[The following takes place during the Third Crusade.]
In the meantime Richard’s fleet was scattered by a storm off Cyprus. Some vessels were driven ashore and wrecked; they were plundered by the Cypriots, who imprisoned the survivors. The Cypriots also refused to allow Joanna and Berengaria’s ship to shelter in Limassol harbor.
Infuriated, Richard landed with his troops and in a matter of days had seized the entire island, together with its ruler, the self-styled ‘emperor’ Isaac Comnenus, whom he personally knocked off his horse and had placed in silver fetters (he had given his word not to put him in irons).
Source:
Seward, Desmond. “Queen Mother.” Eleanor of Aquitaine. New York: Times , 1979. 161. Print.
Further Reading:
Richard I of England / Richard Cœur de Lion (Richard the Lionheart) / Oc e No (Yes and No)
Those would be much easier to break.