Axel Lillie
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Axel Lillie
Count Axel Lillie, also spelled Lillje (23 July 1603 – 20 December 1662) was a Swedish soldier and politician. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor General of Pomerania in 1643, Privy Councilor in 1648, Governor General of Pomerania in 1652, Field Marshal in 1657, and Governor General of Livonia in 1661. In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), he commanded troops at the Battle of Leipzig, in 1642. He had Löfstad Castle built.
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- 1603 births
- 1662 deaths
- Field marshals of Sweden
- Governors-General of Sweden
- Swedish nobility
- Members of the Privy Council of Sweden
- Swedish Pomerania
- 17th-century Swedish military personnel
- 17th-century Swedish politicians