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SS Great Eastern

The wing pirates had a diameter of 17 metres and the four-blade propeller had a diameter of 7.3 metres.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Four steam engines entered the ship and a fifth auxiliary engine for the propeller.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Of power they provided a total of 6 MW (8000 horsepower) and the ship had a top speed of 13 knots (24 km/h).


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Six more masts were built on it and the masts were named after days of the week; the first was called Monday and the last was called Saturday.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Using sails simultaneously with machinery proved impossible, as hot flue gases coming from five (later four) chimneys would set them on fire.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

An attempt was made to land the Great Eastern on 3 November 1857.


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SS Great Eastern

Brunel had hoped the incident would be witnessed by as small a crowd as possible.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Thousands of people were in attendance, however, as rumour of an exceptional vessel landing had spread widely.


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SS Great Eastern

In addition, the management of the Eastern Company had sold 3000 admission tickets for the occasion.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

The waterlanding failed and was attempted again on 19 and 28 January 1858, but both attempts failed.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

The ship's waterlanding was not successful until 31 January 1858.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

In the first water landing, one spectator died.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

On an unsuccessful waterlanding, the ship was given the name Leviathan, but in July 1858 the name was changed again to the original name Great Eastern.


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SS Great Eastern

The failed waterlanding attempts had cost a total of £170,000, a third of the entire original amount of money earmarked for construction.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Before the ship could embark on its first voyage, it would have to be equipped to be seaworthy and a lot of money would still be needed for this.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

The Eastern Steam Navigation Company received no further funding and was on the verge of bankruptcy.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

For the finishing works on the ship, a new limited company Great Ship Company was formed with a capital of £340,000 and it purchased the ship for £160,000.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Money surpassed from the deal was used to finish the ship.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Brunel was ill when work began in January 1858.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

They were completed in August of the same year.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

As a liner, the ship's maiden voyage was supposed to begin on 30 August 1859, but was postponed to September 6.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

The destination was Weymouth, which would later be the subject of the required test runs into the Atlantic.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

From there would be sailing to Holyhead, the home port of the ship's voyages to America.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

An agreement had been reached with the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway that Portland Maine would be the port of destination for the ship in the United States.


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SS Great Eastern

For that, a new pier was made at Portland Harbor.


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SS Great Eastern

William Harrison was agreed to captain.


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SS Great Eastern

On 9 September, the ship was finally on her maiden sailing.


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SS Great Eastern

It sailed down the Thames towards the English Channel.


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SS Great Eastern

It was passing Hastings when an explosion occurred on board.


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SS Great Eastern

The explosion ripped the front deck and was so powerful that chimney number 1 flew into the air.


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It was followed by a huge eruption of a vapor cloud.


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SS Great Eastern

Five sailors died from the eruption of hot steam, four or five were injured (the number is not precisely determined) and one drowned after flying overboard.


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SS Great Eastern

Scott Russell ordered the ship's planes to be immediately intercepted.


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SS Great Eastern

Brunel took information about the accident hard — he blamed himself for it.


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SS Great Eastern

He died a few days later from a stroke attack.


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SS Great Eastern

The first sailing toward America began on June 17, 1860.


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SS Great Eastern

There were only 35 paid passengers and eight free passengers on board.


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SS Great Eastern

The crew numbered 418 people.


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SS Great Eastern

Passengers included three directors of the Great Ship Company and two journalists, Zerah Colburn and Alexander Lyman Holley.


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SS Great Eastern

This trip didn't go without problems either.


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SS Great Eastern

Passengers boarded as early as 14 June and it had been agreed that the voyage would begin on 16 June.


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SS Great Eastern

When the escorts disembarked, the captain announced that the ship would not leave until the next day, as the crew is drunk.


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SS Great Eastern

The shipping line manager, Daniel Cooh, was not at all happy about the delay of the day or the captain's choice of route.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Daniel Cooh would have preferred the ship to take a more northerly route, on the merit of which the journey would have taken less than ten days.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

As a result of the more southerly route chosen by the captain, the journey took ten days and nineteen hours.


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SS Great Eastern

Charter sailing of 1861 When the Great Eastern returned home, the British government commissioned sailing from it to Québec.


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SS Great Eastern

It was to carry across the Atlantic with 2144 soldiers and officers, 473 family members and 200 horses.


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SS Great Eastern

A further 40 paid passengers went up.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship departed Liverpool on 25 June 1861, arriving there after eight days and six hours.


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SS Great Eastern

It embarked on the return journey a month later carrying 357 paid passengers.


Question: Who designed the SS Great Eastern steamer?

SS Great Eastern

Further Atlantic crossings The next trip across the Atlantic did not go without difficulty.


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SS Great Eastern

Only 100 people bought the ticket.


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SS Great Eastern

In addition, the boat, which was to take the passengers with their goods to Milford Haven, ran aground on 1 May 1865 and the passengers were forced to be rescued by smaller boats.


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SS Great Eastern

The journey began at Milford Haven and took nine days and thirteen hours.


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SS Great Eastern

Due to the American Civil War, the ship's arrival in New York was almost completely ignored.


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SS Great Eastern

Only a few people explored the ship for a 25-cent admission fee.


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SS Great Eastern

The Great Eastern returned to Britain carrying 194 passengers and 5000 tons of wheat.


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SS Great Eastern

The Great Eastern embarked on its third American-sailing from Liverpool on 10 September 1861.


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SS Great Eastern

The captain was James Walker.


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SS Great Eastern

The next day, the ship was caught up in a hurricane.


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SS Great Eastern

The storm was extremely fierce and it damaged the ship.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship's cast-iron rudder partially came loose from its moorings and a fierce wind ripped one of its sails.


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SS Great Eastern

Captain Walker told his crew not to tell passengers about the seriousness of the situation.


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SS Great Eastern

A sail rupture and rudder problems made steering the ship tricky.


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SS Great Eastern

On the second day of travel, some passengers also became clear about the seriousness of the situation.


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SS Great Eastern

They formed a committee among them, under the leadership of which George Oakwood, a Liverpool merchant, was placed.


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SS Great Eastern

The captain met with Oakwood and allowed him to conduct surveys on the ship.


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SS Great Eastern

The situation turned out to be worse than expected.


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SS Great Eastern

Oakwood discovered that the cargo was not attached to the hold in any way, but was moving back and forth in the hold, making the ship even more unstable.


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SS Great Eastern

Hamilton E. Towle, a US engineer who was a passenger, who was on the return journey home from Europe, visited to examine the ship's rudder and made a plan to save it.


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SS Great Eastern

Towle presented his plans to the Passengers Committee.


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SS Great Eastern

The committee, in turn, pressured the captain to accept it.


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The captain gave Towle a chance to try.


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SS Great Eastern

Towle set about stabilizing the rudder with a 30-foot-long iron chain.


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SS Great Eastern

The attempt was successful and the maneuverability of the ship was partially restored.


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SS Great Eastern

By Sunday morning, the storm finally subsided.


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SS Great Eastern

Towle and the Passengers Committee required the captain to continue repairing the rudder.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship's planes were launched at 5pm on the same day and by then it had become 72 hours since the ship had started drifting without steering.


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SS Great Eastern

The course was turned towards Ireland, a sailing distance of 480 miles away.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship finally made it to Queenstown, but nevertheless had to wait to be towed to port for three days.


