 During the talks James was accused of trying to organize a rebellion against the new monarch, and as a result, lost substantial land holdings.Offended, Sobieski refused to pay homage to Augustus and left the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for Oława in Silesia.In 1704 James Louis Sobieski and his brother Alexander were seized by Augustus II's troops in the vicinity of Wrocław and imprisoned over fears by Augustus that Sobieski may try to gain the Polish throne.