Kunz von Kaufungen

Afterwards, Kunz was not repaid or recognized for his services and loss of property during the war, and eventually during the Prinzenraub (English: "The stealing of the princes") he kidnapped Frederick II's two sons.

[3] The Saxon Fratricidal War first broke out between Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and Duke William III in 1446 when they were unable to resolve their dispute in the Division of Altenburg.

[3] Neither side could gain a decisive advantage and the war dragged on for five years of "ruinous confusion"[1] before ending on 27 January 1451, when a peace was reached at Naumburg.

[3] Frederick eventually agreed to bring in arbitrators to settle the case, but Kunz, seeing that he would be disappointed in his efforts to find justice in this way, withdrew from the procedure before hearing the verdict.

[8][9] Since Kunz never got to a position where he could demand ransom payments, it was presented that he planned and executed this desperate measure as revenge against Frederick II.