king george of podiebrad took the burning of the royal castle of graslitz due to fights between henry ii of plauen and his enemies to be an occasion to withdraw his tenure and have the vogtland occupied by ernest in 1466. henry ii von plauen had fallen into disgrace with him for his open opposition against nobility. thus, ernest received tenure over the vogtland which, at the occasion of the leipziger teilung in 1485, was transferred to the house of ernest while keeping the "bergregal" under joint control. in 1547, after the battle of mühlberg, the ernestines forfeited the tenure over the vogtland and kaiser ferdinand i handed it down to his chancellor henry iv of plauen, making maurice, elector of saxony co-tenant to the vogtland tenure. henry v and henry vi could not settle up their debts towards augustus, elector of saxony. due to arrears in tithe and other liabilities the brothers impawned the vogtland to kursachsen in 1559.