Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I noho a Mortaigne hei kaiārahi i tētahi whakakeke nui i mate ai te ope Swedish, e tono ana kia utua wawe a rātau nama. I te Hōngongoi 1641, i karangatia a Mortaigne raua ko Adam von Pfuhl ki Stockholm hei māngai mo nga kaitautoko. I whakatairangahia a Mortaigne ki te rangatira rangatira, ka whiwhi whenua i Pomerania, i te wa i utua ai te toenga o te ope ki te moni 486,200 taera e whakatau ana i nga nama o te karauna. I te tau 1642, i uru a Mortaigne ki te pakanga tuarua o Breitenfeld, a, i muri mai, i whara kino ia i te pakanga i te taha o Brieg. I te tau 1643, ka whakangaromia e nga ope a Mortaigne a Moravia. I te 12 o Hui-tanguru 1645, i hopukina ia e tetahi kaitiaki Imperial i waho o Borna i a ia e mau ana i tetahi putea tuhinga nui. I tukuna ia ki te utu, i muri mai ka whakahau ia i te pokapū Swedish i te Pakanga o Jankau
He aha? I te tau 1646, ka hoki mai ia ki te Landgraviate o Hesse-Kassel me te whakaaetanga a Christina, Kuini o Sweden, ka whiwhi i te taumata o te rangatira-whakarite. I arahi ia i nga hoia o Hesse-Kassel i te Pakanga Hessian. I te 10 o Hōngongoi 1647, i pakaru te pere o te pu i tona waewae maui, i whara kino ai ia i a ia e whakapae ana i te whare rangatira o Rheinfels.