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Johann Tserclaes, Count Tilly, Flemish soldier. Tilly (1559-1632) was appointed by Maximilian I of Bavaria to reorganise the Bavarian army in 1610. He commanded the Catholic army at the beginning of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) and succeeded Wallenstein as Commander-in-Chief of Imperial Forces in 1630. He was mortally wounded in a battle against the Swedes at the crossing of the river Lech in Germany in 1632.