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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.
- 1574–1632
- Generalfeldmarschall
Apr 30, 2024 · Johann Tserclaes, count von Tilly (born February 1559, Tilly, Brabant, Spanish Netherlands—died April 30, 1632, Ingolstadt, Bavaria) was an outstanding general who was the principal commander of the Catholic League in Germany during the Thirty Years’ War.
Trying to stop the Swedish invasion of Bavaria, he was defeated again at Rain am Lech (15 April 1632), where he was fatally wounded (he died at Ingolstadt on 30 April 1632). Tilly's fame as a general derived from his successful campaigns throughout the 1620s, when he developed a unique battle-seeking strategy.
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 ...
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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Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly was born in February 1559 at Castle Tilly, in Brabant (about 50 kilometers southeast of Brussels), in what was then known as the Spanish Netherlands. This area was part of the Holy Roman Empire under the rule of the House of Habsburg.
Johan Tserclaes, count of Tilly (1559-1632) Flemish mercenary, who served as an Imperial general in the early years of the Thirty Years War. He first appeared in the service of Maximilian of Bavaria, and was general of the army of the Catholic League, led by Maximilian, which invaded Bohemia on 23 July 1620 to depose Frederick V of the ...
