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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 1620–31, he had 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 death 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 354,160 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly is the 198th most popular military personnel (down from 161st in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 58th 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 198 out of 1,468Before him are Erhard Milch, Yue Fei, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Amr ibn al-As, Mikhail Frunze, and Maximilian von Weichs. After him are Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Parmenion, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Gotthard Heinrici, and Josip Jelačić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1559, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 2Before him is Nurhaci. After him are Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Ishida Mitsunari, Catherine de Bourbon, Lawrence of Brindisi, Isaac Casaubon, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Cigoli, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and George Chapman. Among people deceased in 1632, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 4Before 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, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Infante Carlos of Spain.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ranks 68 out of 1,019Before him are John of Gaunt (1340), James Ensor (1860), Philippe of Belgium (1960), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Father Damien (1840), and Petrus Christus (1410). After him are Maxime Weygand (1867), Dominique Pire (1910), Quentin Matsys (1466), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), François Englert (1932), and Adolphe Quetelet (1796).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Belgium

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