Tilly

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Tilly is the commonly used name for Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, a prominent general of the Catholic League during the early stages of the Thirty Years' War.

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Label Occurrences
Tilly canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
allegiance Catholic League ⓘ
Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation
birthCountry Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
birthDate 1559-02-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Castle of Tilly, Brabant ⓘ
birthRegion Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
burialPlace Ingolstadt ⓘ
causeOfDeath wounds received in battle ⓘ
commanded Catholic League army ⓘ
conflict Long Turkish War ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
countryOfActivity Bavaria ⓘ
Bohemia ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathCountry Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1632-04-30 ⓘ
deathPlace Ingolstadt ⓘ
deathRegion Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
education Jesuit education ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Walloon ⓘ
linked to: Walloon language
familyName Tserclaes ⓘ
givenName Johann ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
German ⓘ
militaryRank field marshal ⓘ
militaryServiceStart late 16th century ⓘ
name Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ⓘ
nobleTitle Count of Tilly ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) ⓘ
Battle of Stadtlohn ⓘ
Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
Sack of Magdeburg ⓘ
notableFor defeat at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) ⓘ
leading Catholic League forces in the early Thirty Years' War ⓘ
victory at the Battle of White Mountain ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedUnder Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II ⓘ
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
sideInConflict Catholic side in the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
woundedIn Battle of Rain (Lech) ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly → alsoKnownAs → Tilly ⓘ
Tilley → hasVariant → Tilly ⓘ