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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.
Field Marshal Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge. Robert was born in East Lothian in 1611. He became a soldier and, like many Scottish soldiers, fought in Europe during the 30 Years War. In 1627 he was appointed as a page in the Swedish military under John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Castellan of Stegeborg Castle, and brother-in-law of ...
Robert Douglas (17 March 1611 in Standingstone Estate, by Traprain Law, East Lothian – 28 May 1662 in Stockholm), 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.
Robert Douglas (17 de marzo de 1611 - 28 de mayo de 1662), conde de Skenninge, barón de Skalby, fue un general de caballería escocés durante la Guerra de los Treinta Años que ascendió al rango de mariscal de campo (1657-1662) en las guerras sueco-polacas que seguido.
Two years later he gained another title, of count of Skenninge, and was introduced to the Swedish House of Nobility. He continued his participation in the Riksråd meetings too. During his role as master of the royal stable he was instructed to register and send all the reformed officers of Närke Värmland to the military college in Stockholm ...
Robert Douglas (17 March 1611, Standingstone Estate, by Traprain Law, Haddingtonshire – 28 May 1662, Stockholm), Count of Skenninge, Baron of Skalby, was a Scottish Field Marshal (1657–1662) in the Swedish army, during the Thirty Years' War and the Swedish-Polish wars.
Vreta Kloster, Sweden. Stjärnorp Castle was built in 1655-1662 by Field Marshal Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge (1611–1662). The castle and terraces were designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. According to one legend, a story relates that during the war, comrades and brothers in arms Robert Douglas and Axel Lillie came home from the ...
