Richard I the Lionheart King of England 
Richard I the Lionheart was born on September 8th, 1157 in Oxford, England.1 Richard I the Lionheart's father was Henry II Plantagenet and his mother was Eleanor de Aquitaine Dss de Aquitaine. His paternal grandparents were Geoffrey IV the Fair Angevin King of England and Mathilda (Adelaide) Queen of England; his maternal grandparents were Guillaume X le Toulousan Duc de Aquitaine and Eleanor (Aenor) de Chastellerault. He had four brothers and three sisters, named William, Geoffrey, John Lackland Plantagenet, Henry, Maud Matilda, Alianor and Joan. He had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named William Longespée, William, Agnes Capet, Marie Capet and Alix. He died at the age of 41 on April 6th, 1199 in France.1 General Notes
Acceded 1189-1199.
Richard I Coeur de Lion (the Lionheart)
Henry's elder son, Richard I (reigned 1189-99), fulfilled his main ambition by going on crusade in 1190, leaving the ruling of England to others. After his victories over Saladin at the siege of Acre and the battles of Arsuf and Jaffa, concluded by the treaty of Jaffa (1192), Richard was returning from the Holy Land when he was captured in Austria later that year. In early 1193, Richard was transferred to emperor Henry VI's custody.
In Richard's absence, king Philip of France failed to obtain Richard's French possessions through invasion or negotiation. In England, Richard's brother John occupied Windsor Castle and prepared an invasion of England by Flemish mercenaries, accompanied by armed uprisings. Their mother queen Eleanor took firm action against John by strengthening garrisons and again exacting oaths of allegiance to the king. John's subversive activities were ended by the payment of a crushing ransom of 150,000 marks of silver to the emperor, for Richard's release in 1194. Warned by Philip's famous message 'look to yourself, the devil is loosed', John fled to the French court.
On his return to England, Richard was recrowned at Winchester in 1194. Five years later he died in France during a minor siege against a rebellious baron. By the time of his death, Richard had recovered all his lands. His success was short-lived. In 1199 his brother John became king and Philip successfully invaded Normandy. By 1203, John had retreated to England, losing his French lands of Normandy and Anjou by 1205.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1000 in of Chateau Landon, Gastinois, France d.01 Apr 1046 in Anjou, Normandy, France
- b.1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1106 in Anjou, Normandy, France
- b.1018 in Anjou, Normandy, France d.18 MAR 1075/76 in Anjou, Normandy, France
- b.1092 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Plains of Acre, Palestine
- b.1025 in Montfort Amaury, Eure, France d.25 Sep 1087 in St. Thomas, France
- b.1059 in Montfort l' Amauri, Isle de France, France d.14 FEB 1116/17 in Fontrevault, France
- b.1030 in Evreux, Normandy, France
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, Normandy, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loir, Eure-et-Loire, France
- b.1042 in of Fleche, Anjou, France d.1097
- b.1060 d.11 Jul 1110
- b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.1030 in of Chateau, Eure-et-Loire, France
- b.1055 in of Chateau, Eure-et-Loire, France d.1099
- b.1030
- b.5 MAR 1132/33 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.0999 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube (near Rouen), France
- b.1003 in France d.~ 1050
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Gisors, France
- b.1012 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.1009 in France d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'Ordre de St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.7 FEB 1101/02 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
- b.1007 in of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Iona, nearMoray, Scotland or Iona, near Elgin, Scotland
- b.1031 in of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.1009 in England d.1040 in Scotland
- b.Oct 1079 in Scotland d.01 May 1118 in England
- b.1016 in Wessex, England d.1057 in England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburg Castle, Scotland
- b.~ 1025 in Braunschweig, Prussia, Germany d.13 Jul 1054
- b.08 Sep 1157 in Oxford, England d.06 Apr 1199 in France
- b.0992 in of Poitou, France d.31 JAN 1029/30 in Abbey of St Cyprian, France
- b.~ 1026 in Aquitaine, France d.25 Sep 1086
- b.0995 in Bourgogne, France d.10 Nov 1068
- b.1071 in England
- b.1011 in France d.1076 in France
- b. in France d.1104
- b.1018 in Anjou, Normandy, France d.18 MAR 1075/76 in Anjou, Normandy, France
- b.1099 in St. Jacques Compostelle, Aquitaine, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Galicia, Spain
- b.0990 d.1060
- b.1040
- b.1000 d.1060
- b.1073 in France
- b.1042
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine d.31 Mar 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1020 in of Chastellerault, Vienne, France d.1075
- b.1050 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.1092
- b.1034 in of Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.> 1058
- b.1075 in Chastellerault, Vienne, France d.1136
- b.1015 in of Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France d.1093 in La Cheze, Bourgogne, France
- b.1054 in of Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France d.1093
- b.1017 in of Moulcon, France
- b.1103 in Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France d.MAR 1129/30 in Talmont, France
- b.1019 in of Isle Bouchard, France d.1083
- b.1049 in of Isle Bouchard, France d.> 1097
- b.1023 in of Isle Bouchard, France
- b.1079 in of Isle Bouchard, France d.> 1119
- b.1053 in of Isle Bouchard, France
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