Mecklenburg, Dukes of their land pledged to Wallenstein, 105; formally given to Wallenstein, 118. Meissen. _See_ Misnia. Melancthon, his protest against theological disputation, 13. Mentz, entered by Spinola, 42; treaty for the dissolution of the Union signed at, 47. Mentz, Archbishop of, one of the Electors, 6; lays claim to lands in North Germany, 98. Mentz, city of, Gustavus at, 147; given over to Oxenstjerna, 148; misery at, 187. Mercy, prudence of, 208; is killed, 208. Merseburg, bishopric of, named in the Edict of Restitution, 121. Merseburg, city of, taken by Pappenheim, 139. Metz, annexed by France, 215. Minden, bishopric of, named in the Edict of Restitution, 121. Misnia, bishopric of, named in the Edict of Restitution, 121. Montmorenci, Duke of, his rebellion, 168. Morgan, Sir Charles, commands an English force sent in aid of Denmark, 101. Mühlhausen (in Thuringia), agreement of, 41; meeting of the Electors at, 103. Munich, occupied by Gustavus, 150. Münster, meeting of diplomatists at, 210. Münster, diocese of, threatened by Mansfeld, 64. Nancy, taken possession of by the French, 180. Nantes, Edict of, 71; its revocation, 226. Naumburg, bishopric of, named in the Edict of Restitution, 121. Naumburg, city of, entered by Gustavus, 161. Netherlands, the, included in the Empire, 2. Netherlands, the Spanish, defended against a French attack, 191. Netherlands, United States of the, end of their truce with Spain, 51; acknowledgment of their independence, 221. Neuberg, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of, lays claim to the duchy of Cleves, 22; has his ears boxed, 22. Neustadt, misery at, 188. Nevers, Duke of, his claims to the succession in Mantua, 122. New Brandenburg, taken by Tilly, 134. Nienburg, holds out for Christian IV., 101. Nordheim, holds out for Christian IV., 101. Nördlingen, treatment of the Protestants at, 120; battle of, 183; second battle of, 208; surrenders to Turenne, 213. Nüremberg, joins the Union, 20, 21; meeting of the Union at, 41; deserts the Union, 47; welcomes Gustavus, 148; despatches Gustavus against Wallenstein, 158; sufferings of, 158. Oñate, opposes Wallenstein, 175; proposes to kill Wallenstein, 177. Oppenheim, stormed by Gustavus, 147. Osnabrück, election of a Catholic Bishop of, 67; meeting of diplomatists at, 217. Otto the Great, becomes Emperor, 2. Oudenarde, surrender to the French, 224. Oxenstjerna, his view of Gustavus' march upon the Rhine, 145; receives the government of Mentz, 148; his position after the death of Gustavus, 166; asked to help Wallenstein, 172; keeps his doubts till the last, 179; surrenders fortresses in Alsace to Richelieu, 192. Paderborn, attack upon by Christian of Brunswick, 55.