Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Ernst von Mansfeld

Battles of Ernst von Mansfeld

German noble and military commander (c.1580-1626)

Ernst von Mansfeld is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1618 and 1626: 4 battles, 3 sieges and 1 campaign across 4 present-day countries, most in Germany (3), Czech Republic (2), Netherlands (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,258 km apart end to end, 323 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (5), Eighty Years' War (2), Bohemian Revolt (1).

Palatinate campaignSiege of Bergen op ZoomBattle of Dessau BridgeSiege of PilsenBattle of SablatBattle of MingolsheimBattle of FleurusSiege of BredaSiege of PilsenBattle of SablatBattle of MingolsheimBattle of FleurusSiege of BredaBerlinAmsterdamFrankfurtBrusselsMunichPragueThe HagueDresdenStuttgartCologne200 km50.483N, 9.288E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1618: 1 engagements1619: 1 engagements1620: 1 engagements1622: 3 engagements3 in 16221624: 1 engagements1626: 1 engagements16181626
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Pilsen, 1618Battle of Sablat, 1619Palatinate campaign, 1620Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1622Battle of Mingolsheim, 1622Battle of Fleurus, 1622Siege of Breda, 1624Battle of Dessau Bridge, 162616181626
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 September 1618Siege of PilsenPlzeň, Czech RepublicBohemian victory
10 June 1619Battle of SablatZáblatí, Czechia94 km SEImperial victory
1620Palatinate campaignPalatinate, Germany455 km WCatholic victory
1622Siege of Bergen op ZoomBergen op Zoom, Netherlands344 km NWDutch victory
27 April 1622Battle of MingolsheimBad Schönborn, Germany400 km SEPalatine victory
29 August 1622Battle of FleurusFleurus, Belgium326 km NWSpanish victory
28 August 1624Siege of BredaBreda, Netherlands123 km NSpanish victory
25 April 1626Battle of Dessau BridgeDessau-Roßlau, Germany515 km ECatholic 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.