Richard_I Coeur_de_Lion

Richard_I Coeur_de_Lion was born in 1157 in Beaumont Palace,Oxford,England. Richard_I Coeur_de_Lion's father was Henry_II Curtmantle and his mother was Eleanor of_Aquitaine. His paternal grandparents were Geoffrey_V Plantagenet and Matilda; his maternal grandfather was William_X of_Aquitaine. He was the fourth of eight children. He had four brothers and three sisters, named William, Henry the_Young_King, Geoffrey, John Lackland, Matilda (Maud), Eleanor and Joan. He had a half-sister named Margaret of_France. He died at the age of 42 on April 6th, 1199 in Chalus,Limousin. His burial was in Fontevraud Abbey.