Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Louis, Grand Condé

Battles of Louis, Grand Condé

Prince of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, French general and famous military leader, 1621 to 1686

Louis, Grand Condé is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1643 and 1674: 8 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in France (7), Germany (3), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,230 km apart end to end, 203 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Franco-Spanish War (4), Thirty Years' War (4), Eighty Years' War (1).

Siege of ThionvilleSiege of Philippsburg (1644)Battle of NördlingenSiege of DunkirkBattle of BléneauBattle of the Faubourg St AntoineBattle of ValenciennesBattle of RocroiBattle of FreiburgBattle of LensBattle of the DunesBattle of SeneffeBattle of RocroiBattle of FreiburgBattle of LensBattle of the DunesBattle of SeneffeFrankfurtBrusselsZürichStuttgartLilleCologneAntwerpenNürnbergStrasbourgLuxembourg200 km49.370N, 6.493E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1643: 2 engagements2 in 16431644: 2 engagements2 in 16441645: 1 engagements1646: 1 engagements1648: 1 engagements1652: 2 engagements2 in 16521656: 1 engagements1658: 1 engagements1674: 1 engagements16431674
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Rocroi, 1643Siege of Thionville, 1643Battle of Freiburg, 1644Siege of Philippsburg (1644), 1644Battle of Nördlingen, 1645Siege of Dunkirk, 1646Battle of Lens, 1648Battle of Bléneau, 1652Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine, 1652Battle of Valenciennes, 1656Battle of the Dunes, 1658Battle of Seneffe, 167416431674
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 May 1643Battle of RocroiRocroi, FranceFrench victory
16 June 1643Siege of ThionvilleThionville, Spain134 km SEFrench victory
3 August 1644Battle of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany196 km SEInconclusive
25 August 1644Siege of Philippsburg (1644)Germany145 km NFrench victory
3 August 1645Battle of NördlingenNördlingen, Germany163 km EFrench–Hessian victory
7 September 1646Siege of DunkirkDunkirk, France637 km NWFranco-Dutch victory
20 August 1648Battle of LensLens, France75 km SEFrench victory
7 April 1652Battle of BléneauBléneau, France304 km SInconclusive
1652Battle of the Faubourg St AntoinePorte Saint-Antoine, France135 km NRoyalist victory
18 May 1656Battle of ValenciennesValenciennes, France187 km NESpanish victory
14 June 1658Battle of the DunesDunkirk, France111 km NWFranco-Commonwealth victory
11 August 1674Battle of SeneffeSeneffe, Belgium144 km ESee Aftermath

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, Justus van Egmont, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.