 The ensuing feud between Johann and his cousin Walram was not of great importance, since it was rapidly settled.On 9 May 1368, he bestowed the Sponheim "Erbmarschall" office, which had been vacated by the death of Simon of Waldeck, and the village of Sevenich associated with this fiefdom upon Lord Friedrich of Ehrenburg.For Winterburg, Koppenstein, and Birkenfeld, he received city rights from Kaiser Ludwig in 1330.