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, c. 1750
BornJuly 1648
DiedApril 1723 (aged 74–75)
Buried
Allegiance
BranchDutch States Army
Service years1667–1723
RankField marshal
Conflicts

Claude Frederic t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly (July 1648 – April 1723) was a Dutch States Army officer and nobleman. 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.