2 Thalers - Christian William of Brandenburg

Christian William of Brandenburg-Ansbach held the Archbishopric of Magdeburg as an administrator — he was Lutheran, and therefore canonically ineligible for the office proper. His tenure became a direct flashpoint in the early Thirty Years' War: his attempts to retain control of the see against Habsburg pressure led to his deposition by the Imperial Chamber Court in 1625, the very year this coin was struck. He later allied with Denmark during Christian IV's intervention, was captured at the Battle of Lutter in 1626, and Magdeburg itself was catastrophically sacked by Imperial forces in 1631.