 In 1627 Ferdinand enhanced his authority and set an important legal and military precedent by issuing a Revised Land Ordinance that deprived the Bohemian estates of their right to raise soldiers, reserving this power solely for the monarch.In 1631, after years of negotiations with Spanish relatives, he married the Spanish Infante, his cousin Maria Anna of Spain.Although in the middle of the war, this elaborate wedding was celebrated over a period of fourteen months.