Nikolaas van Rietschoten

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Count Nikolaas van Rietschoten
Edmund Herring by William Dargie.jpg
Portrait of General Count Rietschoten in 1945
Birth nameNikolaas Henri Gerard Marie van Rietschoten
Nickname(s)De Vos
Born16 May 1893
Wyck-Céramique, Kingdom of Gallia, Atmoran Confederation
Died7 August 1981 (aged 88)
Komen-Waasten, Kingdom of Gallia, Atmoran Confederation
Buried
Graaf Rietschoten-Memorial, Frasnes-bij-Anvaing
Allegiance Atmora
Branch/ServiceAtmora Atmoran Army
Years of service1912–1958
RankAtmoran Army OF-10.svg.png Field Marshal
Battles/warsThird Voshan War Second Voshan War
First Ghelen War
Spouse(s)Catherina Marsch van Dusschoten
ChildrenHenri 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 1942 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.