Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
Military Person
1559 – 1632
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Who was Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly?
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War. He had a string of important victories against the Protestants but was then defeated by forces led by the King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Along with Duke Albrecht von Wallenstein of Friedland and Mecklenburg, he was one of two chief commanders of the Holy Roman Empire’s forces in the first half of the war.
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- Born
- Feb 1, 1559
Villers-la-Ville - Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Apr 30, 1632
Ingolstadt
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on July 23, 2013
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