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Alberto Octavio Tserclaes de Tilly (also known as Antonio; 1646 – 10 September 1715) was a Spanish general of

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origins, the grandson of a brother of General

Johann Tserclaes Count of Tilly Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ( nl, Johan t'Serclaes Graaf van Tilly; german: Johann t'Serclaes Graf von Tilly; french: Jean t'Serclaes de Tilly ; February 1559 – 30 April 1632) was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's ...

, who acquired fame in the

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Biography

In 1693, he was granted the title of prince by King

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. He took part in the Spanish War of Succession (1701–1714) on the side of the young French-born Prince, later King

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against his opponent Charles VI of Austria of the

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. He fought in the Portuguese campaign during 1704, during which he advanced along the left bank of the river Tagus, conquering Portalegre and consolidating the

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region, while the young Philip and James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick advanced along the right bank of the river. In 1705, there was a conspiracy in which

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, Captain General of Catalonia, sided with Charles of Austria. Alberto Octavio warned the central authorities. For this assistance, Philip V of Spain bestowed upon him in 1706 the title of

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, a title which included the privilege of remaining covered or seated in the presence of royalty. Antonio Octavio served as

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in 1706–1709 and as

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in 1711–1714. In 1714, he was appointed Captain General of

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, replacing FitzJames. He died in

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the following year.

References

*''El primer capitán general de Cataluña, marqués de Castelrodrigo (1715-1721) y el control del austracismo'' by Enrique Giménez López, in ''Los Borbones : dinastía y memoria de nación en la España del siglo XVIII : (Actas del coloquio internacional celebrado en Madrid, mayo de 2000), 2002, , pags. 401-422''

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20090328151227/http://www.ejercito.mde.es/organizacion/mrpir/historia.html *http://www.ejercito.mde.es/Unidades/es/unidades/Barcelona/ige/Historia/dep *http://www.mcu.es/archivos/CE/ExpoVisitVirtual/visitas/aragon/fondos/contenido.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20180707172934/http://www.spanishsuccession.nl/armies/spanish_netherlands_cavalry.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Tserclaes de Tilly, Alberto Octavio 1646 births 1715 deaths Grandees of Spain Spanish generals Spanish people of Dutch descent Spanish people of Flemish descent Spanish army commanders in the War of the Spanish Succession Viceroys of Navarre T'Serclaes Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain