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This meant that she abolished Edzard right to be the sole ruler of the county. This led to a e facto division of East Frisia, because Johan, like his mother, was a Calvinist, whereas Edzard II was a Lutheran. He was caught and was nearly sentenced to death if it hadn"t been for the intercession of the Queen Elizabeth I. John has never married after that.
Johan blocked Edzard"s exercise of sovereign power and strengthened the nobility and the citizens of Emden.
After Johan died in 1591, Edzard finally became the sole ruler of the County of East Frisia, but his authority had been severely hit by the ongoing conflict. This was a substantial factor, which eventually contributed to the so-called Emden Revolution.