Richard the lion heart

Born: 8th September 1157 at Beaumont Palace, Oxford Died: 6th April 1199 at Chalus, Aquitaine Buried: Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou Parents: Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine Siblings: William, Henry, Matilda, Geoffrey, Eleanor, Joan & John Crowned: 2nd September 1189 at Westminster Abbey, Middlesex Married: 12th May 1191 at Limassol, Cyprus Spouse: Berengia daughter of Sancho VI, King of Navarre Offspring: None Richard Plantagenet (also known as "Richard the lion hearted") was born on September 8th in the year 1157 CE. Although …

…d refused treatment for his wound. Infection set in and Richard the first, the Lionheart died on April the 6th 1199. He was buried in the Fontvraud Abbey in Anjou France. Bibliography Richard I Bibliography K. Norgate, Richard the Lion Heart (1924, reprinted 1969), F.M. Powicke, The Loss of Normandy, 1189-1204, 2nd ed. (1961), L. Landon, Itinerary of King Richard I (1935), S. Runciman, A History of the Crusades, vol. 3 (1954), Amy Kelly, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings (1950),