Count Tilly invades Saxony with 20 000 Imperialist troops

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Domains

Invasion, conquest and annexation

Dates

Date of occurrence 1631-08

Places

Germany, Saxony (Location)

Count Tilly, commander of Ferdinand II's imperial armies, invades Saxony. He is able to do this, which would previously have been out of the capabilities of the imperial forces, because he now has the additional resource of 20 000 troops recently freed up by the end of the Mantuan War from their previous post in Italy.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Count Tilly invades Saxony with 20 000 Imperialist troops". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=16026, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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