 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1621, Philip III akafa uye mwanakomana wake akamutsiva saPhilip IV. Mauto zvino akanga ava kutonga zvakasimba. Gore rakatevera racho, Zúñiga akatsiviwa naGaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke weOlivares, murume anokwanisa uyo aidavira kuti muzinda wezvinetso zvose zveSpain wakanga uri muHolland. Pashure pokunge vakundikana pakutanga, vaBohemia vakakundwa paWhite Mountain muna 1621, uyezve paStadtlohn muna 1623. Hondo neNetherlands yakamutsidzirwa muna 1621 naSpinola achitora nhare yeBreda muna 1625. Kupindira kwamambo weDenmark Christian IV muhondo kwakashungurudza vamwe Christian aive mumwe wemadzimambo mashoma eEurope asina kunetseka nezvehupfumi hwake asi kukunda kweGeneral Imperial Albert weWallenstein pamusoro pevaDanes paDessau Bridge uye zvakare paLutter, zvose zviri zviviri muna 1626, zvakabvisa tyisidziro yacho. Pakanga pane tariro muMadrid yokuti Netherlands pakupedzisira yaizobatanidzwazve muumambo, uye pashure pokukundwa kweDenmark vaPurotesitendi muGermany vairatidzika kuva vakundwa. France yakanga ichibatanidzwazve mukusagadzikana kwayo imene Kukombwa kwakakurumbira kweLa Rochelle kwakatanga muna 1627, uye ukuru hweSpain hwakaratidzika kuva husingarambiki. Count-Duke Olivares akasimbisa zvakasimba kuti Mwari muSpanish uye anorwira rudzi rwedu mazuva ano. 