 Freeholders’ rights and duties with regard to the monastery and the "Vögte" were laid out in a series of "Weistümer" in 1451, 1458, 1501, 1528 and 1539.In 1444, the County of Veldenz met its end when Count Friedrich III of Veldenz died without a male heir.His daughter Anna wed King Ruprecht's son Count Palatine Stephan.