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Site name: Medieval History with Melissa Snell	Known as Richard the Lionhearted (or Lionheart, Lion-heart or Lion-hearted; from the French, Coeur de Lion) for his courage and prowess on the battlefield, Richard was the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and the second king in the Plantagenet line. Richard was far more interested in his holdings in France and in his Crusading endeavors than he was in governing England, where he spent about six months of his ten-year reign. In fact, he nearly depleted the treasury left by his father in order to fund his Crusade.Though he scored some successes in the Holy Land, Richard and his fellow Crusaders failed to meet the objective of the Third Crusade, which was to recapture Jerusalem from Saladin... (more) *\| Read the full article* \|**	Important dates: Born: Sept. 8, 1157 Crowned king of England: Sept. 3, 1189 Captured: March, 1192 Freed from captivity: Feb. 4, 1194 Crowned again: April 17, 1194 Died: April 6, 1199 *Richard on the Web*

Site name: Richard I Ulrike Kessler, Richard I. Löwenherz. König, Kreuzritter, Abenteurer. Verlag Styria (Austria) Graz Wien Köln 1995 ISBN 3-222-12299-7	\| See all the pictures \|	Pictures on this site: Richard I (Fontevraud) < Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard´s mother Henry II, Richard´s father John Lackland, Richard´s brother Matilda, Duchess of Saxony and Bavaria, Richard´s sister William II, King of Sicily, Richard´s brother-in-law Sultan Saladin Henry VI, emperor Dürnstein in 1476 Dürnstein Trifels Châlus Fontevraud Richard I, monument (London)