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- Sir George Fleetwood (1605–1667) was an Englishman who became a Swedish general and baron. He founded a cadet branch of the Fleetwood family in Sweden, with issue until the present time. (en)
- Georg (eller George) Fleetwood, född 1605 (döpt den 30 juni), död den 11 juni 1667, var en svensk friherre, militär och diplomat, bror till Charles Fleetwood. (sv)
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- The King at the first charging to the graft, was shott through the arme and his horses neck; upon which they would fayne have perswaded him to have retyred, which he refused, rideing to the heade of the right winge of horse, incourageing them, saying nothing ailed him, and with that, comandeing them all to follow him, he leaped over the graft and charged the enimie; but there followed him but fower regiments, which weare encountred with soe many of the enimie that they wre forced to retyre. And there the Kinge fell, being shott through the heade and through the bodye. There fell iust by him one Truckes his chamber younker, whoe was brought off alyve, but since deade: he reported that when our horse retyred there came an officer of the enimies, whoe asked him whoe the Kinge was, which he refused to tell; he shott him through the bodye, and with that went to the Kinge demanding of himself what he was, to which he replyed he was the Kinge of Swethen; upon which he thought to have carryed off the bodye, but seeing our horse comeing againe to charge, he stroak the Kinge through the body with a broade sworde twyce, and then runn away, for then Herticke Bernard himself charged with the horse, beat the enimie back and brought the corps off, which had receaved in all tenn woundes. The report of the Kinges death comeing amongst the soldyers , yet made them fight the braver, as seemeing to resolve to revenge his death or dye (en)
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- Sir George Fleetwood (1605–1667) was an Englishman who became a Swedish general and baron. He founded a cadet branch of the Fleetwood family in Sweden, with issue until the present time. (en)
- Georg (eller George) Fleetwood, född 1605 (döpt den 30 juni), död den 11 juni 1667, var en svensk friherre, militär och diplomat, bror till Charles Fleetwood. (sv)
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