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Adriaan van Flodroff

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Dutch soldier In this Dutch name, the surname is van Flodroff, not Flodroff.
Adriaan van Flodroff
Other name(s)Flodorf
Died1690
Battle of Fleurus
AllegianceNetherlands
Service / branchArmy
RankMajor General
Battles / warsNine Years War

Adriaan Gustaaf Count van Flodroff (also Flodorf or Flodorph, died 1690) was a Dutch soldier.

He first joined the Dutch Army in 1671, and by 1683 had risen to become a Major General of cavalry. In 1689, following the outbreak of the Nine Years War, he was sent with a detachment to persuade Liège to abandon its neutrality and join the Grand Alliance, a mission which proved successful. The same year he took part in the Siege of Bonn. He was killed at the Battle of Fleurus in 1690.

References

  1. Childs p.347
  2. Childs p.106
  3. Childs p.114

Bibliography

  • Childs, John. The Nine Years' War and the British Army, 1688-97. Manchester University Press, 1991.


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