This king was compelled to abdicate and escaped to Liege after the revolt of his sons Conrad and Henry.
This king was compelled to abdicate and escaped to Liege after the revolt of his sons Conrad and Henry. His attempt to break the power of the nobles led to a Saxon uprising, which he put down as Hohenburg, after which his repression of ecclesiastical princes led to conflict with the Papacy, during which time he appointed the anti-pope Clement III and was compelled to make concessions at the Princes' Meeting at Tribur. FTP, who was this 11th century German king forced by Pope Gregory VII to spend three days in the snow as a barefoot penitent at Canossa?
This king was compelled to abdicate and escaped to Liege after the revolt of his sons Conrad and Henry.
Henry IV