Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (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
Edinburgh Castle,
Lord Balgonie and
Earl of Leven. In England he commanded the Army of the
Solemn League and Covenant and was senior commander of the Army of
Both Kingdoms (1642–1647). Leslie served in the
Thirty Years' War, the Bishops' Wars, and most of the
English Civil War, fighting primarily in the
First English Civil War. Leslie would live a long life, dying roughly at the age of 80 or 81.
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