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So on his journey back to England after the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart was captured by the Babenburg Duke Leopold V. He was ransomed, supposedly for six thousand buckets (23 tons) of silver. A hefty price, and one that apparently repaired Vienna's walls and established the first mint of Austria.

But what if he demanded and received more from the ransom? What would the Austrians want beyond the silver, and what butterflies in history would this cause?
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