BUTLER, ERNST ALEXANDER [SSNE 6537]

Surname

BUTLER

First name

ERNST ALEXANDER

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

IRISH?

Text source

Ernst Alexander Butler was in Polish service in 1633 when he led a troop of 600 dragoons against Muscovy forces. These men had been brought from Silesia by James Butler [SSNE 6450] after an agreement had been reached between Wladyslaw and Wallenstein. In 1635 Ernst commanded a company of dragoons when forces were prepared for an attack against Sweden.

 

Source: R. Frost, "Scottish soldiers, Poland-Lithuania and the Thirty Years' War" in S. Murdoch ed. Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (Brill, 2001), p.210.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, DRAGOONS

Arrived 1633-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1633-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY