
Court case and sentence are well documented. Stayed with abductor for four months, then returned home When Orhan died, Halil was killed by his brother Murad. Finally, Orhan himself arrived and paid the ransom of 30,000 ducats ($5.3 in today's money). The pirates holed up in the fortress at Phocaea and were besieged for months by one ship from Orhan, two ships from Emperor Andronicos (paid for by Orhan). Prince Halil, the son of Orhan Bey and Theodora Kantakouzene Solange has been locally canonized as a Saint to whom numerous miracles have been attributed. Myths claim that her severed head invoked the Holy Name of Jesus three times, before the body picked it up and walked towards a church in present-day Sainte-Solange, where it dropped dead.

Resisting his forceful abduction, her kidnapper grew enraged and then decapitated her. įrankish shepherdess who, according to legend, was abducted by the son of the count of Poitiers due to her beauty and popularity. He was released upon payment of this ransom, and later ensured his abductors were apprehended and crucified. His captors demanded a ransom of 20 talents of silver for his release a sum Caesar reportedly persuaded his captors to raise to 50. Ĭaesar was kidnapped while traveling across the Aegean Sea to study in Rhodes in 75 B.C. Antonia was kidnapped by Cilician pirates she was released following the payment of a ransom. The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each individual case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.Ī daughter of orator Marcus Antonius. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
