Adriaan Gustaaf Count van Flodroff (also Flodorf or Flodorph, died 1690) was a Dutch soldier.
He first joined the
Dutch Army
The Royal Netherlands Army ( nl, Koninklijke Landmacht) is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. Though the Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, its origins date back to 1572, when the was raised – making the Dutc ...
in 1671, and by 1683 had risen to become a
Major General
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of
cavalry
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. In 1689, following the outbreak of the
Nine Years War
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, he was sent with a detachment to persuade
Liège
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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.
[Childs p.114] He was killed at the
Battle of Fleurus in 1690.
References
Bibliography
* Childs, John. ''The Nine Years' War and the British Army, 1688-97''. Manchester University Press, 1991.
17th-century Dutch military personnel
Year of birth unknown
1690 deaths
Dutch military personnel killed in action
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