The latter was able to use this tax and a dynastic marriage to his advantage to gain back full control of Upper Alsace (apart from the free towns, but including Belfort) in 1477 when it became part of the demesne of the Habsburg family, who were also rulers of the empire.
O emperador foi quen de empregar estes impostos e un matrimonio dinástico no seu beneficio para recobrar o control absoluto da Alta Alsacia (aparte dos pobos libres, pero incluíndo a Belfort) en 1477 cando volveuse parte do territorio particular da familia Habsburgo, quen tamén eran soberanos hereditarios do Imperio.