Camels also present in L10thC Poland+Germany, w/ Mieszko I of Poland giving one as a gift to Otto III in 980s:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Db9Z_BagLw8C&lpg=PA25&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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Henry I of England in the E12thC also kept camels & a porcupine at Woodstock, Oxfordshire! https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uabPSAAACAAJ …pic.twitter.com/SgJiWDHSiq
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
An interesting brief discussion of royal menageries in England, incl Henry I's at Woodstock: https://parksandgardensuk.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/elephants-and-the-royal-menagerie/ …pic.twitter.com/1IcQOCgPaI
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the elephants,although not white, seemed to fall into that category of unwanted and expensive gifts!
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Replying to @LaineEleslaine
Especially if it only drinks wine, like that of James I!
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