Richard the First, 1189 to 1199
Th Lionheart.
| BORN: | 8 September 1157, Beaumont Palace, Oxford. |
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| PARENTS: | Henry II (1133 - 89), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 - 1204). |
| MARRIED: | Berengaria of Navarre (1163 - 1230), 12 May 1191, Chapel of St. George, Limasol, Cyprus. |
| ACCEDED: | 6 July 1189 |
| CROWNED: | 2 September 1189, Westminster Abbey. |
| DIED: | 6 April 1199, Chalus, Limousin, France. |
| INTERRED: | Fontevraud Abbey, France. |
| CHILDREN: | 1 illegitimate child |
| COEVAL PERSONS: |
Scottish Crown: William I the Lyon Ally: William Longchamps Opponent: Saladin (Muslim leader) Archbishops of Canterbury: Baldwin of Exeter Reginald FitzJocelin Hubert Walter Popes: Clement III Celestine III Innocent III Culture: Robin Hood, setting of [mythical] |
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| NOTABLE EVENTS: |
Massacre of Jews, March 1190. Richard I leaves for Crusade, 4 July 1190. John opposes William Longchamps, Administrator of England, 1191. Richard I's fleet separated at Cyprus, April 1191. Cyprus taken, May 1191. Richard I attacks Acre, 6 June 1191. Acre falls to Richard I, July 1191. Richard I shipwrecked, December 1192,. Richard I captured by Emperor Heinrich VI, February 1193. Richard I returns to England, Marhc 1194. Battle of Fretevel, 3 July 1194 Siege of Chalus, Marhc 1199. |
