 At the end Richeza only maintained direct rule over the towns of Saalfeld and Coburg, but retained the right to use until her death seven other locations in the Rhineland with their additional incomes, and 100 silver pounds per year by the Archdiocese of Cologne.Richeza died on 21 March 1063 in Saalfeld.Richeza was buried in Cologne's church of St. Maria ad Gradus and not, as she had wished, in Brauweiler.