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 Richard I, Coeur de Lion

Richard I, Coeur de LionRichard I being anointed during his coronation in Westminster Abbey, from a 13th-century chronicle
King of England, Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, Nantes and overlord of Brittany. He was probably born in Beaumont Palace, Oxford in 1157.

Married Berengaria of Navarre France on 12th of May 1191, on his way to the Holy Land in St. Georges Chapel, Limassol, because Berengaria had been ship wrecked and taken prisoner by Issac Komenos, the ruler of Cyprus.

  • Reign: 3 September 1189 – 6 April 1199
  • Coronation: 3 September 1189
  • Predecessor: Henry II
  • Successor: John
  • Regent: Eleanor of Aquitaine, William de Longchamp
  • Born: 8 September 1157, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
  • Died: 6 April 1199 (aged 41), Châlus, Duchy of Aquitaine
  • Burial: Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
  • Spouse: Berengaria of Navarre (m. 1191)
  • House: Plantagenet–Angevin
  • Father: Henry II of England
  • Mother: Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • Military career: Battles/wars - Third Crusade

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Richard I, Coeur de LionRichard I being anointed during his coronation in Westminster Abbey, from a 13th-century chronicle
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