Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

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 337,435 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly is the 193rd 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.