 It was whilst he was there that the French king, Louis XII awarded him the "Chevalier d'Or" knighthood.Hans survived the sanctions of the Emperor and Pope and, two years later, after he had died in on 26 October 1503 at Berwartstein Castle of natural causes, they were posthumously lifted.The knight was interred in St. Anne's Chapel in Niederschlettenbach, four kilometres from Berwartstein above the confluence of the Erlenbach and the Wieslauter.