Richard I Held Prisoner By Henry Vi
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Richard I Held Prisoner By Henry Vi
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On March 28, 1193 Richard the Lionheart was brought to Speyer and handed over to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who imprisoned him in Trifels Castle. Henry VI was aggrieved by the support the Plantagenets had given to the family of Henry the Lion and by Richard's recognition of Tancred in Sicily. Henry VI needed money to raise an army and assert his rights over southern Italy and continued to hold Richard for ransom. In response, Pope Celestine III excommunicated Henry VI, as he had Duke Leopold, for the continued wrongful imprisonment of Richard. Cassell's Illustrated History of England, 1865 (cropped and cleaned).
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