Richard I
"Richard the Lion-Hearted"; "Richard Coeur de Lion", 1157–99, king of England 1189–99.
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The laws enacted under Richard I. are said to have been drawn up by him, and he completed the house of regular canons at Lambeth.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. | Hartley WithersI should note that the first charter of incorporation to Kells dates from Richard I.'
The English Village Community | Frederic SeebohmA time of monstrous persecution and cruelty towards the Jews was the coronation of Richard I. in 1189.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake JamesThis story used to be told by King Richard I. to expose the conduct of ungrateful men.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake JamesRichard I. had been set free before the dilatory pope put Leopold of Austria under the ban.
British Dictionary definitions for Richard I
/ (ˈrɪtʃəd) /
nicknamed Coeur de Lion or the Lion-Heart . 1157–99, king of England (1189–99); a leader of the third crusade (joining it in 1191). On his way home, he was captured in Austria (1192) and held to ransom. After a brief return to England, where he was crowned again (1194), he spent the rest of his life in France
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