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Born April 17, 1573 • Munich • Bavaria
Died September 27, 1651 (aged 78) • Ingolstadt • Bavaria
House / Dynasty House of Wittelsbach
Role In Battle of White Mountain • Thirty Years’ War
Tilly, detail from an engraving by G. Kölez, 1631
Johann Tserclaes, count von Tilly
Bavarian general
Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
king of Bavaria
Maximilian II
Maximilian II
king of Bavaria
Maximilian II Emanuel, engraving by Karl Gustav Amling, 1682
Maximilian II Emanuel
elector of Bavaria
Frederick V, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, c. 1620; in the Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Ger.
Frederick V
elector Palatine of the Rhine
Montgelas de Garnerin, detail from an engraving by E.C. Hess, 1816
Maximilian Joseph, count von Montgelas de Garnerin
Bavarian statesman
Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich, count zu
Gottfried Heinrich, count zu Pappenheim
German officer
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Gustav Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus
king of Sweden
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Axel, Count Oxenstierna
chancellor of Sweden
Christian IV
Christian IV
king of Denmark and Norway
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Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Louis XIII
Louis XIII
king of France
Gábor Bethlen
Gábor Bethlen
king of Hungary
Mercy, Franz, Freiherr von
Franz, baron von Mercy
Austrian field marshal
Father Joseph, engraving by an unknown artist after a portrait by Michel L'Asne
Father Joseph
French mystic and religious reformer
Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880.
Otto von Bismarck
German chancellor and prime minister
Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor