Nikolaas van Rietschoten
Count Nikolaas van Rietschoten | |
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 Portrait of General Count Rietschoten in 1945 | |
| Birth name | Nikolaas Henri Gerard Marie van Rietschoten |
| Nickname(s) | De Vos |
| Born | 16 May 1893 Wyck-Céramique, Kingdom of Gallia, Atmoran Confederation |
| Died | 7 August 1981 (aged 88) Komen-Waasten, Kingdom of Gallia, Atmoran Confederation |
| Buried | Graaf Rietschoten-Memorial, Frasnes-bij-Anvaing |
| Allegiance |  Atmora |
| Branch/Service |  Atmoran Army |
| Years of service | 1912–1958 |
| Rank |  Field Marshal |
| Battles/wars | Third Voshan War
Second Voshan War First Ghelen War |
| Spouse(s) | Catherina Marsch van Dusschoten |
| Children | Henri van Rietschoten Pieter van Rietschoten Catherina van Rietschoten |
Field Marshal Nikolaas Henri Gerard Marie graaf van Rietschoten (16 May 1893 – 7 August 1981) was a senior Atmoran Army officer who in the First Ghelen War and the Second Voshan War. During the 1943 Atmoran coup d'ètat attempt Count Rietschoten was part of the National Royalist Movement backing High Queen Katherine's putsch against Chancellor Louwrens van Geuzendam. Following the failed coup d'ètat Count Rietschoten fled with the High Queen to Asvarre to form the Free Atmoran Forces fighting against the Atmoran Republic till the liberation of Atmora in 1946.
Count Rietschoten served as the Supreme Commander of the Free Atmoran Forces's Army Group High Queen, who was instrumental in the liberation of Western Atmora during Operation Primrose along with orchestaring Operation Maanlichtoefening that resulted in the assassination of Chancellor Geuzendam in June 1946.