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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (Dutch: Johan t'Serclaes Graaf van Tilly; German: Johann t'Serclaes Graf von Tilly; French: Jean t'Serclaes de Tilly ; February 1559 – 30 April 1632) was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War.
Johann Tserclaes, count von Tilly was an outstanding general who was the principal commander of the Catholic League in Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. Educated by Jesuits, Tilly gained military experience in the Spanish Army of Flanders fighting the Dutch.
TILLY, JOHANN TSERCLAES OF (1559 – 1632), general of the army of the Catholic League (1620 – 1632). Johann Tserclaes of Tilly was probably born in February 1559 (we do not know the precise date) in Brabant (in the Spanish Netherlands), the son of Martin Tserclaes and Dorothea von Schierst ä dt.
Johannes Tserklaes Tilly, count of (yōhän´əs tsĕrkläs´ tĬl´ē), 1559–1632, general in Bavarian and later imperial service during the Thirty Years War. A younger son of a noble family of Brabant, he served under Duke Alessandro Farnese and against the Turks before entering the service of Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria, founder of the ...
Feb 24, 2023 · Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, was a field marshal who led the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War. He was known as "The Monk in Armor" and is depicted in various statues across Europe, including the Feldherrnhalle in Munich and the Museum of Military History in Vienna.
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War. From 1620–31, he had an unmatched and demoralizing string of important victories against the Protestants, including White Mountain, Wimpfen, Höchst, Stadtlohn and the Conquest of the Palatinate.
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In 1626 Tilly prevented the union of the Danes with the Langrave of Hesse who had revolted, and later, in August, destroyed the Danish army at Lutter on the Barenberg. In 1627 he drove the Danes over the Elbe, but on account of a wound, which prevented him from partaking in the war, Wallenstein gained the honours of the victory in the campaign ...
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