FORBUS, ALEXANDER [SSNE 2224]

Surname

FORBUS, FORBES, THE BALD

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Alexander Forbes served first as a reformed captain in Alexander Leslie's [SSNE 1], then he became a major in Arvid Forbus' [SSNE 2227] regiment. It was probably this man who Monro noted as 'The Bald' as lieutenant-colonel in Swedish service in 1632 and subsequently a colonel. He led a mixed Irish-Scottish regiment and had recruited a new regiment in Thuringia under the command of Wilhelm IV of Saxe-Weimar. He was buried in November 1636 in Eisenach.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1630/38; 1632/32; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (2 vols., London, 1637), II, The List of the Scottish Officers in Chiefe. Thanks to Dr Bernd Warlich for passing on the following references: Detlev PLEISS, Das Kriegstagebuch des schwedischen Offiziers William Forbes: Von seiner Landung an der Unterelbe im Sommer 1634 bis zu seiner Rückkehr nach Stade im Winter 1649/50, in: Stader Jahrbuch Neue Folge 85, (1995), pp. 135-153, p.152; Hugo PETERS, Eisenach im Dreißigjährigen Krieg 1618-1648. Bad (Langensalza 2002), p. 31.

Service record

SWEDEN, ALEXANDER LESLIE

Arrived 1630-01-01, as REF. CAPTAIN

Departed 1631-12-31, as REF. CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, ARVID FORBUS

Arrived 1632-01-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1636-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY