Count Johan Tserclaes Tilly
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Catholic Church, Catholics
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, Western Civilization/European History
Article abstract: Military significance: Tilly successfully commanded Catholic forces during the initial phases of the Thirty Years’ War but was less successful against the new style of warfare practiced by Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden.
Count Johan Tserclaes Tilly learned his military craft in the Spanish army of Flanders, 1585-1600. A devout Catholic, he commanded the army of the Catholic League between 1610 and 1632. His forces were decisive in the Catholic victory at White Mountain in Bohemia in 1620. Between 1622 and 1630, he, with Albrecht Wenzel von...
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