King Richard I refusing to show deference to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1193, before the diet of the German Empire, Imperial city of Speyer, Germany, Trial of Richard I
Illustration from Cassell's illustrated history of England published circa 1896. Info from wiki: On 28 March 1193 Richard 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.[93] 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. Richard famously refused to show deference to the emperor and declared to him, "I am born of a rank which recognises no superior but God".[95] Despite his complaints, the conditions of his captivity were not severe
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