Draft:Bishop Henry I of Strassburg

Bishop Henry I of Strassburg, not to be confused with Henry of Marcy (Henry of Albano), attended the diet of Mainz in 1187 where numerous key figures of the Third Crusade had taken up the cross. We are told in the Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa that Henry had seen how many people had failed to take up the cross following the message of the envoys of the Holy and Apostolic See and so he took the opportunity to vehemently preach the importance of rescuing Jerusalem, which according to the anonymous chronicle "won over all his audience through a persuaisive display of Ciceronian eloquence"

Little else is known about Bishop Henry of Strassburg apart from the fact that he was one of the bishops who led preaching efforts in Germany following the loss of the cross at Hattin. His preaching is emphasised concurrently with Henry of Albano. We are told how his preaching inspired many to take the cross and his speech at Strassburg contributed to his calling of the diet of Mainz, where Frederick would eventually take the cross.