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Also Known As	Alexander Leslie, 1st earl of Leven, Lord Balgonie
Born	c.1580
Died	April 4, 1661 • Scotland
Role In	Bishops’ Wars • English Civil Wars • First English Civil War • Thirty Years’ War

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