Dohna Feud

After Jeschke had blatantly flirted with Körbitz's wife, the latter tripped him up, whereupon the gentleman from Dohna responded with a slap in the face.

The robber baron activities of the Donins hindered trade between Saxony and Bohemia, and became a thorn in the flesh for Markgrave William I.

However, the margrave saw the feud as a possibility for eliminating the burgraves of Dohna as competitors in the dispute over power and influence in the Saxon-Bohemian border area.

William took advantage of the personal dispute between John of Körbitz and Jeschke of Dohna to subdue the imperially immediate castle of the Donins.

Their relatives went to Bohemia under the protection of Emperor Sigismund, who, however, had no means of helping them to rule in Dohna due to the Hussite revolution.

As a result of the high expenses incurred by Margrave William I, to a considerable extent caused by the conquest of Dohna Castle, the land and the population were heavily burdened.

In addition to special tax collections, there was a steady devaluation of Meissen currency that was the inevitable consequence of a considerable reduction in the silver content of the coins produced in the main Wettin mint.