Hans von Dellingshausen (1641–1705) was a Swedish

Sweden

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 statesman and soldier. Between 1698 and 1705, he served as the Governor of Halland County

Halland County

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He was born in Gothenburg

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, named after a great-uncle from Reval (Tallinn) in Estonia

Estonia

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 on March 24, 1641. He left Sweden at age 15 and became a musketeer

Musketeer

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 in the French

France

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 guards by 1660. In 1663 he had advanced to corporal at French cavalry

Cavalry

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 regiment and fought in the Portuguese Restoration War

Portuguese Restoration War

Portuguese Restoration War was the name given by nineteenth-century 'romantic' historians to the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon . The revolution of 1640 ended the sixty-year period of dual monarchy in Portugal...

. He was one of the fighting French soldiers on the Iberian peninsula under the command of Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

Friedrich Hermann , 1st Duke of Schomberg , KG , was a marshal of France and a General in the English and Portuguese Army....

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