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SS Great Eastern

Passengers injured at the port were taken for treatment and the ship was repaired, among other improvements to its steering.


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SS Great Eastern

For those traveling to the United States, a ride from other ships had to be arranged.


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SS Great Eastern

At the port, Towle presented the shipping company with an invoice he felt he deserved for saving the ship.


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Its sum was 100,000 US dollars.


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The case was brought to court, where the amount was reduced to US$15,000, a substantial sum at the time.


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It is not known whether Towle eventually received any money from the shipping company.


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SS Great Eastern

In 1862, the ship made two successful round-trip Atlantic crossings, the first of which was a financial success.


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A lot of cargo and passengers could be transported.


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The ship also improved her west-east speed record by twelve hours.


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SS Great Eastern

The new record was 9 days and 12 hours.


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Another of the successful sailings of 1862 was also a success.


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The ship carried many passengers as well as cargo.


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Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia, was the most famous of those who travelled at the time.


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SS Great Eastern

The 1862 ground-run Great Eastern headed toward the United States again on August 17, 1862, carrying 1,530 passengers.


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SS Great Eastern

The voyage produced another loss for the shipping company, as near New York the ship ran aground.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship arrived at Montauk Point near New York City at midnight on 27 August.


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SS Great Eastern

The pilot entered the ship at 1:30 a.m. and half an hour later a rumble was heard and the ship rocked slightly.


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SS Great Eastern

According to the pilot, the Great Eastern had sailed facing North East Ripps, which was later named the Great Eastern's aground.


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SS Great Eastern

The captain sent a man to examine the hold, but no leaks were detected.


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SS Great Eastern

Many of the passengers didn't even notice the whole aground ride.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship continued its voyage to New York on its own planes.


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SS Great Eastern

In New York, the ship was searched, and it was discovered that it was damaged after all.


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SS Great Eastern

Its flank had sustained a rip 2.7 metres wide and 25 metres long.


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SS Great Eastern

Repairing would be difficult, as the Great Eastern was so large that it could not fit in any shipyard in the United States.


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SS Great Eastern

Engineer brothers Henry and Edward S. Remick presented an audacious plan for a floating pressure chamber to be set around the ship, which would be placed around the ship's hull.


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SS Great Eastern

They claimed to complete the work in two weeks and would only take payment if they had succeeded in their project.


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SS Great Eastern

The American Civil War, which was currently underway, caused a shortage of iron plates.


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SS Great Eastern

The repair had been promised to take two weeks, but ultimately took three months.


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SS Great Eastern

The cost eventually rose to £70,000.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship departed New York toward Liverpool on 6 January 1863.


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SS Great Eastern

Year of Losses 1863 In 1863, the Great Eastern made three sailings from Great Britain to the United States.


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SS Great Eastern

2700 people were transported to New York and back only 970 people.


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SS Great Eastern

A few tons of cargo were also transported.


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SS Great Eastern

Losses came from, among other things, repairing the wing wheel and the fact that the ship collided with a small sailing vessel named Jane.


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SS Great Eastern

Cunard Line and Inman Line started price competition by lowering travel ticket prices, something the ship's owners had no chance of.


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SS Great Eastern

The shipping company had accumulated debts as early as £142,000, forcing to put the ship up for auction.


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SS Great Eastern

The sale on 14 January in 1864 Great Eastern was put up for auction in Liverpool.


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SS Great Eastern

The bottom price had been set at £50,000.


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SS Great Eastern

Not a single offer was put forward.


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SS Great Eastern

The broker suggested that the ship be put up for sale for three weeks with no bottom price.


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SS Great Eastern

At the same time, Daniel Googh approached engineers Thomas Brassey and John Bender if they could buy the ship.


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SS Great Eastern

A bid of £25,000 was made, although the metal of the ship alone was estimated at £100,000.


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SS Great Eastern

Together, the three men set up a limited liability company, which was to undertake laying the sea cable.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship would be perfectly suited to their purposes.


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SS Great Eastern

As a cable ship, the Ship was sold and converted to a cable ship.


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SS Great Eastern

As part of the conversion works, a fourth chimney was removed from it.


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SS Great Eastern

Also, most of the cabins were removed to give space for the cables and the machinery required for their landing.


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SS Great Eastern

Among other things, the ship laid the Atlantic sea cable between Newfoundland, Canada and Ireland, enabling, upon completion on 27 July 1866, transatlantic power messages.


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SS Great Eastern

This was not the first Atlantic sea cable, but as technology developed, the cable connection had become more reliable and faster than before.


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SS Great Eastern

Scrapping After her cable ship career, the Great Eastern was again restored as a liner, but the operation was still not made financially viable.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship was used as a theatre ship and as a floating palace and concert hall.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship was auctioned in parts in 1888.


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SS Great Eastern

The ship was dismembered between 1889 and 1890 by Henry Bath & Son Ltd for scrap iron at Rock Ferry on the River Mersey.


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SS Great Eastern

It took 18 months to break up the ship.


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SS Great Eastern

When the ship was being scrapped, a persistent rumour circulated that a workman's skeleton had been found inside the hull as part of the scrapping work.


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SS Great Eastern

The rumour was further reported in the 2004 BBC series Seven Wonders of the Industrial World when two pieces of skeletons were allegedly found, an adult shipyard worker as well as a child laborer.


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SS Great Eastern

However, the rumour has been found to be without evidence.


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SS Great Eastern

A similar story has also been told about the RMS Titanic and Hoover Dam.


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Orion (constellation)

Orion is a constellation located on both sides of the celestial equator between Taurus, Big Dog and Gemini.


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Orion (constellation)

It is visible in the evening sky in Finland between September and March and is one of the most easily recognizable constellations.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] Orion's seven brightest stars form a distinct hourglass-shaped pattern that the ancient Greeks saw as the figure of a hunter.


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Orion (constellation)

Orion hunts the bull with his big and small dog.


Question: By what name did the Egyptians know Orion?

Orion (constellation)

[1] The ancient Egyptians knew Orion as Osiris.


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Orion (constellation)

Characteristics of the constellation Stars The brightest stars in the constellation are Rigel (β Orionis, in Arabic rijl = foot) and Betelgeuze (α Orionis, in Arabic bet-al-dzauza = hunter's shoulder).


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Orion (constellation)

These, along with Bellatrix (γ Orionis) and Saiph (κOrionis), form a large quadrilateral with the so-called Orion Belt at its centre.


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Orion (constellation)

The belt is formed by three bright stars on the same straight, Mintaka (δ Orionis), Alnilam (ε Orionis) and Alnitak (Orionis).


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Orion (constellation)

[1] These three stars are also called three kings.


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Orion (constellation)

In the northeastern corner of the quadrangle of the constellation [2], Betelgeuze is a red giant and a star in the final stages of its development.


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Orion (constellation)

At any time, it might explode as a supernova.


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Orion (constellation)

It is also possible that the star has already exploded, as the information would not reach Earth until about 650 years after it happened.


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Orion (constellation)

Betelgeuze is a semi-regular variable whose brightness varies irregularly between 0.4 and 1.3 magnitudes.


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Orion (constellation)

However, there is enough regular variation in an asterisk that its average period has been calculated as 5.7 years, although other values have been shown.


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Orion (constellation)

Betelgeuze is one of the few stars whose surface has managed to form an image using interferometry.


