Today in History 07/06 (Richard the Lionheart)

Lived: Sep 08, 1157 – Apr 06, 1199 (age 41)
Height: 6′ 5″
Spouse: Berengaria of Navarre (m. 1191)
Parents: Henry II of England (Father) · Eleanor of Aquitaine (Mother)
Siblings: William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (Brother) · Geoffrey (Brother) · Hugh Plantagenet (Brother) · Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (Sister) · William IX, Count of Poitiers (Brother) · John, King of England (Brother) · Henry the Young King (Brother) · Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (Sister) · Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (Brother)
Buried: Fontevraud AbbeyHighlights
- 1159: In March 1159 it was arranged that Richard would marry one of the daughters of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona; however, these arrangements failed, and the marriage never took place.
- 1187: Richard paid homage to Philip in November 1187.
- 1190: After the death of King William II of Sicily his cousin Tancred had seized power and had been crowned early in 1190 as King Tancred I of Sicily, although the legal heir was William’s aunt Constance, wife of the new Emperor Henry VI.
- 1191: King Richard landed at Acre on 8 June 1191.
- 1192: Only days later, on 28 April 1192, Conrad was stabbed to death by Hashshashin (Assassins) before he could be crowned.
- 1194: At Fréteval in 1194, just after Richard’s return to France from captivity and money-raising in England, Philip fled, leaving his entire archive of financial audits and documents to be captured by Richard.

Effigy (c. 1199) of Richard I at Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou
wiki/Richard_I_of_England
(1189) Warrior with the heart of a lion ascends England’s throne.
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