Richard I 'Coeur_De_Lion' England

b 13 Sep 1157, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
d 06 Apr 1199, , Chalus, Haute-Vienne, France
bur , Fontevrault L'Ab, Maine-Et-Loire, France			Foulques IV, Count Anjou	>
61 28 May 1937, !&		Foulques V 'le_jeune' Anjou, [King]	Bertrade De Montfort, [Queen of France	>
	Geoffrey V (The_Handsome) Plantagenet, Count of Anjou	b 1092	Elias (Helie), Count Maine	>
	\| b 24 Aug 1113	Ermengarde (Ermentrude) Du Maine, [Countess]	Matilde De Chateau_Du_Loire, [Countess]	>
Henry II King England, 'Plantagenet'	d 07 Sep 1151	b 1096	William I 'The_Conqueror' England, [Duke]	>
\|b 05 Mar 1133	\|	Henry I 'Beauclerc' England, [King]	Matilda Countess Of Flanders, [Queen]	>
\|d 06 Jul 1189	Matilda (Maud) Princess England, Empress	b 1070	Malcolm III, King Scotland	>
\|	b 05 Aug 1102	Matilda 'Atheling' Princess Scotland	Margaret 'Atheling', Princess England, [Queen]	>
Richard I 'Coeur_De_Lion' England	d 10 Sep 1169	b ABT 1079 1080	Guillaume VI Aquitaine, Duke	>
\|		Guillaume VII (IX), Aquitaine	Hildegarde France, [Princess of]	>
\|	Guillaume X Duke Aquitaine	b 22 Oct 1071	Guillaume IV Count Toulouse	>
\|	\|b 1099	Philippa (Mathilde) (Maude) Toulouse, [Countess]	Emma De De_Mortaigne	>
Eleanore Princess Of Aquitaine, [queen Of Englan	d 19 Apr 1137	b 1073	Boson II Viscount Chatellerault	>
b 1121	\|	Aimeri I Viscount Chatellerault	Aleanor De Thouars	>
d 31 Mar 1204	Eleanor De Chatellerault	b 1075	Barthelemy De L' Isle_Bouchard	>
	b 1103	Dangereuse D' Isle_Bouchard	Gerberge
	d Mar1130	b 1079

Notes

Richard I 'Coeur De Lion' King Of England ruled from 1189 to 1199. He is known as Richard the Lion-Hearted. Shortly after Richard became king, he joined Philip Augustus of France in a crusade to the Holy Land. He captured the great port of Acre, but could not recapture Jerusalem.

During the crusade, Richard aroused the hatred of Leopold, Duke of Austria. In 1192, while Richard was on his journey home, Leopold seized him. Leopold kept Richard in a castle on the Danube River as a prisoner of the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI, until a heavy ransom was paid for his release. It is said that while he lay in prison his favorite minstrel, Blondel, made himself known to his master by singing outside the castle.

Richard returned to England in 1194, but did not really rule. Instead, he left the government to the care of a trusted minister and fought in a war with Philip Augustus of France. In 1199, Richard was killed during the siege of a French castle, and his brother John became king.

During his entire reign, Richard spent little more than six months in England, and he performed no real service for the good of his country. He was a brave and vigorous man, sometimes cruel, but often gallant and generous. He was a troubadour, and some of his songs have been preserved.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p R304.

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