Richard I

noun

1. Richard the Lion-HeartedRichard Coeur de Lion, 1157–99, king of England 1189–99.

Richard I

/ ˈrɪtʃəd /

noun

1. Richard I11571199MEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 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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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.

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I should note that the first charter of incorporation to Kells dates from Richard I.'

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A time of monstrous persecution and cruelty towards the Jews was the coronation of Richard I. in 1189.

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This story used to be told by King Richard I. to expose the conduct of ungrateful men.

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Richard I. had been set free before the dilatory pope put Leopold of Austria under the ban.

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