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6 unusual facts about Tilly


António Luís de Sousa, 2nd Marquis of Minas

Tilly invaded Alentejo and took Portalegre, and the Spanish general Villadarias took Castelo de Vide.

Erich Göstl

In World War II, he was a member of the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Normandy Campaign where he was in the 6th Company, 1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment, deployed near the French town of Tilly, a few kilometers from Caen.

Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg

With the help of Tilly, Wartenberg took possession of his see (12 March 1628), which had been occupied by Danish soldiers.

Gustav Horn, Count of Pori

At the battle of Breitenfeld in 1631, Horn prevented the Imperial force, under Tilly, from flanking the main body of the Swedish army after their Saxon allies fled the field.

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal

The Second World War: Dieppe, L'Escaut, Bourgebus Ridge, Saint-André-sur-Orne, Verrières Ridge—Tilly-la-Campagne, Falaise, Falaise Road, The Liaison, Forêt de la Londe, Dunkirk 1944, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, The Scheldt, Woensdrecht, South Beveland, The Rhineland, The Hochwald, Xanten, The Rhine, Groningen, Oldenburg, North-West Europe 1942 '44-45

The Lincoln and Welland Regiment

From Tilly-la-Campagne on 31 July 1944 until Bad Zwischenahn on 1 May 1945, the regiment distinguished itself in many actions.


Aloys Fleischmann

His father, Aloys Fleischmann senior of Dachau (1880–1964), organist and choir master at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St Anne, Cork and his mother, Tilly Fleischmann née Swertz (1882–1967), born in Cork to German parents, pianist and piano teacher.

Battle of Dessau Bridge

The Count of Tilly wanted control of the bridge in order to prevent King Christian IV of Denmark from having access to Cassell and to protect the Lower Saxon Circle.

Comodoro Rivadavia

American researcher Junius Bird and Finnish geographer Väinö Auer confirmed the existence of a Tehuelche prototype who lived in the sands of Rada Tilly some 9000 years ago.

Jamie Lynn

Jamie Pressnall (known as Jamie Lynn Pressnall, born 1976), tap dancer in the band Tilly and the Wall

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

"Count Tilly" besieged and captured Münden on 30 May 1626, whereupon local and refugee Protestant ministers were thrown into the river Werra, but could not lay a siege to Kassel.

Leo Allatius

In 1622, after the capture of Heidelberg by Tilly, when the Protestant Elector of Bavaria Frederick V was supplanted by a Catholic one, the victorious elector Maximilian of Bavaria presented the Palatinate library composed of 196 cases containing about 3500 manuscripts to Pope Gregory.

Louise A. Tilly

Louise Tilly's late spouse was professor and author, Charles Tilly.

Lutter am Barenberge

During the Thirty Years' War, the Danish troops under King Christian IV retired to Lutter Castle, where they were defeated by Imperial and Catholic forces led by Count Tilly in the 1626 Battle of Lutter, a rout that changed the course of the Thirty Years' War.

Phi Delta Slam

In early 2009, both Tilly and Sassi returned to TNA as the personal security of The Main Event Mafia in order to help them fend off the TNA Frontline.

St. Paul Sisters of Chartes

Paul Sisters of Chartes also known as the Sisters of Charity of St. Paul; these sisters who now add (of Chartres) to their title to distinguish them from another congregation of the same name, were founded at Chartres in 1704 by Monsignor Maréchaut, a theologian of the Cathedral of Chartres, assisted by Mlle de Tilly and Mlle de Tronche.

Tilly Evans

Tilly was introduced to the show, along with two other characters, during a special storyline shot and set in Abersoch, North Wales.

Tilly Losch

A permanent reminder of Tilly Losch could be seen at Edward James' former home at Monkton, on his West Dean estate.

Ubu Repertory Theater

Authors commissioned and published by Ubu include: Jean Tardieu, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Simone Schwarz-Bart, Sony Labou Tansi and Bernard-Marie Koltès and Tilly.

Walter de Frece

Walter fell for Tilly, and against romantic competition that included Sir Oswald Stoll, managed to take Tilly to a dance and secure a kiss.


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