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1157 - 1199 (41 years)
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Name |
Richard I 'Coeur de Loin' King Of ENGLAND [1, 3] |
- Richard of England 'Coeur de Lion', third but eldest surviving son, born 8 Sep 157, Duc d'Aquitaine, Comte de poitou; succeeded father as king of England (and the French lands) and was crowned 3 Sep 1189; immediately set about organizing an army to join the French and Germans on the Third Crusade, whose aim was to recover Jerusalem, captured from the westerners by the Muslins in 1187, to the shame of western Christendom. Richard left England on 12 Dec 1189; secured Acre and Jaffa and defeated the Muslims in the battle of Arsuf, but his forces were not sufficiently strong to gain Jerusalem. He had to be content with making truce with the Islamic leader Saladin, who much admired him. On Richard's journey home he was imprisoned in Germany; he was released in 1194 on payment of a huge ransom; returned to England on 13 Mar 1194. His brother John had stirred up tensions in England by challenging the rule of his deputy 9justiciar) there. His overlord in France, Philippe Augustus encouraged dissidents there. But after his return Richard turned his formidable military talent to wage war against the French King. In 1199, during a minor siege at Chalus in Aquitaine, Richard was fatally injured by a crossbow bolt; died 6 Apr 1199 s.p. buried with his parents at Fontevrault Abbey. [1]
- Richard I captured the popular imagination with his crusading zeal and his chivalry. However, England saw him for only seven months of a ten-year reign, and paid dearly for his faraway campaigns and the huge ransom that secured his freedom, only to see him return to France where he died.
Richard was tall, long-legged, athletic, and powerful. A well-educated man, he showed tremendous personal courage in battle and was justifiably known as the Lionheart (Coeur de Lion). [2]
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Birth |
08 Sep 1157 |
Oxford, England [1, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Crowned |
03 Sep 1189 |
Westminster [3] |
Fact |
Richard I the Lion-Heart [3] |
Death |
06 Apr 1199 |
Chalus, France [1, 3] |
Burial |
08 Apr 1199 |
Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France [3] |
Notes |
- Richard I the Lion Heart, died while beseiging the castle of Chalus.
From "Eleaor of Castile 1290-1990, pg 16: His heart was buried at Rouen.
From " The Plantagenet Chronicles, pg 173: His entrails were buried at Charroux in Poitou.
Richard I, though king of England, spent less than a year there, seeing his hingdom as only a source of revenue to suppport his love of fighting. He raised money "by fair means and foul" and was quoted as saying that he would sell London itself if he could find a buyer. He considered the Aquitaine his home and never learned to speak English. His crowned queen, Berengaria, never visited England.
Richard and Berengaria had no children.
Illegitamate Issue: Philip (Philip de Cognac) born before his father came to the throne; died about 1211. His mother is unknown. He was given by his father the castle and honor of Cognac; it is possible he was given as a wife Ameli, the daughter of the Lord of Cognac. He later sold his lordship to Richard's successor, John.
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Person ID |
I21371 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
18 May 2018 |
Father |
Henry II 'Curtmantle' King Of ENGLAND, b. 05 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, France d. 06 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France (Age 56 years) |
Relationship |
Adopted |
Mother |
Eleanor Of AQUITAINE, b. Abt 1122, Chateau De Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine d. 31 Mar 1204, Poiters, Poitou, Aquitaine (Age 82 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
18 May 1152 |
Bordeaux, France [4, 5, 6] |
Married |
18 May 1152 |
Bordeau, Gironde, France [3, 7, 8] |
Family ID |
F03770 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Berengaria Princess Of NAVARRE, b. Abt 1163, Pampeluna, Navarra, Spain d. Abt 1230, Abbey De Espans, Sarthe, France (Age 67 years) |
Marriage |
12 May 1191 |
Chapel of St. George, Limasol, Cyprus [1, 3] |
Family ID |
F03693 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
28 Apr 2018 |
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Sources |
- [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).
- [S9498] Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Kings & Queens of England and Scotland.
- [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.
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Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000
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