“Legal Declaration” of Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VII [Present-day Germany; Free Imperial Town Speyer/Spire]: “[… We the] King of the Romans declare that we wish to reward Our beloved and faithful Count Theobald, in return for his […] service to Our kingdom, […] by giving him [as a present] the money which he had extorted and collected from the Jews during the short vacancy of Our Throne [regency].”
Genealogia diplomatica gentis Habsburgicae 2, 2, Nr. 701, S. 591. (National Genealogy of Habsburg 2, 2, No. 701, p. 591); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 3/3/2017