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Orion (constellation)

Although the observations are uncertain, based on them there appear to be extensive star spots on the surface of the star, which are a factor in brightness variations.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] In the constellation Orion, a base type for FU-Orionis variables is also located.


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Orion (constellation)

The FU Orionis star itself brightens over a period of several months by about 6 magnitudes.


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Orion (constellation)

Subsequently, the luminosity of the star remains nearly constant for a long time or may slightly decrease.


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Orion (constellation)

The stars of that type are thought to be young based on the fact that reflection nebules have been found around all the examples.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] Deep Sky Objects The region of the constellation is rich in deep sky objects, three of which belong to the Messier list.


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Orion (constellation)

The most famous of these is Orion's Great Gas Fog M42, which lies at the centre of a queue formed by three stars on the south side of Orion's belt, the Sword of Orion.


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Orion (constellation)

It can even be seen with the naked eye from around the middle member of the three-star-formed queue south of the Orion belt as a faint reddish wolf.


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Orion (constellation)

With binoculars or a small telescope, you can distinguish already plenty of detail from it.


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Orion (constellation)

The diameter of the fog appears to be about one degree by a small telescope, although it is in reality part of a very wide cloud formation.


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Orion (constellation)

The Orion nebula surrounding hot stars is an HII region formed by ionized hydrogen.


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Orion (constellation)

On its territory, new stars are being created.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] In the middle of the Orion nebula lies θ Orionis, known as Trapeze, an open cluster of stars.


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Orion (constellation)

Already with a small telescope, four components can be distinguished from it, the brightest of which is θ1 Orionis C.


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Orion (constellation)

Later, several dimmer stars have been found among them.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] A narrow and dark dust belt separates Orion from the fog of the M42 on its northern part of the M43.


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Orion (constellation)

It is a smaller bright cloud.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] The only reflection nebula M78 in Messier's catalogue is the light-reflecting fog of a star shining with a brightness of 10 magnitudes.


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Orion (constellation)

You can distinguish the fog with a small telescope.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] Known from many images, the Horsehead Mist IC 434 is a dust tab formed by a dark fog in front of the bright emission fog in its posterior field.


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Orion (constellation)

The fog is located near the star Alnitak (Orionis).


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Orion (constellation)

The fog is quite small and difficult to detect, which is why a telescope of at least 20 centimeters is required to detect it.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] A number of other dim and extensive gas nebules spread across the constellation Orion.


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Orion (constellation)

Orionids The radiant, or radiation point, of the Orionid meteor swarm that causes regular annual shooting stars is located in the direction of the constellation Orion, between Betelgeuze and the star Alhena of the Gemini.


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Orion (constellation)

[3] [4] [5] The maximum time for the swarm is around 21 October, and it is possible to see those meteors from early October to early November.


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Orion (constellation)

At the densest times, they may appear over the course of a dozen hours, or sometimes even much more.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] The swarm is associated with Halley's Comet.


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Orion (constellation)

Cultural Meanings in Greek lore In early Greek mythology Orion is a hunter followed by his two dogs.


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Orion (constellation)

Hiding at Orion's feet is a hare depicting a part of a game animal.


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Orion (constellation)

Orion has been told a number of different fables, which most often have in common with ending up as a constellation of the sky.


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Orion (constellation)

[1] According to one story, Orion had robbed the goddess Eos of the morning as his consort, resulting in Orion being slayed by the jealous goddess of hunting Artemis.


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Orion (constellation)

In another story, Orion had claimed that none of the animals living on Earth could overcome this, leading to the beginning god Gaia sending a scorpion to slay Orion with a poisonous sting.


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Orion (constellation)

There is also a version of the story where the sender of the scorpion was Artemis.


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[1] In Roman lore According to the writer Hyginus, in the version of Orion's origin told by Aristomakhus, Jupiter, Neptune and Mercury (in the Greek fabled Zeus, Poseidon and Hermes) had happened to come to the cottage of an old man who lived alone, where an elderly man slaughtered to them the ox and treated the guests well.


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Impressed by this, the gods promised the man one wish, whereupon the elderly man still hoped to have a son.


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The gods took the hide of the bull into which they threw their water, after which the man had to bury it in the ground for nine months.


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After time, a boy was found on the leak scroll, whom the elderly man named Urio after his urinal origin.


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[1] In Orion folklore, many peoples have been associated with Orion as a means of livelihood.


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Norwegians see in it a fisherman or a hook, many hunter peoples a game animal, some Brazilian Indians a manioc drying rack.


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In Finland, the Väinämöinen scythe, the Väinämöinen belt and the Kaleva sword are located in the constellation Orion.


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The Väinämöinen scythe is a pattern consisting of the Orion belt and the row formed by the stars located below it and the Orion nebula, the shape of which resembles a false toe scythe.


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[6] [1] Orion's belt has also been referred to as the sword of Kaleva and is believed to have struck the calvantula, because both the sword of Kaleva and the galleys appear in the sky only after the night darkened.


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In popular culture In the 1997 film Men in Black — men in black, there is some reference to the constellation, as the film talks about a fictional galaxy located in the Orion belt.


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The galaxy is not found in the area of the three-star Orion belt, but a cat named Orion in the film carries the galaxy in a pendant on its neck belt.


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Tolkien refers to Orion in his works The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings as Menelmacar, “The Swordsman of Heaven”.


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It heralds the return of Túrin and hope for the people.


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Richard I (8 September 1157 — 6 April 1199) was King of England, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou from 1189 to 1199.


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In his own day, the troubadour Bertran de Born referred to him as Oc-e-Non (“yes-and-no”), later authors referred to him as Richard the Lionheart (Richard the Lionheart,).


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Richard the Lionmiel was a hero of his own time, and as such he is usually portrayed in literature.


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His violence, vanity and selfishness are often forgotten.


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Richard's passion was warfare; the English financed his war and crusades.


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Richard I spent only five months of his ten-year reign in England.


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[1] He also never learned to speak English, [2] but spoke Occitan and French as his native language.


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Family Richard was a son born from the marriage of the previous king Henry II and Eleonoora Aquitanian.


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As the third son, no heir to the throne was expected of him.


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Often, Richard is considered his mother's favorite.


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His older half-sisters from the maternal side included Countess Marie of Champagne and Alix de France.


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Richard's older siblings included Count William of Pointiers, Henry the Young, and Matilda, Duchess of Saxony.


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Richard's younger siblings included Duke Gottfried of Brittany, Eleonoora the Englishman, Johanna Plantagenet and Juhana Maaton.


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Childhood and Adolescence Although Richard was born at Beaumont Palace in Oxford in England, he was, like the rest of the royal family of that time, first and foremost French.


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When his parents divorced, he stayed in his mother's ministry and received the values of Count of Aquitaine and Poitiers.


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The eldest surviving son of the family, Henry the Young, was crowned as his father's successor.


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Though he didn't have time to rule the kingdom at any point.


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Another brother, Duke Gottfried of Brittany, and Richard learned to defend their lands at a young age.


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Richard was a learned man: he could write poetry in French and Occitan.


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Richard was spectacular in appearance: he had 193 centimeters in length, his hair was reddish and blonde, his eyes blue.


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Even at a young age, he showed remarkable political and military abilities and became known for his chivalry and bravery.


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Like his brothers, Richard had little respect for his father, and lacked farsightedness and responsibility-bearing capacity.


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In rebellion against Henry II, Richard's elder brother Henry the Young was crowned King of England in 1170 under the name Henry III.


