Richard I The Lion Heart of England 
Richard I The Lion Heart of was born on September 13th, 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England.1 Richard I The Lion Heart of's father was King of England Henry and his mother was Eleanor Of Aquitaine. His paternal grandparents were Geoffrey V The Fair Plantagenet and Mathilde Queen England; his maternal grandparents were William VIII Duke Of AQUITAINE and Elbeanor De CHATELLERAULT. He had two brothers and two sisters, named John Lackland I, William Longespee Prince Of, Princess of England and Eleanor Of. He had a half-sister named Mary Capet of. He died at the age of 41 on April 27th, 1199 in castle of Chalus, in the Limousin, Haute-Vienne, France.1 General Notes
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Richard I, called Coeur de Lion or Lion-Hearted (1157-99), king of England (1189-99), was the third son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, born in Oxford.
When he was an infant, Richard was betrothed to a daughter of the French king Louis VII, and in 1172 he was given the duchy of Aquitaine in France, his mother's inheritance. His early years were
spent in warring against his father to protect his own interests; he emerged a brilliant soldier. In 1189 he became king of England and shortly thereafter set out on the Third Crusade. He was
accompanied by the young Philip II, king of France, son of Louis VII. The Crusade proved a failure almost from the start, mainly because of the lack of harmony between the two kings. In Sicily
Richard quarreled with Philip and refused to marry Philip's sister as planned. Instead he married Berengaria of Navarre on Cyprus, which he conquered in 1191. After capturing Acre (now 'Akko) from
the Saracens that same year, Richard executed 2700 Muslim prisoners of war. It was Richard's personal valor in the Holy Land, however, rather than his ruthlessness, that made his name famous in
legend. Conflict over policy in the Holy Land resulted in a break between the two, and Philip returned to France alone. Richard spent months in indecisive contests against Saladin, sultan of Egypt
and Syria, before making a truce by which Jerusalem was left in Saladin's hands. Captured en route to England by Leopold V, duke of Austria, Richard was handed over to Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.
He was released in 1194 only after paying a heavy ransom. Richard returned to England and there made peace with his brother, John, later king of England, who in his absence had been conspiring with
Philip to usurp the English throne. Leaving the government of England to the care of the able administrator Hubert Walter, archbishop of Canterbury, Richard went to France in 1194 to wage war
against the French king. Campaigns in defense of his European lands continued for five years. Victor in most of the warfare in which he engaged, Richard was fatally wounded by an arrow during an
insignificant skirmish in 1199.
As king, Richard had chosen able ministers, to whom he left most matters of administration. Under his rule, however, England suffered heavy taxation, levied to support his expeditions. Sometimes
cruel, sometimes magnanimous, and always courageous, Richard was well versed in the knightly accomplishments of his age and was also a poet. He was to become the hero of many legendary tales.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1000 in Chateau Landon, Seine-et-Marne, France d.01 Apr 1046 in Anjou, France
- b.1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1109 in of, Anjou, France
- b.1018 in Anjou, France d.18 MAR 1075/76 in Fleury-sur-Ouche, France
- b.1092 in Count of Anjou, reigned 1131-1143, King of Jerusalem d.10 Nov 1143 in Sr Sepulcre Church, Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine died of accident
- b.~ 1025 in Montfort, Normandy, France d.1087
- b.~ 1059 in of Montfort Amau, France d.14 FEB 1116/17 in ,Fontevrault, France
- b.~ 1030 in of, Evreux, Eure, France d.1087
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Cheau-du-Loir, France
- b.~ 1030 in Fleche, Sarthe, France
- b.~ 1060 in Maine, France d.11 Jun 1110 in France?
- b.~ 1044 in Fleche, Sarthe, France
- b.~ 1096 in Maine, France d.15 JAN 1125/26 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 in Of, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, France
- b.~ 0999 in Normandy d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia on pilgrimage Jerusalem
- b.14 Oct 1028 in Falaise, Normandy d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermantrube, Near Rouen, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050 in Caen, France
- b.1068 in Selby Yorkshire England d.01 Dec 1135 in St Denis Seine-St Denis France
- b.1012 in Flanders (Belgium) (the "Debonnaire) d.01 Sep 1067 in Lillie, Flanders - 8th Count of Flanders
- b.1035 in Flanders, France d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandie, France
- b.~ 1004 in France (House of Capet VI Gen.) d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Flanders - Wife of Baldwin V
- b.7 FEB 1101/02 in ,London, Middlesex, England d.10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine Maritime, France
- b.~ 1005 in Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in killed in battle near Elgin, Moray, Scot
- b.1031 in of, Atholl, Perth, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in an invasion of North England at Alnwick
- b.1009 in Of, Northumberland, England d.1040 in Scotland
- b.Oct 1079 in Dunfermline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Palace of Westminster, London
- b.1016 in Wessex, England d.Sep 1057 in London, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- b.1025 in Friesland, Braunschweig, Prussia d.1066
- b.13 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England d.27 Apr 1199 in castle of Chalus, in the Limousin, Haute-Vienne, France
- b.~ 0969 in Poitou - son of William II d.31 JAN 1029/30 in Poitou, France
- b.~ 1026 in Poitou - son of William III d.25 Sep 1086 in Chateau de Chize, France
- b.0995 in Bourgogne, France d.10 Nov 1068
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 FEB 1126/27 in Lusignan
- b.~ 1011 in Bourgogne, France d.21 MAR 1075/76 in Fleury-Sur-Ouche, France, France
- b.~ 1049 in Of, Burgundy, France d.> 1104
- b.1018 in Anjou, France d.18 MAR 1075/76 in Fleury-sur-Ouche, France
- b.1099 in ,,Aquitaine d.19 Apr 1137 in ,,,France
- b.~ 0990 in Of, Toulouse, France d.1060 in St Sernin, Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- b.1040 in of Toulouse, Aquitaine d.1094 in Battle of Huesca
- b.~ 1015 in Marche, Limousin, Poitou, France d.16 Nov 1071 in murdered by her step-son Peter Raimond
- b.1073 in Toulouse, France d.28 Nov 1117 in Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1037 in ,Mortaigne, Normandie, France d.08 Dec 1090 in ,,,France
- b.~ 1058 in Mortaign, S-Mnch, France d.> 1079 in France - wife of William of Toulouse
- b.~ 1041 in Montaigne, France d.1107 in Cornwall? - wife of Robert de Caen
- b.~ 1123 in Chateau de Belin, Gironde, France d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Tarn et Garonne, France
- b.~ 1010 in of, Chatelleraut, Vienne, France d.~ 1075 in Chatelleraut, Vienne, France
- b.~ 1036 in ,Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.~ 1092
- b.~ 1012 d.> 1058
- b.1075 in ,Chatellerault, Vienne, France
- b. in Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France d.~ 1093 in murdered, Le Cheze, Boutgone, France
- b.~ 1050 in of, Chatelleraut, Vienne, France d.~ 1093
- b.1017 in Meuleon XX
- b.~ 1103 in ,Chatellerault, Poitou, Aquitaine d.AFT MAR 1129/30
- b.1019 in Isle Bouchard, France d.1083
- b.1049 in Isle Bouchard, France d.> 1097
- b.1023 in Isle Bouchard, France
- b.1079 in Of, Isle Bouchard, France
- b.1053 in Of, Isle Bouchard, France
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‌Richard I The Lion Heart of and Berengaria of were married in a religious ceremony on May 12th, 1191 in Limassol, Cyprus.1
They had a daughter named Isabel of.
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