 Kupararira nokukurumidza kwedzidziso dzeLutheran neCalvinist pashure peReformation yePurotesitendi kwakasangana nenguva yokumutsidzirwa kweRoma Katurike inozivikanwa seCounter-Reformation. Kurwisana kwemasangano akadai seHondo yeCologne neHondo yaMabhishopi eStrasbourgkwakatungamirira kusikwa kweCatholic League neProtestant Union, nechinangwa chokuchengetedza fariro dzavakuru veRoma nePurotesitendi veUmambo Hutsvene hweRoma. Masangano ataurwa pamusoro apa akapinda mukukakavadzana kwavo kwekutanga muna 1609, apo dambudziko rekutsiva muUnited Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg rakakonzera Hondo yeJülich Succession. Nzvimbo dzacho dzaiva nenzvimbo inosvika 14 000 km2, dzaikosha mune zvematongerwo enyika nemhaka yokuva pedyo neSpanish Road uye hupfumi hwaiva hwakanaka hwaikurudzirwa nevapoteri vaitiza nyika dzakanga dzaparadzwa neHondo Yamakore Makumi Masere. Duke Johann Wilhelm airwara nepfungwa akafa musi wa 25 March 1609, achisiya pasina vadyi venhaka kuti vamutsive. Mambo Rudolf II akanga ane kodzero yokuwana madunhu acho nemhaka yokuroorana kwaiitwa nevanhu vemarudzi akasiyana-siyana. Zvisinei, aisagona kuzivisa pachena vavariro dzake pasina kukanganisa kusava kwake nokwatakarerekera. Vamwe vatongi vatanhatu vakaoneka, vatongi veMargraviate yeBrandenburg neDuchy yePalatinate-Neuburg vane zvirevo chete zvinotendwa kuburikidza nekuroora kwavo kuna vanatete vaJohann Wilhelm. Musi waApril 2, hurumende yakatangwa, kusanganisira mudzimai wamambo Antoinette weLorraine, makurukota ehurumende, uye komisheni weumambo. Musi waMay 24, Rudolf II akazivisa kuti Council yeAulic yaifanira kupa mutongo chaiwo mukati memavhiki mana. 