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...
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Highland. Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (c. 1580–1661) Alexander Leslie, 2nd Earl of Leven (c. 1637–1664) Margaret Leslie, Countess of Leven (died 1674)...
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Germany, France, Sweden and in the Baltic as mercenaries. Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, fought on the Continent and then returned to Scotland to...
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daughter of Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie, and granddaughter of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven. Lord Melville was succeeded upon his death in 1707 by his...
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when a Covenanter army under the command of Lord General Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven besieged the Royalist garrison under Sir John Marlay, the...
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Alexander Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, 12th Earl of Melville KT DL (6 August 1890 – 15 January 1947) was a Scottish soldier, and peer. Leslie-Melville...
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Leslie, Earl of Ross (died 1402) Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (c.1580–1661) Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul (died 1663) Andrew Leslie (Canadian Army...
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Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (1582–1661) was a Scottish soldier in Dutch, Swedish and Scottish service. Alexander Leslie may also refer to: Alexander...
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of Scotland and England agreed the Solemn League and Covenant in 1643, David Leslie became a Major General under Alexander Leslie (now Earl of Leven)...
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and, supported by John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun and Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, he established a new government, which welcomed Oliver Cromwell...
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David Melville, later Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven and de jure 2nd Earl of Melville (5 May 1660 – 6 June 1728) was a Scottish aristocrat, politician, and...
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major general Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (1580–1661), Scottish Lord General in command of the Army of the Covenanters Andrew Leslie (general) (born...
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the son of Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven and the former Jane Thornton (1757–1818). His siblings included the Hon. William Leslie-Melville...
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Duns Castle (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
the First Bishops' War of 1639, the castle housed General Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven. His army was quartered nearby and blocked the English from...
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English Civil War (redirect from War of the English Revolution)
result of these Royalist failures the King replaced Carbery with Colonel Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield who was able to regain many of these...
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Mercenaries: From the Late Archaic Period to Alexander. Routledge, 2004.[ISBN missing] Yalichev, Serge. Mercenaries of the Ancient World. Constable, 1997.[ISBN missing]...
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David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, 7th Earl of Melville (1785–1860) was a Scottish peer and admiral. He entered the Royal Navy c. 1800; he became...
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Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester and the Scottish Covenanters under the Earl of Leven defeated the Royalists commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and...
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Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat (category Lords of Parliament (pre-1707))
Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott Hugh Fraser, Master of Lovat, who married Anne Leslie daughter of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven in 1642 at...
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(1645), Covenanters under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, besiege and take Carlisle from a Royalist garrison in 1645 Siege of Carlisle (November 1745)...
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Perthshire (redirect from County of Perth)
Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch Stephen Hendry Lady of Lawers Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven Alexander Mackenzie Dougie MacLean John Macleod Ewan McGregor...
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place of Seaton's death are unknown, marriages are not recorded. Thirty Years' War Battle of Stralsund (1628) Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven Torstenson...
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Earl of Mar 1638-?: John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino 1639–1640: Sir Patrick Ruthven 1641-?: Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven 1645-?: Alexander...
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000 foot and 3,000 horse commanded by Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven. The immediate expectation on the part of the Parliamentarians was that the Covenanters...
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Covenant, and was part of Alexander Leslie's army sent to suppress the opposition which arose around Aberdeen and in the country of the Gordons. Though often...
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1580 in Scotland (category Years of the 16th century in Scotland)
William Caudle Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, soldier (died 1661) Approximate date – George Sinclair, mercenary (killed at Battle of Kringen 1612)...
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April 4 (redirect from 4th of April)
Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583) 1661 – Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish field marshal (b. 1580) 1743 – Daniel Neal, English...
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William Cranstoun, 3rd Lord Cranstoun (category Year of death unknown)
fifth and youngest daughter of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, by whom he had: James Cranstoun, 4th Lord Cranstoun Alexander Cranstoun Agnes Cranstoun...
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Presbyterians under the Earl of Argyll rebelled against the main Scottish army under David Leslie. The two factions came to blows at the Battle of Stirling in September...
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with the Scottish army of General Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven and besieged Newark, which surrendered on 8 May of the following year. With the Royalist...
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