OGILVIE, GEORGE [SSNE 6667]

Surname

OGILVIE

First name

GEORGE

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

George Ogilvie settled in Germany during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) and served as the commandant of the fortress of Spielberg, near Brünn in Moravia. He was entombed on the 7 of January 1661 in Brünn [today Brno, Czech Republic. His son, Georg Benedict, became a Polish and Saxon general and field marshal in 1710.

T. Fischer, The Scots in Germany, (Edinburgh, 1902), p.316; Christian d’ELVERT, Der Spielberg als als Residenz der Landesfürsten, Landesfestung und Strafanstalt (Brünn, 1860), p.219. Thanks to Dr Bernd Warlich for providing this reference.

Service record

MORAVIA, SPIELBERG, MORAVIA

Departed 1666-01-07

Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY