Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (born 1559)

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

Catholic marshal of the Thirty Years' War (1559–1632)

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War. From 1620 to 1631, he won an unmatched and demoralizing string of important victories against the Protestants, including White Mountain, Wimpfen, Höchst,…