Birth of Richard the Lionheart. Richard the Lionheart was born in Oxford on September 8th 1157. It would have been hard to find a more driving, ambitious and fiercely competitive family to be born into, but Richard would hold his own.
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All English school children learn about this great king who reigned from 1189-1199. He earned the title ‘Coeur-de-Lion’ or 'Lion Heart' as he was a brave soldier, a great crusader, and won many battles against Saladin, the leader of the Saracens who were occupying Jerusalem at that time.
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Richard the Lionheart was born in Oxford on September 8th 1157. 19th-century portrait of Richard by Merry-Joseph Blondel. It would have been hard to find a more driving, ambitious and fiercely competitive family to be born into, but Richard would hold his own. He was the third surviving child of Henry II, one of the most astute and formidable of all English kings and the ruler of more of France than the French king himself.
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Richard refused and, in 1189, joined forces with Philip II of France against his father, hounding him to a premature death in July 1189. As king, Richard's chief ambition was to join the Third Crusade, prompted by Saladin's capture of Jerusalem in 1187.
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On the way to the Holy Land, part of Richard’s fleet was wrecked off Cyprus. The island’s ruler Isaac I made the mistake of upsetting Richard by badly treating his surviving crews. Richard had landed in Rhodes but immediately sailed back to Cyprus where he defeated and deposed Isaac.
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Eleanor was determined that Richard should be lord of Aquitaine when the time came. She effectively governed Poitou and Aquitaine from 1168, with Richard at her side, and he learned the trade of ruling from her. At the age of twelve he was invested as Count of Poitou and at fourteen as Duke of Aquitaine.
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Richard was the son of King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. He spent much of his youth in his mother's court at Poitiers. During the last years of Henry's reign, Queen Eleanor constantly plotted against him. Encouraged by their mother, Richard and his brothers campaigned against their father in France. King Henry was defeated in battle and surrendered to Richard, and so on the July 5th 1189, Richard became King of England, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou.
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Richard I (1157 - 1199) Richard I © Richard was a king of England, later known as the 'Lion Heart', and famous for his exploits in the Third Crusade, although during his 10-year reign he spent only six months in England. Richard was born on 8 September 1157 in Oxford, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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Richard the Lionheart (TV series) Richard the Lionheart was a British ITV television series which ran during 1962 and 1963, and was aimed at a younger audience. It began with the death of King Henry II, and put forward the traditional view of King Richard the Lionheart as a hero, and his brother Prince John (played by Trader Faulkner) as the villain. Richard was played by Irish actor Dermot Walsh who said, he was not always all one would like to see as a man.
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King Richard the Lionheart and Queen Berengaria. King Richard I and King Philip of France, and several other great princes, all met in the island of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, and sailed for the Holy Land. The lady whom Richard was to marry came to meet him in Sicily.
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