Richard I Coeur de Lion of England 
Richard I Coeur de Lion of was born on September 8th, 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Richard I Coeur de Lion of's father was Henry II Curtmantle FitzEmpress of England and his mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine. His paternal grandparents were Geoffrey V the Fair Plantagenet of Anjou and Matilda the Empress of England; his maternal grandparents were William X the Toulousan of Aquitaine and Eleanor Chatellerault de Rochefoucauld. He had four brothers and three sisters, named William of, Geoffrey II Plantagenet of, John I Plantagenet Lackland of, Henry the Young King of, Matilda (Maud), Eleanor and Joan. He had six half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Morgan of, William I, Geoffrey, Peter, Hugh of, Richard, Daughter, Matilda of, Marie Capet of and Alisa Capet of. He died at the age of 41 on April 6th, 1199 in Chalus, Limousin, Aquitaine, France. He was buried in 1199 in Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> Richard I /Plantagenet/, the Lion Hearted
Cause of Death:<CAUS> killed by an arrow when he removed his helmet
According to Brian Tompsett, UK genealogist: "A hero of Medieval legends
spent all but 6 months of his reign abroad. He became Duke of Aquitaine
in 1168 and of Poitiers in 1172. He joined the 3rd crusade in 1189 and
conquered Messina and Cyprus before arriving in the Holy Land. His
victory at Arsuf gained Joppa (1191). On his way home he was captured in
Austria and was only released by Emperor Enry VI after payment of an
enourmous ransom (1194). He returned briefly to England but died in
France."
(He was killed in France by an arrow when he removed his helmet to better
study a castle he was besieging.)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.Bet 1000 and 1018 in Chateau Landon, Gastinois, France d.01 Apr 1046
- b.1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1106
- b.1018 d.18 Mar 1075/76 in Fleury-sur-Ouche, France
- b.1092 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Plains of Acre, Palestine
- b.~ 1025 in Montfort Amaury, Ile de France, France d.1087
- b.1059 d.14 Feb 1116/17 in Fontevrault
- b.Bet 1030 and 1040 in Evreux, Normandy, France
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loire, Eure-Et-Loire, Le Mans, Maine, France
- b.1030 d.1097
- b.< 1080 d.> 1096
- b.> 1046
- b.~ 1096 d.1126
- b.1030 d.1095
- b.< 1083 d.> 1096
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine or Anjou, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, Indre-et-Loire, Anjou, France
- b.Bet 999 and 1010 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nikaia/Nice/ Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.Bet 1023 and 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube/Hermenbraville, near Rouen,Normandy,France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados or Normandy, France d.~ 1050
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Hunting lodge of Lyons-La-Foret near Rouen or St. Denis-le-Fermont, Seine-St Denis near Gisors, France
- b.~ 1012 in Flanders, Nord, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.1009 in France d.8 Jan 1078/79 in Messinesmonastre, W. Flanders Province, Belgium/France
- b.1103 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1167 in Abbey of Notre Dame des Pres, Rouen, France
- b.1001 in Scotland d.1040 in Bothganowan (Bothgouanan),near Elgin,Morayshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Battle of Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1014 in Northumberland, England d.Bet 1040 and 1070
- b.Bet 1079 and 1080 in Dunfermline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1016 in Wessex, England d.1057 in London, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- b.1018 d.1068
- b.08 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.06 Apr 1199 in Chalus, Limousin, Aquitaine, France
- b.~ 0969 in Poitou, France d.31 Jan 1029/30 in Abbey of St. Cyprian, England
- b.~ 1026 d.25 Sep 1086 in Chateau de Chize, France
- b.~ 0995 d.10 Nov 1068
- b.22 Oct 1071 in France d.10 Feb 1125/26
- b.1011 in Burgundy, France d.21 Mar 1075/76 in Fleury-sur-Ouche, France
- b.1050 d.> 1104
- b.1018 d.18 Mar 1075/76 in Fleury-sur-Ouche, France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Saint Jacques-de-Compostelle, Spain
- b.~ 0990 in Toulouse, Aquitaine, France d.1061
- b.1040 in Toulouse, Aquitaine, France d.1094 in Battle of Huesca, Huesca, Spain
- b.Bet 1015 and 1047 in LaMarche, Normandy, France d.16 Nov 1071
- b.~ 1073 in Toulouse, France d.28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, France
- b.~ 1031 in Normandy, France d.08 Dec 1090 in France or Northumberland, England
- b.1058 in Mortaigne, S-Mnch, France d.> 1080
- b.< 1040 d.> 1058
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France d.~ 1203 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1010 d.1075
- b.1036 in Chatterault, Vienne, France d.1092
- b.1010 d.1058
- b.1076 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.07 Nov 1151 in L'Abbey de Notre Dame de Noyers, France
- b.1015 in Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France d.1093 in La Cheze, Boutgogne, France
- b.1050 in Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France d.1093
- b.1017
- b.Bet 1103 and 1105 in Aquitaine, France d.1137 in Talmont, France
- b.1020 d.1083
- b.1050 d.1097
- b.1020 d.> 1050
- b.1080 d.1119
- b.1050 d.> 1080
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‌Richard I Coeur de Lion of and Berengaria of were married in a religious ceremony on May 12th, 1191 in Chapel of St. George, Limasol, Cyprus.
He had a biological son named Philip of.
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