"20px|alt=Coat of arms, two fields featuring blue and white rhombuses, the other two a yellow lion on black backgroundHouse of Wittelsbach" . . "Over 400 foot soldiers, 5 squadrons of cavalry" . "20px|alt=Black cross on a silver background, in a coat of armsErnest of Bavaria" . "Prince-Elector, Cologne 1578\u20131588 (Calvinist)" . . . . "Prince-Elector, Cologne, 1583\u20131612 (Catholic)" . . "1583-12-17Z"^^ . . "\"... a strong force of Dutch\" mercenaries (approx. 180 troops from the Netherlands)" . "The Siege of Godesberg, 18 November \u2013 17 December 1583, was the first major siege of the Cologne War (1583\u20131589). Seeking to wrest control of an important fortification, Bavarian and mercenary soldiers surrounded the Godesberg (\"Wotan's Mountain\"), and the village then of the same name, now Bad Godesberg (\"Wotan's Mountain Spa\"), located at its foot."@en . . "b.Ernst Weyden. Godesberg, das Siebengebirge, und ihre Umgebungen. Bonn: T. Habicht Verlag, 1864, p. 43." . "178" . "c.Tanja Potthoff.Die Godesburg \u2013 Arch\u00E4ologie und Baugeschichte einer kurk\u00F6lnischen Burg. Inaugural Dissertation, University of Munich, 2009, p. 15." . "20px|alt=Black cross on a silver background, in a coat of armsGebhard, Truchsess of Waldburg" . "Catholic victory" . "a.Engraving by Frans Hogenberg (1535\u20131590). Hogenberg and Georg Braun, Civitates orbis terrarum, Cologne, 1572\u20131617." . "Godesberg Siege \u2013 1583"@en . .