Conrad von Rosen

Conrad von Rosen
Portrait painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1705. Note the marshal's baton and the Order of the Holy Spirit cordon bleu.
Born29 September 1628
Gross-Roop, Swedish Livonia, Swedish Empire
(Now Straupe in the Pārgauja Municipality, Latvia).
Died3 August 1715(1715-08-03) (aged 86)
Bollwiller, Alsace, Kingdom of France
Allegiance Kingdom of France
RankMaréchal de France
ConflictsBattle of Seneffe
Siege of Derry
Siege of Carrickfergus (1689)
Battle of Landen

Conrad von Rosen (29 September 1628 – 3 August 1715) was a Baltic German soldier from Livonia, who served in the French army under Louis XIV from 1646 on. He fought in the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) and the Nine Years' War (1688–1691). In 1689, he went to Ireland with James II of England and commanded the Jacobite troops during the final stage of the unsuccessful Siege of Derry.

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