define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Eleanor of Acquitaine – Team Marco Polo http://www.teammarcopolo.com Smarter Kids. Smaller World. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:16:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 Copyright © Team Marco Polo 2013 teammarcopolo@gmail.com (Team Marco Polo) teammarcopolo@gmail.com (Team Marco Polo) http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Team Marco Polo http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog 144 144 Smarter Kids. Smaller World. Team Marco Polo Team Marco Polo teammarcopolo@gmail.com no no History Schmistory, March 25: A lotta good that King’s Ransom did us. http://www.teammarcopolo.com/2025/03/history-schmistory-march-25-a-lotta-good-that-kings-ransom-did-us/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:00:43 +0000 http://www.teammarcopolo.com/?p=2758 1199 – Richard I (Lionheart) is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Richard was kidnapped in Austria on his way back from the Crusades, held in Castle Durnstein, and was exchanged for a “King’s Ransom” raised by his resourceful and intrepid mother, Eleanor of Acquitaine.

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