Henry could not refuse Gregory's demand.
Fortunately, Gregory had no intention of making him go alone, nor did he seem to show any sign of favoring Rudolph.
He sympathized with the tragic plight of the East, particularly the Greek Empire. The Greek Emperor had written to him on more than one occasion and had, quite unusually, addressed him as Western Caesar.
At first, he was even pleased by this, but he later learned from his close friend, the Duke of Upper Lorraine, that the Greek Emperor had likely sent a similar letter to every Imperial Count and any noble of higher rank—the detestable Rudolph included.
After that, he lost all sympathy for the Greek Empire. And although the letter asserted in no uncertain terms that Jerusalem was Greek territory and had only recently fallen into Turkic hands...
...Henry knew this was a lie. Jerusalem had been ruled by Heretics for a long time; the Greek Emperor mentioned Jerusalem merely as a plea for aid.