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However, he is known by the additional name Young (sometimes “the Younger” or “Child King”) as a distinction from his nephew Henry III, who later became king.


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However, Henry the Young did not actually rule the country; power was still retained by Father Henry II.


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In 1173, Richard rose with Henry and Gottfried in rebellion against his father.


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The goal was to plunge Henry II from power and make Henry the Young ruler of England.


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However, the boys' revolt was suppressed in a year and a half in 1174.


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Richard had several reasons to hate his father.


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Firstly, Henry gave Richard neither real power nor property, although Richard wanted both.


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Richard received a few titles, including Count of Poitiers, but would have liked more.


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However, Henry could not — for good reason — trust his sons, nor give them instruments that could be used against him.


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Secondly, Henry had usurped as his mistress Richard's betrothed Princess Adèle, who was the daughter of Louis VII, King of France, from her second marriage.


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Therefore, Richard and Adèle's marriage was an impossibility, at least in the eyes of the Church.


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But to avoid a diplomatic conflict, Henry did not want to acknowledge what he had done.


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Richard did not want to give up Adèle, who was the sister of his close ally Philip II of France.


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After his failure to oust his father, Richard concentrated on defeating rebellions by disaffected Aquitanian nobles, particularly in the province of Gascogne.


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The most extensive revolt broke out in 1179 in Gascogne.


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It was due to Richard's growing harsh exercise of power, which allegedly included rape and murder.


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The rebels hoped to have Richard defeated and asked his brothers Henrik and Gottfried to help achieve the objective.


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The turning point was in the spring of 1179, when Richard took over Taillebourg Castle, which was considered invincible in two days.


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The incident enhanced Richard's reputation as a skilled military leader and led many barons to swear their obedience to Richard.


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Rise to King When Richard had his rebellious barons defeated, he began harassing his father again.


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Tension between Henry and Richard intensified between 1180—1183 when the king ordered Richard to swear an oath of allegiance to Henry the Young, heir to the throne of England.


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Richard refused.


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Finally, in 1183, Henry the Young and his brother Gottfried invaded Aquitaine in an attempt to subdue Richard.


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Richard's barons also turned against their duke.


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However, Richard and his armies were able to fight the troops invading the ground and cruelly executed any prisoners he had received.


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The fighting paused for a while in June 1183 when Henry the Young died.


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Henry II, however, gave John Mathoma permission to occupy Aquitaine.


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At the death of Henry the Young, Richard was now the eldest of the sons and heir to the throne, but the power struggle between father and son still continued.


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In 1188, Henry II planned to conquer Aquitaine for the later King of England, John Mathoma.


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To strengthen his position, Richard had, the previous year, allied himself with Philip II, who was the son of Eleanoora's former husband Louis VII from her third marriage.


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It is even speculated that Richard and Philip were lovers based mainly on the writings of Roger the Hoveden, in which he reported that Richard and Philip had eaten from the same table, the same food, and slept nights in the same bed.


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Although in the Middle Ages to year sharing was not necessarily related to sexual activity, Hovedenian's use of the Latin word vehementum would suggest a deeper relationship than mere friendship.


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However, the quality of the relationship is controversial.


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In return for Philip's assistance against Henry, Richard promised to recognise Philip's rights to both Normandy and Anjou.


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Richard swore an oath of allegiance to Philip in November 1188.


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In 1189, Richard took part in Philip's war expedition against Henry.


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Richard and Philip beat Henry II's forces in battle at Ballans on 4 July 1189.


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Henry, with Juhana's consent, accepted Richard as heir to the throne.


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Henry II died on 6 July in Chinon, and Richard became King of England, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou after him.


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He was formally crowned duke on 20 July and king at Westminster Abbey on 3 September 1189.


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The beginning of the reign The beginning of Richard's reign was marked by riots against Jews beginning with his coronation.


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Antisemitism increased because some were indebted after taking loans from Jews and because people were advised to go on crusades.


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The worst incident occurred on 16 March 1190 in York, where 150 Jews committed an incineration murder at York Castle so as not to fall into the hands of the people who had harassed them.


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Richard protected the Jews and suppressed the riots, for Jews were a good source of income for the king.


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[1] Richard then went on war expeditions to Europe and then on a crusade to Jerusalem.


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He didn't thrive in England, where it was “cold and it was always raining.”


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England was only a minor part of the territories under his control, with the title of king of greatest importance, which allowed equal status among other monarchs.


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Like most of the other pre-14th century Plantagenet kings, Richard did not need to know English either.


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He ceded England into the hands of his attorneys, who at times also included his mother, and took more care of his position and lands in France.


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Crusade Henry II and Philip II had pledged a crusade on 21 January 1188 at Gisors after Jerusalem had been lost to Saladin.


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As Duke of Pointiers, Richard had done the same.


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After Richard became king, he and Philip II decided to embark on the Third Crusade together because each feared the other would conquer the other's territories during their absence.


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Richard began to raise a crusading army whose soldiers were predominantly Normans.


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He increased taxes and spent most of his father's wealth, which had grown from the tithes of Saladin collected by Henry, as well as even promising to free William I of Scotland from the oath of subordination against 10,000 marks.


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To raise more money, Richard sold positions of office, rights and lands to those who wanted them.


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Even those who reached the station earlier had to pay.


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For example, Vilhelm von Longchamp, Archbishop of Ely and Chancellor of the King, had to make an offer of £3000 for his chancellorship post.


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A man named Reginald the Italian made a higher offer than him, which was however rejected.


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Thus Richard managed to raise a huge army force and fleet and began his war expedition in 1190.


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Richard and Philip in Sicily In September 1190 Richard and Philip arrived in Sicily.


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King William II of Sicily had died in 1189.


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Wilhelm's heir to the throne was his aunt Constance, later Queen Constance of Sicily, who was married to Henry VI of Germany.


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Immediately after Wilhelm's death, the latter's cousin Tancredi conquered the island, and he was crowned king early in 1190 under the name Tancredi I. Tancredi was in favour of Pope Clement III and the people, but had problems with the nobility of the island.


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Richard's arrival added to the problems.


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Tancredi had imprisoned Vilhelm's widow Queen Johanna, who was Richard's sister, and refused to give her the money prescribed in Vilhelm's inheritance.


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Richard demanded his sister be released and inheritance shared.


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The presence of armies of two foreign states unnerved the people.


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The people of Messina rose up in October in revolt demanding foreigners leave the island.


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Richard struck Messina and recaptured it on 4 October 1190.


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After plundering and burning the city, he established his base at the site.


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He remained in Messina all the way to March 1191, and Tancredi finally agreed to make peace on 4 March 1191.


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The treaty was signed by Richard, Tancredi and Filip.


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The main points of the peace treaty were: Johanna must be freed, she must receive her inheritance, including her father's dowry to Vilhelm.


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Richard and Philip recognized Tancred as King of Sicily and promised peace between the three states.


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Richard officially recognised his brother Gottfried's son Arthur as his heir, and Tancredi later promised to marry one of his daughters to Arthur after he grew up (at the time of the incident, Arthur was only four years old).


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Richard and Tancredi exchanged gifts, as was customary; Richard gave Tancredi a sword purported to be King Arthur's Excalibur.


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After signing the treaty, Richard and Philip left Sicily.


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The peace treaty weakened relations between England and the Holy German-Roman Empire, causing Richard's brother, John, to raise a rebellion.


