Stripped of his title by Emperor Ferdinand II, he remained a fierce opponent of the Catholic Habsburg dynasty and died on Ernst von Mansfeld's Hungarian campaign in 1626.
Oma tiitlist keiser Ferdinand II poolt ilmajäetuna jäi ta katoliikliku Habsburgide dünastia ägedaks vastaseks ja suri Ernst von Mansfeldi Ungari kampaanias aastal 1626.