 Grumbach was delivered to his foes, and after being tortured, was executed at Gotha on 18 April 1567.The Emperor imposed the Reichsacht (Imperial Ban) over John Frederick II, the current Elector of Saxony.The "Reichsexekution" (more or less an intervention against a single ruler in order to maintain the good of the entire empire) was also put into effect, in which John William, John Frederick's own brother, took part.