Editing Captain general (section)

==In fiction==
In [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Boromir]] is described as "Captain-General" of the armies of [[Gondor]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3lsKdY7X8MC&q=%22captain+general%22+|title=The Lord of the Rings|first=John Ronald Reuel|last=Tolkien|date=11 July 2002|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=9780618260256|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzsOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22captain+general%22+Gondor|title=Tolkien Studies|first1=Douglas A.|last1=Anderson|first2=Michael D. C.|last2=Drout|first3=Verlyn|last3=Flieger|date=11 August 2008|publisher=West Virginia University Press|isbn=9781933202389|via=Google Books}}</ref>

In the [[The Wheel of Time|''Wheel of Time'']] series by [[Robert Jordan]], "captain-general" is the highest rank of the Ever Victorious Army of [[Seanchan]], excepting only the rank of ''marshal-general'', which may be temporarily assigned to a captain-general given the command of a [[theatre of war]]. In addition, captain-general is also the title of both the leader of the Queen's Guard of Andor and the head of the Green [[Ajah (Wheel of Time)|Ajah]] of the [[Aes Sedai]].

In the ''[[BattleTech]]'' universe, Captain-General is the title of the military and political leader of the Free Worlds League, one of the major factions in the setting. Since the 25th century, Captains-General have been members of the Marik family in a quasi-hereditary succession. Previously, the post had been an appointed post roughly analogous to the real world position of [[Roman Dictator]], who held power only for also long as a crisis demanding a Captain-General persisted. During the First Succession War, Resolution 288 was passed making the post permanent "for the duration of the crisis", with no end point delineated. 

In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', [[Cesare Borgia]] is depicted in the office of [[Captain General of the Church|Captain General of the Papal Army]], a position he did in fact hold along with [[Gonfalonier of the Church]].

In the ''[[Ring of Fire (series)|Ring of Fire]]'' universe (created by [[Eric Flint]]), Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, is granted the newly created hereditary title of "Captain General of the State of Thuringia" (later known as the State of Thuringia-Franconia) at the end of the first book, entitled '1632'. This was a recognition of his authority over Thuringian territory as an integral part of the "Confederated Principalities of Europe", a Protestant substitute for the Holy Roman Empire which he created, while allowing the Thuringian government to continue to claim that it was a republic and not a monarchy.

In the [[Warhammer 40,000]] universe, the title Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes is given to the head of the Adeptus Custodes, the elite 10,000 [[Genetic engineering in science fiction|genetically engineered]] supersoldiers who acted as the God-Emperor of Mankind's elite bodyguard, joining him in battle during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. During the Horus Heresy, the Captain-General was Constantin Valdor, called the "Emperor's Spear". In the aftermath, the Captain-General was granted a position as a [[Imperium (Warhammer 40,000)|High Lord of Terra]] and ultimate authority over who could approach the Golden Throne, where the Emperor was interred after his battle with the Warmaster Horus.