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Personal data King Richard I (the Lionheart) Plantagenet 

• He was born on September 8, 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England.
• (Released from captivity) on February 4, 1194 in Dürnstein Castle, Germany.

  Held captive in Germany while returning from crusade and was only released after the payment of a ransom, which was 150,000 marks. To raise this sum, all of Richard's subjects were taxed at the rate of 25% for both their incomes and their possessions

• He died on April 6, 1199 in Chalus, Duchy of Aquitaine, France, he was 41 years old.

  On 26 March 1199, Richard was hit in the shoulder by a crossbow bolt, the wound turned gangrenous and he died a few day's later on 6 April.

• A child of King Henry Plantagenet II, and Eleanor of Aquitaine,

Household of King Richard I (the Lionheart) Plantagenet

(1) He is married to Berengaria of Navarre.

They got married on May 12, 1191 at Limassol, Cyprus, he was 33 years old.

Married in the Chapel of St. George in Limassol, Cyprus

(2) He had a relationship with Unknown.

Child(ren):

1. Philip Fitz Richard, of Cognac  ± 1180-± 1201

Notes about King Richard I (the Lionheart) Plantagenet

From Wikipedia

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and seemed unlikely to become king, but all his brothers except the youngest, John, predeceased their father. Richard is known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Le quor de lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior.[1] The troubadour Bertran de Born also called him Richard Oc-e-Non (Occitan for Yes and No), possibly from a reputation for terseness.[2]

By the age of 16, Richard had taken command of his own army, putting down rebellions in Poitou against his father.[1] Richard was an important Christian commander during the Third Crusade, leading the campaign after the departure of Philip II of France and achieving considerable victories against his Muslim counterpart, Saladin, although he finalized a peace treaty and ended the campaign without retaking Jerusalem.[3]

Richard probably spoke both French and Occitan.[4] He was born in England, where he spent his childhood; before becoming king, however, he lived most of his adult life in the Duchy of Aquitaine, in the southwest of France. Following his accession, he spent very little time, perhaps as little as six months, in England. Most of his life as king was spent on Crusade, in captivity, or actively defending his lands in France. Rather than regarding his kingdom as a responsibility requiring his presence as ruler, he has been perceived as preferring to use it merely as a source of revenue to support his armies.[5] Nevertheless, he was seen as a pious hero by his subjects.[6] He remains one of the few kings of England remembered more commonly by his epithet than his regnal number, and is an enduring iconic figure both in England and in France.[7]

1. Turner & Heiser 2000, p. 71 harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFTurnerHeiser2000 (help)

2. Gillingham, John (1978). Richard the Lionheart. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 243. ISBN 978-0812908022.

3. Addison 1842, pp. 141–149.

4. Flori 1999f, p. 20 (French).

5. Harvey 1948, pp. 62–64

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7. Harvey 1948, p. 58.

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