm CampaignCentral Europe, Germany597 km NFrench victory
2 December 1805Battle of AusterlitzSlavkov u Brna, Czech Republic525 km EFrench victory
17 October 1806Battle of HalleHalle (Saale), Germany428 km NWFrench victory
1806Battle of Waren-NossentinWaren, Germany233 km NPrussian victory
7 November 1806Battle of LübeckLübeck, Germany137 km WFrench victory
25 January 1807Battle of MohrungenMorąg, Poland606 km EFrench victory
7 June 1807Battle of Guttstadt-DeppenDobre Miasto, Poland31 km ESee aftermath
14 June 1807Battle of FriedlandPravdinsk, Russia66 km NEFrench victory
17 May 1809Battle of Linz-UrfahrLinz, Austria827 km SWAllied victory
5 July 1809Battle of WagramDeutsch-Wagram, Austria168 km EFrench victory; Continuation of the Fifth Coalition until...
1809Walcheren CampaignWalcheren, Netherlands994 km NWFranco-Dutch victory
23 August 1813Battle of GroßbeerenGroßbeeren, Germany672 km ECoalition victory
6 September 1813Battle of DennewitzBerlin, Germany47 km SWCoalition victory
18141814 campaign in FranceFrance966 km SWCoalition victory; See Aftermath
1814Battle of FredrikstadFredrikstad Municipality, Sweden1,481 km NSwedish 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.