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Lennart Torstensson
1603Aug, 17

Lennart Torstensson

Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651)
Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651), was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer.

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