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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
Jan 28, 2024 · Johann Tserclaes, count von Tilly (born February 1559, Tilly, Brabant, Spanish Netherlands—died April 30, 1632, Ingolstadt, Bavaria) 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 ...
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.
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. Because his father had been involved in the ...
Johann t'Serclaes van Tilly aka Johann Tserclaes was born February 1559 in Castle Tilly, Walloon Brabant, in the Spanish Netherlands; born into a Roman Catholic family. After receiving a Jesuit education in Cologne, he joined the Spanish army at age fifteen; died April 30, 1632 at the age of 73, wounded by a cannon ball in the Battle of Rain.
- April 30, 1632
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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 ...
Jun 12, 2006 · Wallenstein’s subordinate, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, now placed in overall command of the army of the Catholic League, found himself reluctantly saddled with Wallenstein’s nefarious mercenaries as well. Ferdinand himself, his grip on the empire finally secure, had suddenly grown too strong for the balance of European power.