Dee ihe na-eso paragraf a - N'afọ 1621, Philip nke Atọ nwụrụ, nwa ya nwoke aghọọ Philip nke Anọ. Ndị agha ahụ nọzi n'ọchịchị. N'afọ sochirinụ, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke nke Olivares, bụ́ nwoke nwere ikike bụ́ onye kweere na ọ bụ na Holland ka nsogbu nile nke Spain dabeere, nọchiri Zúñiga. Mgbe ha nwesịrị ihe isi ike ụfọdụ ná mmalite, e meriri ndị Bohemia na White Mountain
N'afọ 1621, nakwa na Stadtlohn n'afọ 1623. Agha ahụ a lụrụ na Netherlands maliteghachiri n'afọ 1621 mgbe Spinola weghaara ebe e wusiri ike nke Breda n'afọ 1625. Ntinye aka nke eze Denmark bụ Christian nke Anọ n'agha ahụ nyere ụfọdụ nsogbu (Christian bụ otu n'ime ndị eze ole na ole nke Europe na-enweghị nchegbu banyere ego ya) mana mmeri nke Imperial General Albert nke Wallenstein n'elu ndị Danes na Dessau Bridge na ọzọ na Lutter, ma na 1626, kpochapụrụ iyi egwu ahụ. Na Madrid, e nwere olileanya na Netherlands ga-emesị soro n'alaeze ukwu ahụ, mgbe e merisịkwara Denmark, o yiri ka e meriela ndị Protestant nọ na Germany. France nọkwa ọzọ na-etinye aka n'ọgba aghara nke aka ya (Mkpọchibido a ma ama nke La Rochelle malitere na 1627), na ịdị elu nke Spain yiri ihe a na-apụghị ịgbagha agbagha. Count-Duke Olivares kwusiri ike na "Chineke bụ onye Spen ma na-alụ ọgụ maka mba anyị n'ụbọchị ndị a".