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Field Marshal, Robert Douglas

Field Marshal, Robert Douglas

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Comment by William Douglas on July 9, 2023 at 17:52

Robert Douglas was a Scottish officer in Swedish service. He came in 1627 in Gustav 2 Adolf 's service as pasje . In 1657 he became a field marshal and made major conquests in Livland and Courland .

Among other things, Douglas took part in the battles of Leipzig in 1642 and Jankowitz in Bohemia in 1645, and in the Crab War against Denmark-Norway. From him descend the Swedish counts Douglas. Source: Norwegian Encyclopedia 

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