Gil De Haes | |
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Born | 22 April 1597 Ghent, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands |
Died | 1657 Zara, Dalmatia, Republic of Venice |
Allegiance | House of Habsburg; Republic of Venice |
Years of service | 1623–1650 |
Rank | General |
Battles / wars | Palatinate campaign, War of the Mantuan Succession, Thirty Years War, Cretan War (1645–69) |
Gil or Gilles De Haes (1597–1657), sometimes known as Guldehasius, was a Flemish soldier of the Eighty Years War, the Thirty Years War and the Cretan War (1645–69), who rose through the ranks to be a general.[1]