Juraj Thurzó's only son Imrich died in 1621, and with him the male line of the Bytča and Orava branch. The estate was divided among his heirs, and it kept dividing as their children inherited in turn; by 1641 the co-heirs had fallen out over it and Lietava became a kompozesorát, a jointly held estate with a large number of part-owners. A castle with dozens of owners has, in practice, no owner at all: every repair needs everybody to agree and everybody to pay, so no repair ever happens and nobody is responsible for the roof. The male line of the whole Thurzó family ended in 1635 or 1636 with its Spiš branch, depending on which member you count as the last.Jediný syn Juraja Turzu Imrich zomrel roku 1621 a s ním vymrela mužská línia bytčianskej a oravskej vetvy. Panstvo sa rozdelilo medzi dedičov a delilo sa ďalej, ako dedili ich deti; do roku 1641 sa spoludedičia rozhádali a z Lietavy sa stal kompozesorát, teda spoločne držané panstvo s veľkým počtom podielnikov. Hrad s desiatkami majiteľov nemá v skutočnosti majiteľa nijakého: na každú opravu musia všetci prikývnuť a všetci prispieť, takže sa neurobí žiadna a o strechu sa nemá kto starať. Mužská línia celého rodu Turzovcov dohorela roku 1635 alebo 1636 v spišskej vetve — podľa toho, koho pokladáme za posledného.
