Anders Bille (19 March 1600 – 10 November 1657) was the Danish Rigsmarsk, the officer leading the entire armed forces of Denmark, from 1642.Anders Bille, Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, retrieved 16 October 2013
From 1635 to 1643, Bille was the Governor of Ösel (Saaremaa). In 1644 during the Torstenson War, he briefly led the Danish garrison at Snoghøj when it was being besieged by Lennart Torstensson, but he evacuated before it fell. On 1 May of the same year, he recaptured Kolding which had previously been occupied by a Swedish garrison.
Bille was mortally wounded in the defence of Fredriksodde during the Northern Wars against Sweden, and died after a few days in captivity. He was a member of the Bille family.
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