Coat of arms stone Claude 't Serclaes de Tilly

Coat of arms 't Serclaes Tilly - d'Aspremont Lynden

The heraldic stone shows the composite coat of arms of Tilly and his wife Anne Antonia d'Aspremont - Lynden de Reckhem.

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The Serclaes de Tilly

• I and IV golden lion rampant on red
• II and III red cross on gold (Montmorency mother's side): with 16 azure eagles in a golden field

d'Aspremont - Lynden de Reckem

• I and IV gold cross on red (Lynden)
• II and III red lion rampant on gold (Reckheim)
• escutcheon silver eagle on blue (d'Aspremont)
  

This heraldic stone has been relocated at Academieplein in the rear wall of the former Bonnefantenklooster.

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Court of Tilly

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There is a reasonable suspicion that this stone comes from Grote Gracht 90-92, the former city palace where Tilly lived during his governorship and which became known as Court of Tilly.
It is a guess, of course, but the coat of arms there that may have disappeared could be attributed to one of the many renovations that that building underwent over time, transforming from a "hotel de ville" to primary school, teacher training school and now Faculty of Cultural Studies of Maastricht University.
It was originally the Munsterbilzen refuge, owned in 1682 by two born Countesses of Reckheim and Cannonesses of Munsterbilzen, Anna Maria Eleonora and Anna Antoinetta. The first, the Princess Abbess, gave her share of the 'Gate of Munsterbilzen' to her sister when she left Munsterbilzen to marry the Count of Tilly.

Military

Claude Frederic Tilly (1648 - 1723) was a professional soldier. He first served in the armies of France and Spain, but in 1672 he entered the service of the States General. It was also he and his cavalry company who guarded the Prison Gate in The Hague when the De Witt brothers were imprisoned there. He only withdrew on the express written order of his superiors. His comment: "The De Witt brothers are now dead gentlemen."
Tilly's military career was finally concluded with the governorship of Maastricht from 1718 until his death in 1723.

In memory of Baron van Tilly and his wife, two large marble plaques can be found in the nave of Saint Servatius' Basilica.