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| name              = Francis van Greyffenswerth
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| image         = Flynt de Smit, 1st Marquess of Kesteven.jpg
| image_size    = 250px
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| caption       = Portrait of Field Marshal Greyffenswerth
| birth_date    = 17 May 1943 (73 yrs.)
| death_date    = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place   = Aerdenhout, [[Novigard (Province)|Province of Novigard ]], [[Lieseltania]]
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| nickname      = ''Lion of the Voshagne''
| birth_name    = Francis Karel Gerard van Greyffenswerth
| allegiance    = [[Katherine II]]
| branch        = {{flagicon|Atmora|army}} [[Atmoran Army]]
| serviceyears  = 1962 – present
| rank          = [[Field Marshal (Atmora)|Field Marshal]]
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| unit          = [[Regiment Jagers Prinsesse Winter]]
| commands      = [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Atmora)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]<br/>[[Chief of the General Staff]]<br>[[Commander Army Strategic Command]]<br>[[Atmoran Forces Central Command]]<br>[[Atmoran Army Eastern Command]]<BR>[[VIII Army Corps]]<br/>[[5th Armoured Infantry Division (Atmora)|5th Armoured Infantry Division]]<br/>[[7th Armoured Infantry Brigade (Atmora)|7th Armoured Infantry Brigade]]<br/>[[Regiment Jagers Prinsesse Winter|3rd Battalion, Regiment Jagers Prinsesse Winter]]
| battles       = [[Atmoran Interior War]]<br>[[Winter War (Halkeginia)|Winter War]]
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| awards        = [[Order of the Black Eagle|Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle]]<br>[[Order of Wolf Crown of Atmora|Knight of the Order of Wolf Crown of Atmora]]<br>[[Crown Order of Merit (Atmora)|Knight Grand Cross of the Crown Order of Merit]]<br>[[Royal Katherine Order|Knight Commander of the Royal Katherinian Order]]<br>[[Cross of Saint Visenna]]<br/>[[Cross of Military Merit]]
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{{wpl|Field Marshal}} '''Francis Karel Gerard markies van Greyffenswerth''' (born 17 May 1943) is a senior [[Atmoran Army]] officer. Since 12 March 2016, he has served as the 14th [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Atmora)|Chief of the Defence Staf]] replacing [[Marshal of the Air Force (Atmora)|Marshal of the Air Force]] [[Mannes van Loevezijn]]. Before being appointed Chief of the Defence Staff, he was the [[Chief of the General Staff]] from May 2003 to March 2016. Greyffenswerth led the [[Atmoran Armed Forces]] in the defence during the [[Winter War (Halkeginia)|Winter War]] against [[Vozh]].

He served as commanding officer of a company in the 3rd Battalion, Princess Winter's Light Infantry.

==Early life==

==Military career==

==Personal life==


==Honours and awards==

Marquess van Greyffenswerth's ribbons, not including campaign or other awards.


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|[[File:Order of the Black Eagle - Ribbon bar.svg|106px]]
|[[File:AUT_KuK_Kriegsbande_BAR.svg|106px]]
|[[File:AUT_Imperial_Order_of_Leopold_ribbon.svg|106px]]
|[[File:Ribbon_bar_Dutch_Cross_of_Merit.jpg|106px]]
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|[[File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.jpg|106px]]
|[[File:CAN_Meritorious_Service_Cross_(military_division)_ribbon.svg|106px]]
|[[File:CD-ribbon_and_4_bars.png|106px]]
|}

===Coat of Arms===

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==See also==

{{s-start}}
{{s-mil}}
{{s-bef|before=Marcel van Boeckholt}}
{{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|[[5th Armoured Infantry Division (Atmora)|CG 5th Armoured Infantry Division]]}}|years=1979–1983}}
{{s-aft|after=Christiaan Gelderman}}
|-
{{s-bef|before=Dries Berentschot}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[VIII Army Corps (Atmora)|CG VIII Army Corps]]|years=1983–1987}}
{{s-aft|after=Karel Velthuys}}
|-
{{s-bef|before=Hendrik Brotzki}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[CG Atmoran Army Eastern Command]]|years=1987–1992}}
{{s-aft|after=Joachim Schulten}}
|-
{{s-bef|before=Thijn Goedbolet}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Atmoran Forces Central Command|Commander Atmoran Forces Central Command]]|years=1992–1997}}
{{s-aft|after=Adolf Frederik Bausch}}
|-
{{s-bef|before=Theun Kruiders}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Commander Army Strategic Command]]|years=1997–2003}}
{{s-aft|after=Bernhard Wagenaar}}
|-
{{s-bef|before=[[Olivier Alexander Wessely d’Elzevier|17th Duke of Marsenne]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Chief of the General Staff]]|years=2003-2016}}
{{s-aft|after=Emiel H. Christenhusz}}
|-
{{s-bef|before=Mannes van Loevezijn}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Chief of the Defence Staff (Atmora)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]|years=2016-present}}
{{s-inc}}
{{s-end}}


[[Category:Atmoran Field Marshals]]