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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1947|06|11|df=y}}
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| birth_place  = Darlington, Vionna
| birth_place  = Darlington, Vionna
| death_date    = <!-- {{Death date|2010|02|13df=y}} -->
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2010|02|13|1947|06|11|df=y}}
| death_place  = Darlington, Kingdom of Vionna
| death_place  = Darlington, Kingdom of Vionna
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| heir          = Miss Anne Spears
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| successor    = [[Edwin Spears, Earl of Darlington]]
| successor    = [[Edwin Spears, Earl of Darlington]]
| spouse        = Lady [[Maria de Refebre]]
| spouse        = Lady [[Maria de Refebre]]
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| allegiance    = [[United Kingdom of Vionna-Frankenlisch|Vionna-Frankenlisch]]
| allegiance    = [[United Kingdom of Vionna-Frankenlisch|Vionna-Frankenlisch]]
| branch        = [[Imperial Vionna-Frankenlischian Army|Imperial Army]]<br />
| branch        = [[Imperial Vionna-Frankenlischian Army|Imperial Army]]<br />
[[Imperial Vionnan Army]]<br>
[[Royal Gallandian Army]]<br>
[[Royal Gallandian Army]]<br>
[[Uli Schwyz]]
[[Uli Schwyz]]<br>
| serviceyears  = 1935 - 1967
[[Royalists of the Red Decade|Royalist Army]]
| serviceyears  = 1965 - 1980
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| rank          = Major General<br />
Captain
Major
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| battles      = '''[[Imperial Civil War (Vionna-Frankenlisch)|Imperial Civil War]]'''<br />
| battles      = '''[[Imperial Civil War (Vionna-Frankenlisch)|Imperial Civil War]]'''<br />
'''[[Gallandic Civil War]]'''
'''[[Gallandic Civil War]]'''<br>
'''Krasny-Volny'''<br>
'''[[Vionna-Frankenlischian War of Restoration|War of Restoration]]'''
* [[Battle of Nieuwesel]]
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'''Richard Spears''' was a Vionnan nobleman and soldier.
'''Edwin Spears''' was a Vionnan nobleman and soldier. He served through the [[Imperial Civil War (Vionna-Frankenlisch)|Imperial Civil War]] with distinction before going into exile in Gallandia, where he served in the [[Gallandic Civil War]] with distinction. From 1977 to 1980 he served as a Uli Schwyz mercenary, being offered the rank of Major. His final years of military service were in the [[Royalists of the Red Decade|Royalist Army]] of Vionna-Frankenlisch during the [[Vionna-Frankenlischian War of Restoration|War of Restoration]], after which he retired from the military. He spent the rest of his life as an influential Imperial peer in the [[House of Nobles]].
 
[[Category:Deceased Vionna-Frankenlischians]] [[Category:Deceased Vionna-Frankenlischian nobles]] [[Category:Deceased Vionna-Frankenlischian military officers]]

Latest revision as of 13:13, 9 September 2022

Earl Edwin of Darlington
BornEdwin Winthrope Massingbird Spears
(1947-06-11)11 June 1947
Darlington, Vionna
Died13 February 2010(2010-02-13) (aged 62)
Darlington, Kingdom of Vionna
TitleEarl of Darlington
Other titlesBaron of Caernam, Prince-Bishop of Faen
Known forMilitary Serice in the Imperial Civil War, the Gallandic Civil War and as a Uli Schwyz mercenary.
NationalityVionnan
ResidencePalace of the Chiefs
LocalityDarlington
SuccessorEdwin Spears, Earl of Darlington
Spouse(s)Lady Maria de Refebre
IssueEdwin, Earl of Darlington
Edwin Spears, Earl of Darlington
AllegianceVionna-Frankenlisch
Service/branchImperial Army

Royal Gallandian Army
Uli Schwyz

Royalist Army
Years of service1965 - 1980
RankMajor General
Major
ConflictsImperial Civil War

Gallandic Civil War
Krasny-Volny
War of Restoration

Edwin Spears was a Vionnan nobleman and soldier. He served through the Imperial Civil War with distinction before going into exile in Gallandia, where he served in the Gallandic Civil War with distinction. From 1977 to 1980 he served as a Uli Schwyz mercenary, being offered the rank of Major. His final years of military service were in the Royalist Army of Vionna-Frankenlisch during the War of Restoration, after which he retired from the military. He spent the rest of his life as an influential Imperial peer in the House of Nobles.