Despite being offered the chance to remain as ruler of Bavaria (under strict terms of an alliance with Austria), the Elector left his country and family in order to continue the war against the Allies from the Spanish Netherlands where he still held the post of governor-general.
Selv om han fik tilbudt at forblive regent i Bayern (under stramme betingelser i form af en alliance med Østrig) forlod kurfyrsten sit land og familie for at fortsætte krigen mod de allierede fra de de Spanske Nederlande, hvor han stadig var generalguvernør.