Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven

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Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish soldier and nobleman who rose to fame as a leading Covenanter general and later served as Lord General of the Scottish army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Generate an image of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish soldier and nobleman who rose to fame as a leading Covenanter general and later served as Lord General of the Scottish army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Covenanter ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
allegiance Covenanters ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
birthPlace Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathPlace Scotland ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots ⓘ
familyName Leslie ⓘ
fieldOfWork early modern warfare ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
knownFor Lord General of the Scottish army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
leading Covenanter general ⓘ
militaryBranch Scottish Covenanter army ⓘ
Swedish Army ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
Lord General ⓘ
movement Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
nobleFamily Leslie family ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Leven ⓘ
notableAchievement helped secure the signing and defense of the National Covenant ⓘ
negotiated with the English Parliament during the Civil War ⓘ
organized and trained the Scottish Covenanter army ⓘ
notableWork capture of Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
command in the English Civil War ⓘ
command of the Scottish Covenanter army ⓘ
leadership in the Bishops’ Wars ⓘ
participation in the Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ
siege of York ⓘ
participatedIn Bishops’ Wars ⓘ
linked to: Bishops' Wars

English Civil War ⓘ
Thirty Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Thirty Years' War

Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
positionHeld Lord General of the Army of the Covenant ⓘ
Lord General of the Scottish army ⓘ
member of the Scottish Privy Council ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
servedUnder Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bishops' Wars → commander → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Leslie family → notableMember → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Scottish Covenanter army → notableCommander → Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven ⓘ
linked to: Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Siege of York (1644) → commander → Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven ⓘ
linked to: Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Earl of Leven → associatedWith → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Earl of Leven → titleHolder → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Earl of Leven → notableHolder → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Scottish army → commandedBy → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Clan Leslie → notableMember → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Scottish Civil War → significantPerson → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Siege of York → commander → Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven ⓘ
linked to: Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Battle of Newburn → commander → Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ⓘ
Campaigns in Northern England (English Civil War) → notableCommander → Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven ⓘ
linked to: Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven