a childhood friend
... that on his wedding night, Maximilian of Habsburg had a childhood friend, wearing a suit of armour, stand in for him in bed with his new wife?
... that on his wedding night, <a href="./Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor">Maximilian of Habsburg</a> had <b id="mwAWw"><a href="./Wolfgang_von_Polheim" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wolfgang von Polheim">a childhood friend</a></b>, wearing a <a href="./Plate_armour" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Plate armour">suit of armour</a>, stand in for him in bed with <a href="./Anne_of_Brittany" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anne of Brittany">his new wife</a>?