Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Jacques de la Palice

Battles of Jacques de la Palice

Marshal of France, 1470 to 1525

Jacques de la Palice is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1503 and 1525: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Italy (3), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,309 km apart end to end, 770 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the League of Cambrai (2), Second War of Naples (1), Italian War of 1521–1526 (1).

Battle of RuvoBattle of RavennaBattle of GuinegateBattle of PaviaBattle of RuvoBattle of RavennaBattle of GuinegateBattle of PaviaViennaGenevaBarcelonaFrankfurtNaplesBudapestMunichPragueZürichLyon500 km45.846N, 9.360E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1503: 1 engagements1 in 15031512: 1 engagements1 in 15121513: 1 engagements1 in 15131525: 1 engagements1 in 152515031525
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ruvo, 1503Battle of Ravenna, 1512Battle of Guinegate, 1513Battle of Pavia, 152515031525
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 February 1503Battle of RuvoRuvo di Puglia, ItalySpanish victory
11 April 1512Battle of RavennaRavenna, Italy507 km NWFranco-Ferrarese victory
16 August 1513Battle of GuinegateEnguinegatte, France1,013 km NWAnglo-Imperial victory
24 February 1525Battle of PaviaPavia, Italy790 km SEHabsburg 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, André Thévet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.