Count Tilly on a portrait by van Dyck

Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly (February, 1559 - April 30, 1632) was a general in Bavarian and later imperial service during the Thirty Years' War, who Ferdinand II depended upon (since Wallenstein was a threat). Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly on a contemporary painting by van Dyck From the Swedish wiki The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100... Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly on a contemporary painting by van Dyck From the Swedish wiki The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Antoon) van Dyck (*March 22, 1599 - December 9, 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading court painter in England. ... Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... With an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the Central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ... Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (July 9, 1578 – February 15, 1637), of the house of Habsburg, ruled 1620-1637. ... Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (also Waldstein, Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), September 24, 1583 – February 25, 1634) was a Czech soldier and politician who gave his services (an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men) during the Danish Period of the Thirty Years War to Ferdinand II...

A younger son of a noble family of Brabant, he served under Duke Alessandro Farnese and against the Turks before entering the service of Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria, founder of the Catholic League. After the outbreak of the Thirty Years War, he commanded the army of the Catholic League, which with the imperial army put down the Bohemian Protestant forces at White Mountain. (1620). Brabant is a former duchy in the Low Countries. ... Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1545 - 1592) was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese, duke of Parma and Margaret, the illegitimate daughter of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V. Thus Alessandro was the nephew of Philip II of Spain and of Don John of Austria. ... Not to be confused with King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825), prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph). ... This article is about the 17th century German union. ... Battle of White Mountain Conflict Thirty Years War Date November 8, 1620 Place Bílá Hora near Prague Result Bohemian defeat In the Battle of White Mountain, 1620 November 8, (Bílá hora is the name of White Mountain in Czech) an army 15,000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian...

In the next phase of the war, centering about the Palatinate, Tilly was chief commander against Ernst von Mansfeld, Christian of Brunswick, and others. He lost to Mansfeld (April 1622), but won at Wimpfen (May) and Höchst (June) and also at Stadtlohn (1623). After King Christian IV of Denmark entered the war (1625) Tilly and Albrecht von Wallenstein were the chief generals to oppose him. In 1626, aided by some of Wallenstein's troops, Tilly was victorious at Battle of Lutter (1626). When Wallenstein was removed from command of the imperial army in 1630, Tilly was given command of that army also, but against king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden he was unsuccessful. Ernst von Mansfeld Ernst, Graf von Mansfield (c. ... Battle of Wimpfen Conflict Thirty Years War Date May 6, 1622 Place Wimpfen near Heidelberg Result Catholic victory In the Battle of Wimpfen, a battle in the Bohemian Revolt period of the Thirty Years War, took place on May 6, 1622, where the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and... An image of Christian IV. Christian IV (1577–1648), king of Denmark and Norway, the son of Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia of Mecklenburg, was born at Frederiksborg castle in 1577, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father (April 4, 1588), attaining... Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (also Waldstein, Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), September 24, 1583 – February 25, 1634) was a Czech soldier and politician who gave his services (an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men) during the Danish Period of the Thirty Years War to Ferdinand II... Gustav II Adolph Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 - November 6, 1632) (also known as Gustav Adolph the Great, under the Latin name Gustavus Adolphus or the Swedish form Gustav II Adolf) was a King of Sweden. ...

On May 20, 1631, Tilly and Count Pappenheim stormed Magdeburg. Tilly's troops massacred the populace and sacked the city, although he tried to check the violence. Later in 1631, Tilly was thoroughly defeated by Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfield. The next year he was again defeated by Gustavus Adolphus at the crossing of the Lech, where Tilly was mortally wounded. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (May 29, 1594 - November 17, 1632), imperial field marshal in the Thirty Years War, was born at the little town of Pappenheim on the Altmühl, in Bavaria, the seat of a free lordship of the empire, from which the... View of Magdeburg with the cathedral, from the tower of the Johanniskirche Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. ... The Battle of Breitenfeld was the first major Protestant victory in the Thirty Years War. ... Lech can refer to: a Slavic, especially Polish, first name, e. ...