Very soon afterwards the Palatine, a man of mature age and of considerable talents, openly announced his conversion to the ancient church.

Obviously the sympathies of the States could not thenceforth fail to be on the side of Brandenburg.

The Elector's brother died and was succeeded in the governorship of the Condeminium by the Elector's brother, a youth of eighteen.

He took up his abode in Cleve, leaving Dusseldorf to be the sole residence of his co-stadholder.
Rivalry growing warmer, on account of this difference of religion, between the respective partisans of Neuburg and Brandenburg, an attempt was made in Dusseldorf by a sudden entirely unsuspected rising of the Brandenburgers to drive their antagonist colleagues and their portion of the garrison out of the city.

It failed, but excited great anger.