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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
A Flemish-born Catholic military commander who long led the Catholic League's armies, defeating the "Winter King" Frederick V at White Mountain and d…
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- 1559–1610Tienen · BrabantBorn in Tienen in Brabant, he took part in Spanish operations in the Netherlands in his youth, accumulating extensive siege and field-battle experience in Flanders and Germany before entering Bavarian service.
- 1610–1622Munich · BavariaAppointed by Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria to command the League's armies. Between 1618 and 1622 he campaigned in Bohemia and the Palatinate, decisively defeating Frederick V's coalition at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620.
- 1623–1632Rain · BavariaHe continued campaigning in Germany through the 1620s; the fall of Magdeburg in 1631 was associated with his army. Wounded while opposing Sweden's Gustus II Adolphus at the Battle of Rain in 1632, he died a few days later near Ingolstadt.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Johann Tserclaes, count von Tilly https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Tserclaes-count-von-Tilly
- The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy — Peter H. Wilson (2009)