Düsseldorf Cow War
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Was a military conflict over the status of church property in the duchies Jülich and Berg between the Palatinate and the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Chronology
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July 1651: In June 1651, 3,800 Brandenburg troops led by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, invaded Berg, which was ruled by Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Berg. The invasion resulted in the death of two civilians, the bombardment of Wolfgang Wilhelm's palace, and the seizure of his wife's cows. The Brandenburg troops then established an encampment at Angermund as part of Prussia's military occupation of the territory.
November 1651: In 1651, during the Thirty Years' War, the territories of Neuburg and Brandenburg had disbanded their troops in the occupied regions, which then went under the control of the Archbishopric of Cologne.
November 1651: In 1651, during the Thirty Years' War, Neuburg and Brandenburg, led by Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Neuburg, and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, respectively, disbanded their troops in the occupied regions, which then came under military occupation by Kurpfalz.
