Alexandre-Pierre de Mackensie-Douglas, baron de Kildin

Alexandre-Pierre de Mackensie-Douglas or Mackenzie-Douglas, baron de Kildin (1713-1765[1]) was a Jacobite in French service. According to the memoirs of the Chevalier d'Eon, d'Eon and Mackenzie-Douglas were sent by Louis XV on a secret mission to Russia in order to meet Empress Elizabeth and conspire with the pro-French faction against the Habsburg monarchy[2] His tombstone was discovered in 2015.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Der Siebenjährige Krieg (1756–1763): Ein europäischer Weltkrieg..., p84
  2. ↑ Chevalier d'Eon, La Vie Militaire, politique, et privée de Mademoiselle d'Éon, 1779
  3. ↑ Sous la pierre tombale reposait un espion
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