diff --git a/src/tei2imxml.py b/src/tei2imxml.py
index 6793bbd..3c3e8f5 100755
--- a/src/tei2imxml.py
+++ b/src/tei2imxml.py
@@ -764,15 +764,24 @@ def handle_refs_default(ref):
         else:
             pass
 
+        cited_range_children = False
+
         if len(cited_range) > 0:
-            if cited_range[0].text is not None and cited_range[0].get("from") is not None:
+            has_content = libeoaconvert.has_text_or_children(cited_range[0])
+
+            if has_content and cited_range[0].get("from") is not None:
                 logging.error("You must not use 'from' attribute and text in citedRange at the same time. Exiting.")
                 sys.exit(1)
-            elif cited_range[0].text is not None:
-                # might contain markup!
-                pagerange = ", {}".format(cited_range[0].text)
-                # clear the text
-                cited_range[0].text = ""
+            elif has_content:
+                if len(cited_range[0].getchildren()) > 0:
+                    cited_range_children = True
+                    cited_range[0].tag = "tagtobestripped"
+                    pagerange = f""", {etree.tostring(cited_range[0]).decode("utf-8").strip()}"""
+                    print("pagerange", pagerange)
+                else:
+                    pagerange = ", {}".format(cited_range[0].text)
+                    # clear the text
+                    cited_range[0].text = ""
             elif cited_range[0].get("from") is not None:
                 pagerange_start = cited_range[0].get("from")
                 pagerange_end = cited_range[0].get("to")
@@ -781,18 +790,27 @@ def handle_refs_default(ref):
 
         if cite_render == 'year':
             try:
-                formatted_citation = cited_data[citekey][1] + pagerange
+                if cited_range_children:
+                    formatted_citation = etree.fromstring(f"<tagtobestripped>{cited_data[citekey][1]}{pagerange}</tagtobestripped>")
+                else:
+                    formatted_citation = cited_data[citekey][1] + pagerange
             except KeyError:
                 logging.error("Citekey %s was not found in the references. Exiting." % citekey)
                 sys.exit(1)
         else:
             try:
-                formatted_citation = cited_data[citekey][0] + pagerange
+                if cited_range_children:
+                    formatted_citation = etree.fromstring(f"<tagtobestripped>{cited_data[citekey][0]}{pagerange}</tagtobestripped>")
+                else:
+                    formatted_citation = cited_data[citekey][0] + pagerange
             except KeyError:
                 logging.error("Citekey %s was not found in the references. Exiting." % citekey)
                 sys.exit(1)
 
-        sanitized_citation_string = sanitize_data_string(formatted_citation)
+        if cited_range_children:
+            pass
+        else:
+            sanitized_citation_string = sanitize_data_string(formatted_citation)
 
         if olddesign == True:
             """ <span rel="popover" class="citation" citekey="DastonGalison_2010"
@@ -815,9 +833,13 @@ def handle_refs_default(ref):
             citation.set("class", "publications-popup-text")
             citation.set("citekey", citekey)
 
-        citation.set("data-title", sanitized_citation_string)
+        citation.set("data-title", sanitized_citation_string.strip())
         citation.set("data-content", cited_data[citekey][3])
-        citation.text = sanitized_citation_string
+
+        if cited_range_children:
+            citation.append(formatted_citation)
+        else:
+            citation.text = sanitized_citation_string
 
     #############
     # Footnotes #
diff --git a/src/utils/libeoaconvert.py b/src/utils/libeoaconvert.py
index f04df91..2a75bc0 100644
--- a/src/utils/libeoaconvert.py
+++ b/src/utils/libeoaconvert.py
@@ -535,3 +535,13 @@ def format_date(accessed_date, language):
 
     return accessed_string
 # def format_date ends here
+
+
+def has_text_or_children(cr):
+    """Check whether an element contains text or further elements"""
+    if cr.text or len(cr.getchildren()) > 0:
+        htoc = True
+    else:
+        htoc = False
+    return htoc
+# def has_text_or_children ends here