Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te tau 1650, i mahi a Spaen hei Landdrost, he kaikaunihera kawanatanga, me te Oberst (koronel), a ka riro ia hei kaiarahi mo te roopu hoia hoia i te tau e whai ake nei. I te tau 1654 i hopukina e ia a Dietrich Karl zu Wylich-Winnenthal, te kaiarahi o te whakaekenga ki a Elector Frederick William, a ka kawea ia ki Spandau. I arahi a Spaen i nga Kaitiaki Horse o Prussia ("Leibregiment zu Pferde") i nga Pakanga o te Raki, i uru ki te Pakanga o Warsaw
He aha? I whakahoutia te koronel ki raro o te Rhine i te tau 1656. I riro ia hei rangatira o Kalkar i te 27 o Mei 1657 a i whakatairangahia ia ki te Generalmajor i te tau e whai ake nei. I te 25 o Mei 1661, i whakawhiwhia a Spaen ki te taitara Freiherr mai i te Emepara o Roma Tapu.