As the Order was short on cash since the expensive First Peace of Thorn (1411), Ludwig had to hand over the Order's headquarter Marienburg Castle in Malbork to his mercenaries in lieu of pay during the war.
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Polish myth holds the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Casimir IV Jagiello fed his army with gołąbki before a key battle of the Thirteen Years' War outside of Marienburg Castle against the Teutonic Order, victory stemming from the strength of the hearty meal.
Ortrud married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (later Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick) on 31 August 1951 at Marienburg Castle, Nordstemmen, Hanover, Germany in a civil marriage ceremony.