War of the Succession of Landshut

Over the course of the two-year war, many villages surrounding Landshut were reduced to ashes such as Ergolding, Haimhausen and Landau an der Isar.

[1][2] The war ended in 1505 with the death of Elisabeth and her husband, Ruprecht of the Rhine, and a decision through arbitration by Emperor Maximilian I on 30 July 1505 at the Diet of Cologne.

Because the two heirs had not yet reached their majority, Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine, served as regent in a caretaker regime.

As count palatine, Otto-Heinrich spent huge sums of money to build a palace at Neuburg an der Donau.

Through inheritance, he later became Elector Palatine, where his additions to Heidelberg Castle, known as the Ottheinrichsbau, made him one of the most important builders of the German Renaissance.