 As a consequence, the Swedes lost control over Southern Germany and retreated to the North and Ferdinand gained wider political influence, even if his personal contribution in Nördlingen was rather limited.His influence increased further after the fall of the powerful imperial minister Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, who had domineered the politics of Ferdinand II.Ferdinand III later appointed his brother Archduke Leopold Wilhelm as supreme commander, which proved to be a mistake, with regards to the many defeats that followed.