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Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ( c. 1580 – 4 April 1661) was a Scottish military officer and peer. Born illegitimate and raised as a foster child, he subsequently advanced to the rank of field marshal in Swedish Army, and in Scotland became Lord General in command of the Army of the Covenanters, a privy councillor, captain of ...
Alexander Leslie, 1. Earl of Leven (* um 1580; † 4. April 1661 auf Balgonie Castle, Fife) war ein schottischer Soldat aus dem Clan Leslie, der in schwedischen Diensten zum Feldmarschall aufstieg.
Alexander Leslie, 1st earl of Leven was the commander of the Scottish army that from 1644 to 1646 fought on the side of Parliament in the English Civil Wars between Parliament and King Charles I. Leslie joined the Swedish army in 1605 and served brilliantly in the Thirty Years’ War in central.
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Leslie had a long and successful career as a soldier: attaining rank of a Dutch captain, a Swedish field marshal and, in Scotland, the title Earl of Leven. From 1605-7 he served under Sir Horace Vere in the Netherlands before transferring to the Swedish army in 1608.
31. März 2024 · IT was this week 363 years ago that General Sir Alexander Leslie, the 1st Earl of Leven, died after a long and adventurous life. He was also Lord Balgonie, and it was at Balgonie Castle in Fife that he died in his bed on April 4, 1661, at the age of 80 or 81.
- Hamish Macpherson
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, lived from 1580 to 4 April 1661. He was a professional soldier who became a field marshal in the Swedish army before returning to command the Scottish Covenanter army during the Wars of the Thee Kingdoms.
Letter of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, to Charles X of Sweden, 1659, asking for help in the defence of his estates. Printed Primary Sources: Anon., The Swedish Intelligencer: The First Part (London, 1632), pp.47-48, 65, 74; Anon., The Swedish Intelligencer: The Fourth Part (London, 1633), pp.110, 128, 132; Anon.,
