Editing Pope Clement III (section)

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Clement sent the Archbishop of Tyre, Josias, to persuade King [[Henry II of England]] and King [[Philip II of France]] to undertake the [[Third Crusade]].{{sfn|Runciman|1999|p=5-6}}

The relationship of Romans and Sicily had been turbulent and the Romans were increasingly becoming mad at the pope before 1188 which had led to two rival factions in the college of cardinals, with one faction becoming closer to forming an alliance with the king of Sicily, and the other side wanting reconciliation with the emperor.{{sfn|Robinson|1990|p=88}}

In April 1189, Clement ended the conflict with [[Frederick I Barbarossa]]. In spite of agreeing to crown [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]], Clement III angered him by bestowing [[Sicily]] on [[Tancred, King of Sicily|Tancred]], son of [[Roger III, Duke of Apulia]].{{sfn|Benson|Figueira|2006|p=40}} The crisis was acute when the Pope died in the latter part of March 1191.{{sfn|Rockwell|1911}}

Clement, after Alexander III prohibited supplying military information and material to Muslims, had a series of decretals increased the banned items people would be allowed to trade and called for an embargo with the Islamic world.{{sfn|Lower|2014|p=605}}

Clement settled a controversy with King [[William I of Scotland]] concerning the choice of the [[archbishop]] of [[St Andrews]], and on 13 March 1188 removed the [[Church of Scotland|Scottish church]] from the legatine jurisdiction of the [[Archbishop of York]], thus making it independent of all save Rome.{{sfn|Rockwell|1911}}<ref>Blair, D. Oswald Hunter, ''History of the Catholic Church of Scotland'', (Willian Blackwood and Sons, 1887), 329.</ref>