Editing Pope Honorius IV (section)

=== Relations with the Holy Roman Empire ===
In his relations with the [[Holy Roman Empire]], where no more danger was to be apprehended since the fall of the [[Hohenstaufen]] dynasty, Martin followed the moderate course taken by Gregory X. [[Rudolf I of Germany]] sent Bishop Henry of Basel to Rome to request coronation. Honorius IV appointed the envoy Archbishop of [[Mainz]], fixed a date for the coronation, and sent Cardinal [[John of Tusculum]] to Germany to assist Rudolf I's cause. But general opposition showed itself to the papal interference; a [[Synod of Würzburg (1287)|council at Würzburg]] (16&ndash;18 March 1287) protested energetically, and Rudolf I had to protect the legate from personal violence, so that both his plans and the Pope's failed.