This led to many disputes between Otto IV and his half-brother John II from their father's second marriage.
In 1544, he returned to Germany and joined the staff of the Teutonic Knights.
Otto IV died before Metz on 5 or 6 January 1553.
His cousin Frederick Wetter administered the County of Rietberg until Otto's half-brother John II took over.
Before 1 February 1541, Otto IV married Catharine, the youngest daughter of Count Palatine Alexander of Zweibrücken.