 To take revenge of the capture of his wife Henry hanged Richard, Count of Acerra brother of Sibylla in 1196.In March 1195 Henry held a "Hoftag" in Bari and appointed his wife Constance Sicilian queen regnant, though with Henry's liensman Conrad of Urslingen, elevated to a hereditary Duke of Spoleto, as Imperial vicar to secure the emperor's position in Southern Italy.He placed further "ministeriales" in the Sicilian administration, like the Troia bishop Walter of Palearia who became chancellor.