Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin
...that 17th century Russian diplomat Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin is reputed to have insisted on lying in bed during an audience with the King of Denmark, who was himself confined to his bed, to demonstrate equality between Russia and Denmark?
...that <a href="./17th_century" id="mwB9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="17th century">17th century</a> Russian diplomat <b id="mwB9E"><a href="./Pyotr_Potemkin" id="mwB9I" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pyotr Potemkin">Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin</a></b> <i id="mwB9M">(pictured)</i> is reputed to have insisted on lying in bed during an audience with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./King_of_Denmark" id="mwB9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="King of Denmark">King of Denmark</a>, who was himself confined to his bed, to demonstrate equality between <a href="./Russia" id="mwB9U" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="./Denmark" id="mwB9Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>?