The Weinsberg Siege took place in Weinsburg, in the modern state of Baden-Wörttemburg, Germany, which was then part of the Holy Roman Empire. The siege was a decisive battle between two dynasties, Welfs and Hohenstaufen. The Welfs for the first time changed their war cry from "Kyrie Eleison" to their party in tears. Hohenstaufen used the war call 'Attack for Gibbelin'.
On the death of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II in 1137, Henry Proudly is the Inheritance of the legacy of his late father-in-law, and the owner of the crown jewel. He stood as an emperor candidate, but the local princes opposed him and chose Conrad III, a Hohenstaufein, in Frankfurt on 2 February 1138. When Conrad handed the Duke of Saxony to Count Albert the Bear, the Saxons rose up to defend their young prince, and Count Welf of Altorf, brother of Henry the Proud, started the war.
Exasperated at Welfs's heroic defense, Conrad III has decided to destroy Weinsberg and imprison the defenders. But he suspended the last attack after submission was negotiated, in which the women were given the right to go with whatever they could carry on their shoulders.
Together, the women left their property, and lifted their husbands to their shoulders, headed out of town. When the king, or the emperor, sees what is happening, he laughs and accepts the wily trick of the woman, saying that a king should always stand beside his words. This story is known as the "Weinsberg Faithful Wife" ( Treue Weiber von Weinsberg ). The castle ruins of today are known as Weibertreu ("wifely loyalty") to commemorate the event.
The device used by women in this story is used in modern film plots Ever After, was made in 1998 and is based on the Cinderella fairy tale.
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