Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Stephen III of Moldavia

Battles of Stephen III of Moldavia

Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504, 1439 to 1504

Stephen III of Moldavia is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1467 and 1502: 6 battles, 1 siege and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Romania (5), Ukraine (3), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,155 km apart end to end, 269 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Moldavian–Ottoman Wars (3), Ottoman–Hungarian Wars (1).

Polish-Moldavian WarMoldavian campaign in PolandBattle of BotoșaniBattle of the Samara RiverBattle of BaiaBattle of VasluiSiege of Neamţ CitadelBattle of Valea AlbăBattle of CătlăbugaBattle of BaiaBattle of VasluiBattle of Valea AlbăBattle of CătlăbugaChișinăuDniproOdessaZaporizhzhyaSimferopolVinnytsyaKhersonBrașovChernivtsiCherkasy200 km47.220N, 30.691E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1467: 1 engagements1475: 1 engagements1476: 2 engagements2 in 14761485: 1 engagements1497: 1 engagements1498: 2 engagements2 in 14981502: 1 engagements14671502
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Baia, 1467Battle of Vaslui, 1475Siege of Neamţ Citadel, 1476Battle of Valea Albă, 1476Battle of Cătlăbuga, 1485Polish-Moldavian War, 1497Moldavian campaign in Poland, 1498Battle of Botoșani, 1498Battle of the Samara River, 150214671502
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 December 1467Battle of BaiaBaia, RomaniaSee #Aftermath
10 January 1475Battle of VasluiVaslui, Romania147 km SEMoldavian victory
1476Siege of Neamţ CitadelBihor, Romania126 km NWMoldavian victory
26 July 1476Battle of Valea AlbăRăzboieni, Romania22 km SEOttoman victory
1485Battle of CătlăbugaKiliia, Ukraine276 km SEMoldavian victory
1497Polish-Moldavian WarMoldavia, Ukraine446 km NEMoldavian victory
1498Moldavian campaign in PolandPodolia, Poland398 km WMoldavian victory
1498Battle of BotoșaniBotoșani, Romania104 km SMoldavian victory
1502Battle of the Samara RiverSamara River, Ukraine635 km EMoldavian–Crimean 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, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.