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'''Clan Leslie''' is a [[Scottish Lowlands|Lowland]] [[Scottish clan]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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Commanding the Covenanters [[Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven]], and General [[Robert Monro]] captured Edinburgh Castle with a thousand men.<ref name="Clan.Encyclopedia.Leslie"/> {{unreliable source|date=July 2021}}
With the Scots, Leven went into England in 1640 and defeated the King's soldiers at the [[Battle of Newburn]]. For this, he was created Earl of Lewis by King Charles I. General Alexander Leslie of Balgonie fought for [[Gustavus Adolphus]], the King of Sweden. He achieved great fame across Europe for his skills in war and returned to Scotland a Field Marshal.<ref name="Clan.Encyclopedia.Leslie"/>
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