Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Frederick William of Brandenburg

Battles of Frederick William of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, 1620 to 1688

Frederick William of Brandenburg is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1656 and 1678: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Poland (2), Germany (2), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,007 km apart end to end, 502 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Scanian War (2), Deluge (1), Franco-Dutch War (1).

Battle of WarsawBattle of TurckheimBattle of FehrbellinSiege of StettinSiege of Stralsund, 1678Battle of WarsawBattle of TurckheimBattle of FehrbellinSiege of StettinSiege of Stralsund, 1678BerlinViennaFrankfurtHamburgBudapestMunichPragueKrakówGdańskDresden500 km51.193N, 14.139E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1656: 1 engagements1675: 2 engagements2 in 16751677: 1 engagements1678: 1 engagements16561678
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Warsaw, 1656Battle of Turckheim, 1675Battle of Fehrbellin, 1675Siege of Stettin, 1677Siege of Stralsund, 1678, 167816561678
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1656Battle of WarsawWarsaw, PolandSwedish-Brandenburger victory
5 January 1675Battle of TurckheimTurckheim, France1,080 km WFrench victory
28 June 1675Battle of FehrbellinFehrbellin, Germany652 km NEBrandenburgian victory
25 June 1677Siege of StettinSzczecin, Poland138 km NEAllied victory
10 October 1678Siege of Stralsund, 1678Stralsund, Germany137 km NWBrandenburg–Prussian 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, Frans Luycx, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.