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{{Short description|General officer rank in some nation's navy}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{redirect|General Admiral|the American general surnamed Admiral|Kevin Admiral}} {{Navalranks}} [[File:Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt - Maurits van Nassau, prins van Oranje en Stadhouder.jpg|thumb|150px|{{center|[[Maurice, Prince of Orange|Maurits van Oranje]], first ''Generaladmiral'' in history}}]] '''General admiral''' or '''Admiral general''' was first a Dutch then Danish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish naval [[military rank|rank]]. Its historic origin is a title high military or naval dignitaries of early modern Europe sometimes held, for example the (nominal) [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Dutch Republic]]'s navy (usually the [[Prince of Orange]]).
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