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John had hoped to inherit the crown instead of his nephew.


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Although the rebellion failed, Juhana continued to plot against his brother.


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In Rhodes and Cyprus In April 1191, Richard stopped on the island of Rhodes to avoid stormy weather.


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He went to rescue the wrecked entourage of Navarro's Sancho VI off the coast of Cyprus.


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On 6 May 1191, Richard's fleet reached Lemesos, Cyprus (present-day Limassol), and Richard captured the city.


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When the island's despot Isaak Komnenos arrived to stop the crusaders, he found it to be too late and retreated to Colossus.


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Richard invited Isaak to negotiate, but this broke the oath of hospitality he had given and began demanding Richard's exit.


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Richard ordered his cavalry to follow him into battle against Isaak's forces at Tremetusia.


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A few of the island's Roman-Catholics also followed him, such as the island's nobles who were dissatisfied with Isaak's tyrannical seven-year reign.


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Although Isaak's men fought valiantly, Richard's army was larger and better equipped.


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Isaak continued his resistance from the castles of Pentadactylos, but surrendered after the siege of Kantara Castle.


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Richard thus became the new ruler of Cyprus and gained from the island an important base for the crusade.


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Cyprus, unlike Tyros, was not under direct threat from the Turks.


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Richard robbed the island and executed all those who opposed him.


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He and most of the crusaders left Cyprus for the Holy Land in early June.


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The island was left to be administered by Richard Carnville.


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Marriage Before leaving Cyprus, Richard married Berengaria Navarran, the eldest daughter of Sancho VI.


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The wedding took place in Limassol at St. George's Chapel on 12 May 1191.


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Also present was Richard's sister Johanna, who had arrived from Sicily.


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Remarkably, Richard was still officially engaged to Adèle at the time.


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Richard's intention was to have Navarro as his fiefdom, was Navarro the southern border of Aquitaine ruled by his mother Eleanoora.


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Richard took his new wife with him on the crusade.


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However, they came back separately.


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Berengaria had almost as much difficulty on her journey home as Richard and she did not see England until her husband's death.


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After being released from German captivity, however, Richard never met his wife again.


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Some later authors theorize that Berengaria's brother, the future Sancho VII, had an affair with Richard.


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However, upon Richard's death in 1199, Berengaria experienced great pain apparently after loving her husband deeply.


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She even had to sue the church to recognize her widow status.


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Although there is no consensus among historians on the issue, many fictional stories and contemporary historiography consider Richard to be homosexual.


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Richard in the crusading states of Cyprus, Richard had received military assistance from Guido Lusignanite, who was the widow of Richard's paternal cousin Sibylla.


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Guido attempted to regain the title of king of Jerusalem he had lost in 1187, even though his wife had died in the siege of Akko the previous year.


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Guido hoped to gain support from Richard, after all his family Richard's vassals in Pointou.


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His main opponent for the monarch was Konrad of Montferrat, second husband of Sibylla's half-sister Isabella.


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Konrad, whose defence of Tyre had saved the Kingdom in 1187, was supported by Philip of France, son of Louis VII of France, his cousin, as well as another cousin of the Austrian duke Leopold V. Richard Taasen had also allied himself with Humfried IV von Toron.


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This was Isabella's first husband, from whom Isabella had been forced to take the distinction in 1190.


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Humfried was loyal to Guido and spoke fluent Arabic.


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For this reason, Richard used him as an interpreter and negotiator.


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King Richard arrived at Ako in June 1191.


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He and his troops succeeded in taking the city and Konrad negotiated with Saladin for surrender.


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Flags of kings were hoisted up, including the Austrian flag along with England and France.


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The act of Leopold (who was related to Isaak Komnenos) was, in the view of both Richard and Philip, a vassal subordinate to the Holy German-Roman Empire.


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Richard's men, without this knowledge or knowledge, tore the Austrian flag from the pole and threw it into the moat of the fortress of Akko.


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That prompted Leopold, angered by the act, to leave the crusade.


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Eventually also ill with dysentery, Philip left the crusade after quarreling with Richard over the status of Cyprus (Philip wanted half of the island) and the Kingdom of Jerusalem.


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Richard had unexpectedly been left without his allies.


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Richard had held 2700 Muslims hostage to persuade Saladin to fulfill the terms of surrender.


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Philip before he left had entrusted his own prisoners to Konrad, but Richard forced him to hand over the prisoners to him.


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Richard did not believe that the war expedition would benefit from the prisoner corps with him and so impatient and in his nervousness ordered all the prisoners to be killed.


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Richard had been forced to accept Konrad as king of Jerusalem and he sold Cyprus to his protégé Guido Lusignanite.


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However, only a few days after his election as king, on 28 April 1192 Konrad was stabbed to death by assassins before he could be crowned.


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Eight days later Richard's own nephew Count Henry II of Champagne married the widow Isabella although she was expecting a child for Konrad.


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The murder was never solved, but there was strong suspicion of Richard's involvement.


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Richard's war tactics brought the crusaders success in the siege of Akko and the subsequent march south.


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On 7 September 1191, Richard defeated Saladin in the Battle of Arsuf.


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Since the French king had gone from strength, Richard realized that he had no hope of holding Jerusalem even if he had it taken.


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In sadness, he ordered a retreat and despite being only a few miles from the city, he did not want to lay his gaze on the city as he had promised to watch it only conquered.


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After a few skirmishes against the lesser Saladin forces, Richard and Saladin, both aware of the instability of their positions, concluded peace on 2 September 1192.


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In it, Jerusalem remained with Muslims, but Christians were allowed to make pilgrimages to the city.


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As his last act, Richard attempted to seize Egypt, an important source of supplies for Saladin, but he was unsuccessful.


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Eventually Richard began to run out of time - he knew both Philip and his brother Juhana were plotting against him.


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Richard left the Holy Land on 9 October 1192.


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Captivity and return Bad weather forced Richard's ship to be beached at Corfu, the territory of the Byzantine emperor Isaak Angelos.


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Isaak was angry with Richard for taking over Cyprus.


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Disguised as a Templar, Richard sailed from Corfusu with four servants aboard a pirate ship.


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The ship was shipwrecked near Aquileia, forcing Richard and his entourage on a perilous journey across central Europe.


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On his way to the territory of his brother-in-law Henry of Saxony, Leopold V, Duke of Austria captured him shortly before Christmas just a few miles from the Moravian border near Vienna.


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Leopold accused Richard of murdering his cousin Konrad.


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Richard and his entourage had travelled disguised as pilgrims.


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Richard himself was disguised as a kitchen assistant, but became identified because of his large and valuable ring.


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According to another story, he was identified because he ate fried chicken — a delicacy reserved for nobles.


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After holding Richard imprisoned in Dürnstein, the Duke handed him over to Henry VI of the Holy German-Roman Empire.


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During his time in Duremstein he wrote the song Ja nus hons pris or Ja nuls om pres in French and Occitan, expressing his feelings after being thrown away.


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Although conditions in captivity were not impossibly bad, Richard was frustrated at not being able to travel freely.


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His mother tirelessly gathered the ransom of 150,000 marks demanded by Henry VI — a sum equal to twice the annual income of the English crown.


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Both clergy and secularism were taxed at a quarter of the property of these, gold and silver treasures of the churches were confiscated, and money was collected through “scutage” and “carucage” (tax that came after danegeld) taxes.


