12 events with tag "ransom"
390 BC
ID: 2651
Gauls sack Rome - Brennus defeats Romans at Allia, only Capitol holds out (geese wake guards), 'Vae victis' - woe to conquered
ID: 2651
640
ID: 3906
John IV becomes seventy-second pope - ransoms Christian slaves from Dalmatia
ID: 3906
701
ID: 3919
John VI becomes eighty-fifth pope - ransoms prisoners from Lombard duke Gisulf
ID: 3919
845
ID: 2936
Vikings sack Paris - Ragnar Lothbrok's fleet of 120 ships, Charles the Bald pays 7,000 pounds silver ransom
ID: 2936
972
ID: 5455
Saint Mayeul of Cluny captured by Saracens in Alps, miraculously freed after ransom; event leads to expulsion of Saracen stronghold at Fraxinetum
ID: 5455
1011
ID: 5809
September 19, 1011
Canterbury sacked and Archbishop Aelfheah captured - Thorkell's Vikings destroy cathedral, hold archbishop for ransom
ID: 5809
1192
ID: 2383
December 1192
Richard I captured returning from Crusade - held by Duke Leopold of Austria, then Emperor Henry VI
ID: 2383
1194
ID: 213
Richard Lionheart ransomed for 150,000 marks - twice England's annual revenue
ID: 213
1194
ID: 2384
February 4, 1194
Richard I ransomed for 150,000 marks - twice England's annual revenue, Eleanor organizes collection
ID: 2384
1223
ID: 3756
Valdemar II kidnapped - Count Henry of Schwerin captures king and son, Denmark pays huge ransom and loses territories
ID: 3756
1360
ID: 2443
Treaty of Brétigny - Edward III renounces French crown for enlarged Aquitaine, massive ransom for King John
ID: 2443
1365
ID: 4801
Hawkwood captures two Malatesta brothers - ransom of 60,000 florins, mercenary warfare as business
ID: 4801