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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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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Matthew Paris's mid-13thC drawing of Henry III's elephant from his menagerie: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/05/the-elephant-at-the-tower.html …pic.twitter.com/HUnoxusg2z
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More on Henry III's elephant+a 2nd drawing of it by Matthew Paris: https://theparkerlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/matthew-paris-and-the-elephant-at-the-tower/ … & http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/redist/pdf/fm-06-2012.pdf …pic.twitter.com/R5sO5VD832
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Yes, that's the one :)
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