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Eventually, 100,000 marks were paid to free Richard.


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Henry also rebuffed an offer of 80,000 marks by John and Philip, which would have been paid to the emperor if he had held Richard captive until Mikkelin Day 1194.


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Finally, on 4 February 1194, Richard was released.


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For the last years and death in Richard's absence, John had come close to capturing the crown from Richard.


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When the brothers met, Richard forgave John, treating him like a boy who had been misled by his evil advisers.


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Richard even named Juhana as his heir to the throne.


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In lieu of turning against John, Richard began a battle against his former ally and close friend King Philip, England Richard enjoyed only two months.


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Richard allied himself with Balduin I, Renaud, Count of Boulogne, and his father-in-law Sancho VI, who threatened Philip's territories from the south.


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The most important ally, however, was Richard's nephew, Otto of Poitoun, who was the future ruler of the Holy German-Roman Empire, Otto IV Braunschweigian.


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Due in part to these, as well as other plots, Richard won several battles against Philip.


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At the Battle of Gisors, he adopted the phrase Dieu et mon droit (“God and my rights”) as his motto, paraphrasing the earlier threat he had said to Emperor Henry that there is only God above him.


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This motto is still to this day the motto of the coat of arms of the United Kingdom.


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Ultimately, however, Richard's fate was not Philip's army, but the siege of Châlus Castle.


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Richard seems to have encountered resistance from the Viscount of Limoges and half-brother the Count of Angoulême and decided to destroy the Viscount's castles.


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Richard had removed part of his ring armour when one of only two knights defending the castle, Pierre Basile, fired an arrow that hit Richard in the shoulder.


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Richard asked to see his shooter and then let him go with a further sum of Basile's money.


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Richard died on 6 April 1199 from his injuries by his side, his 77-year-old mother Eleonoora.


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After the king died, Richard's notorious mercenary Mercadier skinned Basile alive and then hanged him.


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Richard's intestines were buried at the foot of the tower from which the fatal arrow was fired.


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His heart was buried in Rouen and the rest of the remains beside his father in the Abbot Monastery of Fontevraud.


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The inheritance from Richard left no legitimate heirs, although he is reported to have had one illegitimate child.


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As a result, his younger brother Juhana succeeded him as King of England.


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On the mainland, the nobles did not accept Juhana as Richard's successor, preferring the son of these late brother Gottfried, Arthur.


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As Richard was left with no direct heirs, the decline of the Anjou family empire had begun.


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Although the English kings continued to take over territories on the continent, they never again controlled the lands that Richard I had inherited.


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Richard's legacy was divided into several parts.


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First, his capture of Cyprus proved valuable, as it allowed the Frankish kingdoms to remain vibrant on the Holy Land for another century.


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Secondly, his absence from England allowed the effective regime created by his father to take root in itself, although King John tried to abuse it all the way to breaking point.


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The third legacy was romantic and literary.


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Despite the facts during his reign, he left an indelible influence which has remained until these days.


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This was particularly due to Richard's war achievements.


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Richard is well described by historian Steven Runciman's last sentence about Richard: “he was a bad boy, a bad husband and a bad king, but a fearless and magnificent soldier”.


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Folk tales and fiction Richard I are often combined with the adventures of Robin Hood.


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However, in the earlier Robin Hood ballads, the only king is “Edward, our pleasant king”, which is probably Edward I, II or III.


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Richard I The Lion Mask is only mentioned in later ballad versions.


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In addition to this, Richard the Lionmieli has appeared regularly in fictional literature and films.


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The most famous of the novels is Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, in which Richard is disguised as the Black Knight.


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The character of Richard the Lion Mind also appears in numerous Robin Hood filmatizations.


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List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series are superhero television series based on Marvel Comics comics.


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The series have been in production since 2013, and since then Marvel Television and ABC Studios, along with its production division ABC Signature Studios, have aired eleven television series, presenting them via aerial broadcasts, streaming and cable television on ABC, On Netflix, Hulu and Freeform.


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In addition, the production studio that implemented Marvel Studios—MCU films—is developing at least three mini-network series for Disney+.


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The first Marvel Cinematic Universe television series, S.H.I.E.L.D.


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Agents, began in the United States on the ABC channel in the fall of 2013, and was followed by Agent Carter in early 2015.


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Marvel also reached an agreement with Imax Corporation to air the first two episodes of the television series Inhumans in Imax theaters in September 2017 before airing the entire series on the ABC channel during the same year.


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A pilot episode for the comedy called Damage Control has also been commissioned, but no information has been released about its airtime.


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The first two of Netflix's Marvel series, Daredevil and Jessica Jones, were released in 2015.


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Luke Cage was released in 2016 as well as Iron Fist, The Defenders and The Punisher in 2017.


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MCU expanded in 2017 also expanded to Hulu with the advent of the television series Runaways.


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In 2018, Cloak & Dagger, the television series Cloak & Dagger began to be aired on the Freeform channel.


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New Warriors was originally scheduled to be aired on Freeform as well in 2018, until a new presenter was downgraded for it.


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Clark Gregg plays S.H.I.E.L.D.


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The Agents series starring Phil Coulson for his new roles in the MCU films.


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In Agent Carter, Hayley Atwell also reprises her role as Peggy Carter from the films.


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Anson Mount plays the starring role of Black Lightning in the series Inhumans.


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Charlie Cox plays Matt Murdock/Daredevil in the series Daredevil and Jon Bernthal makes his debut in the role of Frank Castle/Judge in its second production season.


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Krysten Ritter and Mike Colter play Jessica Jones and Luke Cage in the series Jessica Jones, with Colter later appearing starring in the series as Luke Cage.


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Finn Jones will play Danny Rand/Iron Fist in the series Iron Fist, and alongside Cox, Ritter and Colter will also appear in The Defenders, Bernthal's new role in the series The Punisher.


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Rhenzy Feliz plays Alex Wilder, the leader of the Runaways Fugitives in the series.


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Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph play Tandy Bowen/Dagger and Tyrone Johnson/Refers in the series Cloak & Dagger, while Milana Vayntrub and Derek Theler will play Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl and Craig Hollis/Mr Immortal in the series New Warriors.


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ABC series S.H.I.E.L.D.


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Agents (2013—) Agent Phil Coulson assembles a small team of S.H.I.E.L.D.


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agents from the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division to deal with new cases.


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[8] After discovering that Project Centipede and the “Clairvoyant” who leads it are collaborating with the terrorist organization Hydra, Coulson and his team find themselves pursued by members of Hydra who are still at large due to Hydra infiltration and S.H.I.E.L.D.


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The trail of destruction, and seek to regain the government's trust.


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[9] S.H.I.E.L.D.


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As he goes to war with both Hydra and the Inhumans, Coulson embarks on a secret mission to protect the world from new threats.


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[10] After the overthrow of Hydra and Inhuman Hive, S.H.I.E.L.D.


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The s have become a legitimate organisation once again, and Coulson has reverted back to being a regular field agent to find his hands on other capable people, including Robbie Reyes/The Ghost Driver.


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Meanwhile, Agent Leo Fitz and Dr. Holden Radcliffe are finishing their work on LMD robots.


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[11] Later, Coulson and his team are kidnapped and taken to space, where they must figure out a way to save humanity and return home.


