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- ↑ Fegley 2002, p. 105.
- ↑ Duncan 2002, p. 169.
- ↑ Reid, Norman H. (2019). Alexander III, 1249 -1286: First Among Equals, John Donald, Edinburgh, p. 258, ISBN 978-1-910900-38-3