The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland, 1609-14

Life of John of Barneveld,
1609-14

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THE LIFE AND DEATH of JOHN OF BARNEVELD, ADVOCATE
OF HOLLAND
WITH A VIEW OF THE PRIMARY CAUSES AND MOVEMENTS
OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR
By John Lothrop Motley, D.C.L., LL.D.

MOTLEY'S HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS, Project Gutenberg
Edition, Volume 90
The Life of John of Barneveld, v5, 1609-14

CHAPTER VI
.
Establishment of the Condominium in the Duchies--Dissensions
between the Neuburgers and Brandenburgers--Occupation of Julich by
the Brandenburgers assisted by the States-General--Indignation in
Spain and at the Court of the Archdukes--Subsidy despatched to
Brussels Spinola descends upon Aix-la-Chapelle and takes possession
of Orsoy and other places--Surrender of Wesel--Conference at
Xanten--Treaty permanently dividing the Territory between
Brandenburg and Neuburg-- Prohibition from Spain--Delays and

Disagreements.
Thus the 'Condominium' had been peaceably established.
Three or four years passed away in the course of which the evils of a
joint and undivided sovereignty of two rival houses over the same
territory could not fail to manifest themselves. Brandenburg, Calvinist
in religion, and for other reasons more intimately connected with and
more favoured by the States' government than his rival, gained ground
in the duchies. The Palatine of Neuburg, originally of Lutheran faith
like his father, soon manifested Catholic tendencies, which excited
suspicion in the Netherlands. These suspicions grew into certainties at
the moment when he espoused the sister of Maximilian of Bavaria and
of the Elector of Cologne. That this close connection with the very
heads of the Catholic League could bode no good to the cause of which
the States- General were the great promoters was self-evident. 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. A more successful effort was soon afterwards made in Julich;
the Neuburgers were driven out, and the Brandenburgers remained in
sole possession of the town and citadel, far the most important
stronghold in the whole territory. This was partly avenged by the
Neuburgers, who gained absolute control of Dusseldorf. Here were
however no important fortifications, the place being merely an
agreeable palatial residence and a thriving mart. The States-General,
not concealing their predilection for Brandenburg, but under pretext of
guarding the peace which they had done so much to establish, placed a
garrison of 1400 infantry and a troop or two of horse in the citadel of
Julich.

Dire was the anger not unjustly excited in Spain when the news of this
violation of neutrality reached that government. Julich, placed midway
between Liege and Cologne, and commanding those fertile plains
which