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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
(; February 1559 – 30 April 1632), commanded the
Catholic League's
forces in the
Thirty Years' War
. He had a string of important victories against the Protestants but was then defeated by forces led by the King
Gustavus Adolphus
of
Sweden
. Along with Duke
Albrecht von Wallenstein
of
Friedland
and
Mecklenburg
, he was one of two chief commanders of the
Holy Roman Empire
’s forces in the first half of the war.
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