Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly

Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly
Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly
	Claude Frederic T'Serclaes, duke of Tilly, painted by Johann Valentin Tischbein, ca 1750
Born	July 1648; Brussels, Spanish Netherlands
Died	April 1723 (aged 74–75); Maastricht, Dutch Republic
Buried	Basilica of Saint Servatius, Maastricht
Allegiance	Spain (1667–1672); Dutch Republic (1672–1723);
Service/branch	Dutch States Army
Years of service	1667–1723
Rank	Field marshal
Battles/wars	War of Devolution; Franco-Dutch War 1st Maastricht; Seneffe; 2nd Maastricht; Cassel; Saint-Denis; ; Nine Years' War Walcourt; Leuze; Steenkerque; Namur; Givet; ; Great Northern War Tönning (1700); ; War of the Spanish Succession Nijmegen; Ekeren; Ramillies; Oudenarde; Ghent; Malplaquet; Douai; Bouchain; ;

Claude Frederic t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly (July 1648 – April 1723), was a prominent Walloon general in service of the Dutch States Army. He took part in the Franco-Dutch War, Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession and proved a brave and capable cavalry general. In 1708 he became the de facto supreme commander of the Dutch army, and led the Allied forces together with the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy.

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