Complex sentence: After Balassa's revolt, most counties outside Transylvania changed allegiance from John Sigismund to Ferdinand I. To receive the counties back, John Sigismund even offered not to style himself king, but his offer was refuted in July 1562.
Split into simpler sentences: After Balassa's revolt, most counties outside Transylvania changed allegiance from John Sigismund to Ferdinand. To persuade Ferdinand to renounce the counties, John Sigismund even offered not to style himself king, but his offer was refuted in July 1562.