Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzoka kwaMaximilian, Philip akabatanidzwa zvakanyanya mukudzvinyirira kupandukira kwemaguta eFlemish (Ypres, Bruges neGhent). Maximilian paakatapwa muBruges, Philip akazvipira kutora nzvimbo yake sechisungwa, kuitira kuti Maximilian asunungurwe musi waMay 16, 1488 pasi pemamiriro ekupa rusununguko rwakawanda kumaguta. Asi, achangosunungurwa, Maximilian akaramba kukudza chibvumirano chacho. Arwadziwa zvikuru nokutengeswa kwaTenzi wake, Firipi akabatana nemaguta akanga apanduka akava mutungamiriri wawo wemauto. Akaedza kuita chibvumirano naMambo Charles VIII weFrance, asi akatsigirwa zvishoma nemauto. Dzimwe nhamburiko dzokubatana navaDutch Hooks
, Brabant kana Liège hazvina kutungamirira kuchinhu. Akamanikidzwa kupa nhare yake yokupedzisira, Sluis, pana 12 October 1492. Mufananidzo wake we "Weisskunig", Maximilian aizotaura gare gare kuti "mambo webhuruu" akatenga Philip kure; Koenigsberger anoti mhuri yeCleves yakanga "yakagara kwemakore" mukuvimbika kwayo uye Philip's switching mativi "haigone saka kuuya sechishamiso chakazara kune vaakararama navo".