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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.
Apr 18, 2024 · In 1625 he began operations against the Catholic League in Germany led by Tilly, the Bavarian commander in chief, who defeated him at Lutter am Barenberge on Aug. 17, 1626. Tilly’s and Wallenstein ’s troops next invaded and plundered Jutland , thus forcing Christian to form an alliance with the Swedish king Gustavus II Adolphus against the ...
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2 days ago · Maximilian of Bavaria funded a combined Imperial-Catholic League army led by Count Tilly and Charles of Bucquoy, which pacified Upper and Lower Austria and occupied western Bohemia before marching on Prague.
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Apr 13, 2024 · To counteract the newly created Protestant Union, in 1609 Maximilian formed the Catholic League. In 1619 he sent the Catholic League’s army to fight the rebellious Bohemian subjects of Emperor Ferdinand II, but he exacted a high price: the retention of all lands captured by the league from the rebels and, in case of total victory, the ...
3 days ago · Islam is the largest non-Christian religion in the country. There are between 3.0 and 4.7 million Muslims, around 3.6% of the population. [5][94]The majority of Muslims in Germany are of Turkishorigin, followed by those from Pakistan, countries of the former Yugoslavia, Arab countries, Iran, and Afghanistan.
3 days ago · The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals .
Apr 19, 2024 · On 8 August 870, Charles the Bald in West Francia (France) and his half-brother Louis the German in East Francia (Germany) split their recently deceased nephew Lothair I's territory between them. The Treaty of Meerson formally recognised Louis the German as the ruler of the land to the east of the Jura Mountains, the Moselle and Meuse valleys.
