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| branch = | serviceyears = | rank = | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = | battles = | battles_label = | awards = | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = }} Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (1582 – 4 April 1661) was a Scottish soldier in Swedish and Scottish service. Born illegitimate and raised as a foster child, he subsequently advanced to the rank of a Swedish Field Marshal, and in Scotland became Lord General in command of the Army of the Covenanters, privy councillor, captain of Edinburgh Castle, Lord Balgonie and Earl of Leven. In England he commanded the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant and was senior commander of the Army of Both Kingdoms (1642-1647). ==Early life== Alexander Leslie was born in 1582 as an illegitimate son of George Leslie, a captain of Blair Castle, and a mother sometimes described as "a wench in Rannoch".〔Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, V, p.373; Grosjean and Murdoch, SSNE no.1; Ailes, Military Migration p.32 and Stevenson, ODNB〕 He was a member of the family of Leslie of Balquhain. At an early age, Alexander was fostered out to the Campbells of Glenorchy.〔Murdoch, Network North, p.42〕 The fosterage bond was strong and still written about by Leslie into the 1640s. Indeed, it was this link that brought Leslie into the orbit of the House of Argyll as Lord Lorne, the son of the marquis of Argyll was also a Glenorchy fosterling. This relationship perhaps explains the presence of Campbells in the same regiments as Leslie in Sweden, most notably Captain Charles Campbell (Karl Kammel), whose portrait hangs to this day in Skokloster Castle in Sweden. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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