MILITARY PERSONNEL

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

1559 - 1632

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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (Dutch: Johan t'Serclaes Graaf van Tilly; German: Johann t'Serclaes Graf von Tilly; French: Jean t'Serclaes de Tilly ; February 1559 – 30 April 1632) 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, Stadtlohn and the Conquest of the Palatinate. He destroyed a Danish army at Lutter and sacked the Protestant city of Magdeburg, which caused the deaths of some 20,000 of the city's inhabitants, both defenders and non-combatants, out of a total population of 25,000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly has received more than 393,422 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly is the 174th most popular military personnel (up from 198th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 68th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Military Personnel.

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly is most famous for being a general in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He led the army in the Thirty Years War and was a major player in the Battle of Breitenfeld.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 174 out of 2,058. Before him are Dragut, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Helmuth Weidling, Zhao Yun, Georg von Küchler, and Auguste de Marmont. After him are Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Akechi Mitsuhide, Michiel de Ruyter, Hans Krebs, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and Khalifa Haftar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1559, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 2. Before him is Nurhaci. After him are Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Ishida Mitsunari, Lawrence of Brindisi, Catherine de Bourbon, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Cigoli, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Isaac Casaubon, and George Chapman. Among people deceased in 1632, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 4. Before him are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Sigismund III Vasa, and Frederick V of the Palatinate. After him are Giambattista Basile, Tokugawa Hidetada, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Jost Bürgi, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Infante Carlos of Spain, and Francis II, Duke of Lorraine.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 62 out of 1,190. Before him are Django Reinhardt (1910), Jacob Jordaens (1593), François Englert (1932), Léon Degrelle (1906), James Ensor (1860), and Hugo van der Goes (1440). After him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Maxime Weygand (1867), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Carlota of Mexico (1840), and Adolphe Quetelet (1796).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Belgium

Among military personnels born in Belgium, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 2. Before him are Charles Martel (688). After him are Maxime Weygand (1867), Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Johann Peter Beaulieu (1725), Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880), Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459), Gérard Leman (1851), and William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1020).

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