The End of Richard

Richard of Cornwall, who occasionally rebelled against his brother, King Henry III of England, aided him against a rebellion not long after Richard became King of the Romans.Simon de Montfort, the 6th Earl of Leicester, in April 1263 called fellow barons to meet him at Oxford where they discussed rebellion against Henry's policies. This resulted in the Second Barons War (referenced here).Richard stayed with his brother in opposing the Barons; possibly he thought some day he could still be King of England and didn't want the barons to have more power. Richard was captured (after running away and hiding in a windmill) along with Henry at the Battle of Lewes.Believe it or not, in Germany they felt that Richard could not fulfill his duties as King of the Romans and tried to slip Conradin onto the throne. Pope Clement IV and Ottokar II of Bohemia (who had voted for Richard in the first place) blocked the usurpation. Once Richard got out of captivity he made Ottokar his administrator for…