Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Franz von Mercy

Battles of Franz von Mercy

German general, 1597 to 1645

Franz von Mercy is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1641 and 1645: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Germany (4), Sweden (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 850 km apart end to end, 212 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (5).

Battle of WolfenbüttelBattle of TuttlingenBattle of FreiburgBattle of HerbsthausenBattle of NördlingenBattle of WolfenbüttelBattle of TuttlingenBattle of FreiburgBattle of HerbsthausenBattle of NördlingenBerlinAmsterdamFrankfurtBrusselsMunichPragueThe HagueDresdenStuttgartRotterdam200 km50.072N, 9.234E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1641: 1 engagements1643: 1 engagements1644: 1 engagements1645: 2 engagements2 in 164516411645
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Wolfenbüttel, 1641Battle of Tuttlingen, 1643Battle of Freiburg, 1644Battle of Herbsthausen, 1645Battle of Nördlingen, 164516411645
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1641Battle of WolfenbüttelWolfenbüttel, SwedenFranco-Swedish victory
24 November 1643Battle of TuttlingenTuttlingen, Germany481 km SImperial-Bavarian-Spanish victory
3 August 1644Battle of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany72 km WInconclusive
2 May 1645Battle of HerbsthausenBad Mergentheim, Germany213 km NEBavarian victory
3 August 1645Battle of NördlingenNördlingen, Germany84 km SEFrench–Hessian 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, collezione Luca Cristini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.