EDWARDS, MICHAEL [SSNE 39]

Surname

EDWARDS, EDWARD, EDVARDSEN

First name

MICHAEL

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

BRITISH? WELSH?

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Michael Edwards first appears in Norway as part of Colonel James Wilson's [SSNE 116] recruited regiment where he was a captain from 13 June until 8 August 1644. He then became a major in the Tyske Dragoner of the Norwegian army, from August until December 1644. He served in the Cavalry regiment commanded by Colonel Frederik Willumsen at the defence of Båhus fort. In July 1645 Hannibal Sehested wrote to Edwards in German regarding the completion of a squadron. They were later ordered to the north after the peace of Brømsebro, 13 August 1645

O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo, 1948); G.Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; Å. F. Jensen, Kavaleriet: Norge 1200-1994(Trondheim, 1994), p.52.; Samlinger til det Norske Folks Sprog og Historie, I, (Christiania, 1833), p.496-7.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, WILSON'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1644-06-13, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1644-07-01, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, GERSDORFS DRAGOONS, BÅHUS FÆSTNING, NORWAY

Arrived 1644-07-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1645-10-01, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, TONSBERGSKE REGIMENT/NIELS LANGES, NORWAY

Arrived 1645-10-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1647-05-01, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, NORWEGIAN ARMY

Arrived 1647-05-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1649-01-01, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, TRONDHEIM SECOND REGIMENT, NORWAY

Arrived 1649-01-01, as MAJOR

Departed 1649-04-04, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY