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Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt

Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt Life story


Count Gustaf Adolf Levenhaupt was a Swedish soldier and statesman. He was appointed Major General in 1645, Privy Councilor in 1650, General in 1651, Field Marshal, in 1655 and Governor General of Riga, in 1656. In the Thirty Years' War he commanded troops at the Battle of Breitenfeld, in 1642.

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