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A fact from Kanakes appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 October 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Queen Eschiva and her children were kidnapped by the pirate Kanakes after her husband put a bounty on him?

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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 talk 19:30, 30 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that Queen Eschiva and her children were kidnapped by the pirate Kanakes after her husband put a bounty on him?

Source: "A Cypriot Greek rebel named Cannaqui, learning that he was to be arrested ... captured Amaury's wife from his first marriage, Eschiva d'Ibelin, who was convalescing in Paradisi with her children. The captured queen and her children were taken to Antioch..." Ghazarian 2000, p. 144;