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===Imprisonment, ransom, and death=== Returning to Europe after the Third Crusade, Richard was captured by [[Leopold V, Duke of Austria]] and Styria, and imprisoned by [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor]], accused of murdering his cousin [[Conrad of Montferrat]]. The subsequent ransom agreement freed Isaac and his daughter into the care of Leopold V,<ref>Boyle, ''The Troubador's Song'', p.182</ref> the son of Isaac's aunt [[Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria|Theodora Komnene]].<ref>Boyle, p.83</ref> Isaac then traveled to the [[Sultanate of Rum|Sultanate of RΓ»m]], where he attempted to gain support against the new Byzantine emperor [[Alexios III Angelos]], crowned in 1195. However his ambitions came to nothing, as he died of poisoning in 1195 or 1196.
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