Count Robert Douglas | |
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Born | Traprain Law, Scotland | 17 March 1611
Died | 28 May 1662 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 51)
Allegiance | Sweden |
Years of service | 1630–? |
Rank | Field marshal |
Battles / wars |
Robert Douglas (17 March 1611 – 28 May 1662), Count of Skenninge, Baron of Skalby, was a Scottish cavalry general during the Thirty Years' War rising to the rank of Field Marshal (1657–1662) in the Swedish-Polish wars that followed. He founded the Swedish branch of Clan Douglas.