 Wilhelmine then married a Dr. Johannes Nikolaus von Mader, thereby losing her ownership rights to Reipoltskirchen.By that time, though, the elder Ellrath had run into financial trouble anyway, and in 1770, he sold his share in the Lordship of Reipoltskirchen for 76,000 "Gulden" to the County Palatine of Zweibrücken, then ruled by Duke Christian IV.This sale was, however, overturned by a ruling at the "Hofgericht" – a high lordly court – in Vienna after the Countess of Hillesheim (d. 1773) raised objections.