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Who organized the kidnapping of Henry IV at Kaiserswerth?
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Henry IV, illumination from the manuscript Ekkehardi historia, c. 1113; in possession of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
The kidnapping of the young King Henry IV at Kaiserswerth in April 1062 was organized by a conspiracy of princes led by Anno, the archbishop of Cologne.12
Following the abduction, Anno seized the regency from Henry's mother, Agnes of Poitou, and subsequently brought the young king to Cologne by ship.12