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[12] In August 2012, ABC commissioned a pilot episode for a program called S.H.I.E.L.D., which Joss Whedon directed, and which he scripted with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.


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[13] On April 6, 2013, ABC declared the series to be renamed Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., [14] and the series was officially commissioned on May 10, 2013.


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[15] With Jed Whedon, Tancharoen and Jeffrey Bell serving as showrunners for the series, [1] Clark Gregg reprises his familiar film role as Phil Coulson.


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[16] A second season of the series was announced on May 8, 2014, [17] a third season on May 7, 2015, [18] a fourth season on March 3, 2016, [19] a fifth season on May 11, 2017, [20] a sixth season on May 14, 2018 [2] and a seventh on November 16, 2018.


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[4] The sixth and seventh seasons will each consist of 13 episodes.


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[2] [4] The first production season began on September 24, 2013, [21] and its events also referenced the films Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Return of the First Avenger.


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[22] [23] Expose of Hydra infiltration by S.H.I.E.L.D.


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The film Captain America: The Return of the First Avenger greatly influenced the entire series.


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Of the effects of the film's events on the series' plot, Loeb said, “It's an extremely unique experience that doesn't exist elsewhere in the entertainment industry.


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“[24] The second season of production began on September 23, 2014, [25] and introduced the Inhumans as part of MCU, [26] ahead of their own television series.


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[27] In addition, as a recurring plot element in the first two seasons of production, there was a body belonging to the Crisis, a race that played a major role in the film Guardians of the Galaxy.


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[28] The third production season began on September 29, 2015, [29] and featured the Secret Warriors as a group of heroes assembled from the Inhumans as well as LMD robots (Life Model Decoy).


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[30] [31] [31] [32] The fourth production season began on September 20, 2016, [33] and featured Robbie Reyes/The Ghost Driver.


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[34] It also contained references to events in the second season of the production of Agent Carter and Doctor Strange.


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[35] [36] The fifth production season began on December 1, 2017 and its final four episodes were set to coincide with Avengers: Infinity War.


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[37] [38] In the first season Samuel L. Jackson, [39] Cobie Smulders, [40] Maximiliano Hernández, [41] Titus Welliver [42] and Jaimie Alexander [43] reprise the roles of Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Jasper Sitwell, Felix Blake, and Sif from previous MCU films and One-Shot short films.


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In the second season, Alexander and Smulders make a comeback, [44] [45] in addition to Hayley Atwell, [46] Neal McDonough, Kenneth Choi, [47] and Henry Goodman [48] [49] reprising the roles of Peggy Carter, Timothy “Dum Dum” Dugan, Jim Moritan, and Doctor List from previous MCU films.


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In the third season, William Sadler returned to the role of President Matthew Ellis from the previous MCU films, [50] and Powers Boothe appeared repeatedly in the role of Gideon Malick, after the character appeared previously untitled in the film The Avengers.


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[51] Agent Carter (2015—2016) In 1946, Peggy Carter has to balance her routine office work at the Strategic Science Reserve, while secretly helping Howard Stark, who is being framed as the culprit for illegal arms trafficking.


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Aided by Stark's butler, Edwin Jarvis, Carter tries to get rid of the guns and find the real culprits.


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[52] [53] Carter later moves from New York to Los Angeles and faces a new threat, with the advent of the post-World War II atomic period, gaining a new home and meeting new people, as well as possibly a new love as well.


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[54] By September 2013 Marvel had also developed a series inspired by the One-Shot short film Agent Carter, as its protagonist Peggy Carter, [55] and in January 2014 ABC Entertainment Group executive Paul Lee confirmed the series was in development, with a possible pilot episode script co-authors Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who also scripted Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Return of the First Avenger.


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[56] Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas and Chris Dingess serve as showrunners for the series, [5] [56] Hayley Atwell in her new role as Peggy Carter.


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[56] On May 8, 2014, ABC officially ordered the Agent Carter series.


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[17] A second production season was announced on May 7, 2015.


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[18] On May 12, 2016, ABC announced that it was ending the series for two seasons of production.


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[57] The first production season, which began on January 6, 2015, [58] chronicled the origins of the Black Widow and Winter Soldier programs featured in several MCU films.


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[59] [60] [61] The second season of production, which began on January 19, 2016, [62] saw a darkforce with ties to Marcus Daniels in the series S.H.I.E.L.D.


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Agents and Doctor Weird.


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[63] In the first production season, Dominic Cooper reprises his role as Howard Stark from Captain America: The First Avenger.


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[64] James D'Arcy plays Edwin Jarvis, [65] Stark's butler, who later serves as the inspiration for J.A.R.V.I.S., an artificial intelligence serving Tony Stark.


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[66] Costa Ronin plays the young Anton Vanko, who, along with Stark, was one of the two creators of the Arc Reactor.


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[67] Chris Evans appears as Steve Rogers/Captain America via archival footage taken from The First Avenger


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[68] McDonough and Toby Jones reprise their roles as Dugan and Arnim Zola respectively.


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[69] [70] In the second production season, Cooper returns to the role of Howard Stark.


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[71] Inhumans (2017) The series focuses on Black Lightning and other members of the Inhuman King Family.


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[27] In November 2016, Marvel Television and Imax Corporation announced a television series about Marvel's Inhumans, which they will co-execute with ABC Studios.


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[27] [72] The first two episodes of the series were filmed entirely on IMAX digital cameras, [73] and aired in IMAX theaters for two weeks beginning September 1, 2017.


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[6] Certain scenes from other episodes were filmed using IMAX cameras.


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[73] ABC aired the series weekly beginning September 29, 2017.


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[6] The first two episodes also include material that is not shown in the IMAX versions.


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[27] The series is reportedly not a television adapted version of an Inhumans film planned by Marvel Studios for 2019, but subsequently pulled from the release schedule, and neither is S.H.I.E.L.D.


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Agents spin-off.


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[74] Ben Sherwood, president of Disney—ABC Television Group, added, “We have worked very carefully with our friends at Marvel Studios — and this is an important point — to ensure that from part of the schedule and content we are merely enriching the Marvel world.”


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The theatrical run of the series is so limited that it doesn't get in the way of a single Marvel Studios film release.


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[75] In December 2016, Scott Buck was announced to be the showrunner and executive producer of the series.


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[7] In February 2017, Anson Mount was cast as the cast of Black Lightning.


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[72] Filming began in Hawaii in March 2017 and ended in June.


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[76] [77] ABC officially declared the series discontinued on May 11, 2018.


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[78] Netflix Series In October 2013, Marvel was preparing four drama series and one miniseries, totaling 60 episodes, to air them on VOD services or via cable television, with Netflix, Amazon and WGN American showing interest.


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[89] In November 2013, it was announced that Disney would be releasing television series played on Netflix about Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, eventually leading to a miniseries about The Defenders.


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[90] Daredevil (2015—2018) Working as a solicitor by day and blinded as a young boy, Matt Murdock uses his developed senses to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell's Kitchen as a self-righteous representative named Daredevil, putting himself up against the crime leader With Wilson Fisk.


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[91] Murdock later encounters Frank Castle/ Judge, who practices self-righteousness through more deadly means, and witnesses the return of his former girlfriend, Elektra Natchios.


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[92] [93] After the events of The Defenders, Murdock is forced to choose between heroism and hiding when Wilson Fisk is released from prison.


