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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 ;...
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    the Danish government through Minister of Foreign Affairs Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff for funds.[editorializing] He tried his hand at writing...
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    Count of Bucquoy, and the German Catholic League led by Johann Tserclaes, later Count of Tilly, at Bílá Hora ("White Mountain") near Prague. Bohemian casualties...
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    Johann Reichsgraf von Aldringen (sometimes spelled Altringer or Aldringer; 10 December 1588 – 22 June 1634) was a Luxemburger who served in the armies...
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    of 1631, Field Marshal Tilly had assembled an army to restore Imperial control over northern Germany. Already that summer, Tilly invaded the Electorate...
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  • Count of Tilly (1559-1632), Dutch Catholic field marshal Johann van Beethoven (c. 1739–1792), German musician, father of Ludwig van Beethoven Johann Carl...
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    a Catholic League force led by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly. The battle resulted in a Swedish victory, while Tilly was severely wounded and later...
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    1621 and 1623, he fought under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly against the remnants of the rebel forces headed by Ernst von Mansfeld, Christian the Younger...
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    1631. Unless otherwise noted, all units have ten companies. Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly Unless otherwise noted, all units are German. General Gottfried...
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    successes of Gustavus Adolphus over General Tilly at the Battle of Breitenfeld and the Lech (1632), where Tilly was killed, and his advance to Munich and...
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    Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his...
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  • blockading force rose to 25,000 after he was joined by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly. Tilly focused his attention on Magdeburg taking the suburbs of...
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    Battle of Dessau Bridge (category Albrecht von Wallenstein)
    needed] Christian IV's army was defeated by the Count of Tilly in the Battle of Lutter, which left Tilly with the lands of Holstein, Jutland, and Schleswig...
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    Johann Jakob von Bronckhorst (Burg Anholt, 12 February 1582 - Freiburg im Breisgau, 19 October 1630), named Graf Anholt, was Count of Bronckhorst-Batenburg...
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    of the Imperial War Council. Von Schlick continued fighting for the Imperial forces under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, during the Danish Phase of...
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    Danish outpost in Seelze. They were attacked by Tilly and he died of a head wound. Hans Michael Elias von Obentraut died during the same skirmish. Frederick's...
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    Johann Baptist Mehler (14 June 1860 in Tirschenreuth, Oberpfalz, died 15 March 1930 in Regensburg ) was a German Catholic priest, prelate, and religious...
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    Simplicius (operetta) (category Operas by Johann Strauss II)
    Simplicius is an operetta by Johann Strauss II. It was conceived from the work of HJC von Grimmelhausen titled Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus or simply...
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    Thirty Years' War. In April 1622, Tilly had lost the Battle of Mingolsheim to Ernst von Mansfeld. In early May, however, Tilly won a decisive engagement with...
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    mercenary, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly laid siege to the city within a matter of months.: 107  The city was besieged from 20 March 1631 and Tilly put his...
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    sides of the Thirty Years' War, Johann Tserclaes and Gustavus Adolphus; and Elvis Presley. List of oldest companies "Von Tilly bis Presley: Deutschlands ältestes...
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    Bavarian Army, represented by statues of two military leaders Johann Tilly and Karl Philipp von Wrede. The first led Bavarians in the Thirty Years War; the...
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    generations. The company expanded under Kaspar Faber's great-grandson, Johann Lothar Freiherr von Faber (1817–1896), and his wife Ottilie. Lothar opened branches...
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    Ernst von Mansfeld's troops faced the army of Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly at the Battle of Mingolsheim. They were victorious but during Tilly's final...
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  • Nation, 1512–1806. 1542 – Johann Hilchen von Lorch (1484–1548) 1557 – Adam von Trott († 1564) 1618 – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559–1632) 1618 – Charles...
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    he was a scion of Johann Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff [de], founder of the Rhineland [de] Knight academy. His parents were Ernst Graf von Mirbach and his wife...
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    the Edict of Restitution in Franconia and Württemberg. Together with Johann von Aldringen, he waged war on Württemberg after the Peace of Cherasco, which...
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    "Johann Friedrich", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 10, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 543–544; (full text online) Paul Friedrich von Stälin...
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    Ottilie, a principal character in the novel Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ottilie Harshom, protagonist in John Wyndham‘s story "Random...
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    Imperials under Tilly, the elector himself seeking safety in flight. Nevertheless, he soon took the offensive after Gustavus crushed the army of Tilly. Marching...
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