caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance honorific_suffix birth_date nickname image article_title name
count . tilly on a portrait by anthony van dyck 1574 -- 15 april 1632 army of flanders imperial army 30 april 1632 -lrb- aged 73 -rrb- ingolstadt , bavaria castle present-day belgium -rrb- tilly , walloon brabant , spanish netherlands -lrb- spain 1506 spain holy roman empire bavaria count of tilly february , 1559 '' the monk in armor '' 300px johann tserclaes , count of tilly
 johann tserclaes
johann tserclaes , count of tilly

johann tserclaes , count of tilly -lrb- ; february 1559 -- 30 april 1632 -rrb- , 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 .