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[94] In December 2013, Marvel confirmed that Drew Goddard would be Daredevil's executive producer and showrunner, as well as scripting and directing the first episode of the series, [95] although at the end of May 2014 it was announced that Goddard would no longer be the series' showrunner, but would be replaced by Steven S. DeKnight.


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Goddard, who scripted the first two episodes, stayed on as the series' corresponding producer.


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It was also revealed that the series would be called Marvel's Daredevil.


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[79] A few days later Charlie Cox was chosen to play Daredevil.


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[96] A second production season was ordered on April 21, 2015, and Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez would step in as showrunners in place of DeKnight, who, due to his busy schedule, could not return to the task.


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[80] A third production season was ordered in July 2016 and in October 2017, Erik Oleson was announced as the series' new showrunner.


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[97] [81] Netflix announced on November 29, 2018 that it would be ending the series for a third season of production.


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[98] The first production season, all episodes of which were released on April 10, 2015, [99] includes references to The Avengers and the Battle of New York [100] as well as a mention of Carl “Crusher” Creel appearing in the series as S.H.I.E.L.D.


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Agents.


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[101] In addition, the Iron Fist enemy Steel Serpent emblem is also seen.


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[102] In the second production season, released on March 18, 2016, [103] features S.H.I.E.L.D.


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The motorcycle gang Dogs of Hell seen in agents, [104] as well as numerous references to events in Jessica Jones' first production season.


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[105] [106] [107] The third production season was released on October 19, 2018.


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[108] In the second season Jon Bernthal joined the cast guard in the role of Frank Castle/ Judge, [109] before his own series, [88] Michelle Hurd and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise the roles of Samantha Reyes and Jeri Hogarth from the series Jessica Jones.


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[106] [107] Jessica Jones (2015—) Former superhero Jessica Jones, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, opens her own detective agency to help people, including other superheroes.


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[110] After encountering Kilgrave, he begins to investigate a new case and at the same time is confronted with his past.


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[111] In November 2013, Melissa Rosenberg was announced to be the series' screenwriter and executive producer.


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[82] In March 2014, Loeb announced filming of Jessica Jones would begin after Daredevil.


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[112] In December 2014, Krysten Ritter was cast to play Jessica Jones in the series, [113] whose official title is Marvel's Jessica Jones.


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[114] A second production season was ordered on January 17, 2016.


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[115] A third production season was ordered on April 12, 2018.


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[116] The first production season, released on November 20, 2015, [117] contains references to the Avengers and the events of The Avengers.


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[118] In the first production season Mike Colter was cast to play Luke Cage, [119] who appears in the series as a recurring character before his own series.


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[110] Rosario Dawson, who starred in Jo Daredevil, reprises the role of Claire Temple.


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[120] as well as Royce Johnson for the role of Brett Mahoney.


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[121] The second production season was released on March 8, 2018.


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[122] Elden Henson returned to the role of Franklin “Foggy” Nelson, [123] as well as Rob Morgan and Tijuana Ricks in the roles of Turk Barrett and Thembi Wallace.


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[124] The third production season will be released in 2019.


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[83] Luke Cage (2016—2018) After Luke Cage's sabotaged experiment with superhuman powers and unbreakable skin, he becomes a wanted fugitive trying to rebuild his life in Harlem but is soon forced to confront his past and fight for the heart of his city.


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[125] After clearing his reputation, Cage becomes a hero and celebrity who also faces a new threat and is drifting closer to the limit of thuggishness.


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[126] Colter reprises his role as Carl Lucas/Luke Cage in his own series, [110] [119] [127] titled Marvel's Luke Cage.


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[84] In March 2014, Loeb announced filming for the series would begin after filming for Iron Fist, making it the fourth single series.


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[112] However, in March 2015, Luke Cage was announced to be the third single series whose production would begin after Jessica Jones.


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[80] [128] The series switched its publishing order with Iron Fist changing after Luke Cage received positive feedback on Jessica Jones and because Marvel wanted to “follow the pace”.


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[129] During the same month, Cheo Hodari Coker was announced to be the showrunner and executive producer of the series.


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[84] A second production season was ordered on December 3, 2016.


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[130] On October 19, 2018, Netflix announced that it would be ending the series for two seasons of production.


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[131] The first production season was released on September 30, 2016, [132] and included references to The Avengers, Daredevil's second production season, Jessica Jones's first production season, and a promotional poster for Colleen Wing's self-defense classes, as well as mentions of Justin Hammer, Wilson Fisk and Frank Castle.


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Dawson, Rob Morgan, Rachael Taylor, Stephen Rider, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Danny Johnson reprise the roles of Claire Temple, Turk Barrett, Trish Walker, Blake Tower, Reva Connors and Ben Donovan familiar from previous series.


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[133] [134] [135] [136] The second production season was released on June 22, 2018, [126] and included a reference to Detective Brigid O'Reilly, who had sparsely relocated from Harlem to New Orleans, as a reference to the character's role in the series Cloak & Dagger.


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[137] [138] Finn Jones, [139] Jessica Henwick [140] and Henson appeared in the season in the roles of Danny Rand, Colleen Wing and Foggy Nelson.


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[141] Iron Fist (2017—2018) After being missing for 15 years, Danny Rand returns to New York City to take control of his family's company.


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However, with the rise of a serious threat, he must choose between his family's legacy and the responsibilities of the Iron Fist.


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[142] Loeb originally announced in March 2014 that filming for the Iron Fist series would begin after Jessica Jones, making it Netflix's third Marvel series.


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[112] In March 2015, it was announced that it would be the fourth series to begin production following Luke Cage.


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[80] [128] The series switched its publishing order with Luke Cage after Luke Cage received positive feedback in Jessica Jones and because Marvel wanted to “follow the pace”.


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[129] In April 2015, Marvel's Iron Fist was revealed as the official title of the series.


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[80] In December 2015, Marvel announced Scott Buck had been chosen as the series' showrunner and executive producer.


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[85] In February 2016, Finn Jones was cast in the role of Iron Fist.


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[143] [144] In July 2017, it was revealed that a second production season had been ordered for the series.


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[145] Raven Metzner was chosen to replace Buck as the new showrunner.


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[86] On October 12, 2018, Netflix announced that it would be ending the series for two seasons of production.


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[146] The first production season, released on March 17, 2017, [142] included references to the events of The Avengers, The Hulk, Stark Companies, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Seagate Prison, [147] and mentions the motorcycle gang Dogs of Hell, New York Bulletin editor-in-chief Mitchell Ellison, editor Karen Page, [148] Roxxon Oil as well as Midland Circle.


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[149] [150] The events of Daredevil's second production season are also noted.


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[147] [150] Moss, Dawson, Wai Ching Ho, Marquis Rodriguez, Tijuana Ricks and Suzanne H. Smart reprise the roles of Jeri Hogarth, Claire Temple, Madame Gao, Darryl, Thembi Wallace and Shirley Benson, familiar from previous series.


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[151] [152] [153] [154] The second production season was released on September 7, 2018, [155] with Simone Missick returning to the role of Misty Knight.


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[145] The Defenders (2017) Superheroes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces in New York.


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[85] In The Defenders, Cox, Ritter, Colter and Jones reprise the roles of Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand/Iron Fist from previous series.


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[156] In March 2014, Loeb announced that filming for that mini-series, officially titled Marvel's The Defenders, would begin after Iron Fist.. [157] [112] [128] In April 2016, Marvel announced Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez would be showrunners for The Defenders.