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Richard was born on 8 September 1157 in Oxford, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He possessed considerable political and military ability. However, like his brothers, he fought with his family, joining them in the great rebellion against the ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/richard_i_king.shtml
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- A Richard I
Richard I, Richard Cœur de Lion kör du lyôN [key], or Richard LionHeart,1157–99, king of England 1189–99; third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Although enthroned as duke of Aquitaine in 1172, he was, like his brothers Henry and Geoffrey, d ...
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0841801.html
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Richard I, Coeur de Lion the Lionheart became King in 1189. He gained the crown by defeating his own father in battle. He rejected the peace efforts of the Pope and bishops and with the king of France.His first task was to free his mother, Eleanor of ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/20.shtml?question=20
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- A Britannia Richard
Richard I, the Lionhearted, spent much of his youth in his mothers court at Poitiers. Richard cared much more for the continental possessions of his mother than for England he also cared much more for his mother than for his father. Family considera ...
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon27.html
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- The Angevins Richard
Henrys elder son, Richard I reigned 118999, fulfilled his main ambition by going on crusade in 1190, leaving the ruling of England to others.After his victories over Saladin at the siege of Acre and the battles of Arsuf and Jaffa, concluded by the tr ...
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensofEngland/TheAng...
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While Richard Plantagenet is revered as one of the great warrior kings of England, he is perhaps best known as the absent king. This is due to the fact that during his reign from 11891199, he spent a total of six months in England. This aside Richard ...
http://www.templarhistory.com/richard.html
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