Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Cristóbal de Mondragón

Battles of Cristóbal de Mondragón

Spanish general, 1514 to 1596

Cristóbal de Mondragón is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1572 and 1595: 1 battle and 5 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (5), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 523 km apart end to end, 105 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (6).

Siege of CoevordenRelief of GoesSiege of MiddelburgSiege of ZierikzeeBattle of GemblouxSiege of GroenloRelief of GoesSiege of MiddelburgSiege of ZierikzeeBattle of GemblouxSiege of GroenloAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfBonnUtrecht100 km51.608N, 5.182E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1572: 2 engagements2 in 15721575: 1 engagements1578: 1 engagements1592: 1 engagements1595: 1 engagements15721595
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Relief of Goes, 1572Siege of Middelburg, 1572Siege of Zierikzee, 1575Battle of Gembloux, 1578Siege of Coevorden, 1592Siege of Groenlo, 159515721595
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 October 1572Relief of GoesGoes, NetherlandsSpanish victory
4 November 1572Siege of MiddelburgMiddelburg, Netherlands19 km WDutch rebels victory
October 1575Siege of ZierikzeeZierikzee, Netherlands27 km NESpanish victory
31 January 1578Battle of GemblouxGembloux, Belgium135 km SESpanish victory
26 July 1592Siege of CoevordenCoevorden, Netherlands273 km NEDutch and English victory
14 July 1595Siege of GroenloGroenlo, Netherlands69 km SSpanish 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, Hillebrant Jacobsz van Wouw, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.