Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Battles of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1556 to 1564 (1503-1564)

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1527 and 1547: 2 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Hungary (3), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 800 km apart end to end, 267 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman–Habsburg Wars (1).

Battle of TarcalSiege of BudaSiege of BudaBattle of MühlbergBattle of TarcalSiege of BudaSiege of BudaBattle of MühlbergViennaPragueKrakówDresdenBratislavaŁódźKatowiceWrocławLeipzigGliwice200 km49.450N, 17.313E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1527: 1 engagements1 in 15271529: 1 engagements1 in 15291530: 1 engagements1 in 15301547: 1 engagements1 in 154715271547
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tarcal, 1527Siege of Buda, 1529Siege of Buda, 1530Battle of Mühlberg, 154715271547
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1527Battle of TarcalTokaj, HungaryHabsburg victory
1529Siege of BudaBuda, Hungary191 km WOttoman victory; Ottomans capture Buda; John Sigismund...
31 October 1530Siege of BudaBuda, Hungary0 km NOttoman victory
25 April 1547Battle of MühlbergMühlberg/Elbe, Germany610 km NWHabsburg 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, Hans Bocksberger the Elder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.