 1157 - 1199 (41 years)
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| Name |
Richard I "Coeur De Lion" Plantagenet |
| Prefix |
King |
| Suffix |
Of England |
| Nickname |
Coeur De Lion |
| Birth |
8 Sep 1157 |
Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Apr 1199 |
Chalus, Haute-Vienne, France |
| Burial |
Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France |
| Person ID |
I48108 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2006 |
| Father |
King Henry II Curtmantle Plantagenet, b. 5 Mar 1132, Sarthe, France d. 3 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-Et-Loire, France (Age 57 years) |
| Mother |
Queen Eleanor Of Aquitaine, b. 1123, Chateau DE Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine d. 31 Mar 1204, Poitiers, Poitou, Aquitaine (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
18 May 1152 |
Bordeaux, Gironde, France [1, 2] |
| Family ID |
F1643 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
King Richard the Lion-Hearted
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King of England from 1189-1199.
Henry's early years as king found him controlling the rebellious Barons who had used the chaos of the civil war to fortify their homes and illegally control their territories. The castles they built are known as the 'adulterine castles'. In Scotland and Wales Henry stamped his authority, and he began the process of subduing Ireland. Henry was also responsible for bringing in new legal reforms, including in 1166, the Assize of Clarendon which started the jury system.
Henry is most famous for his quarrels with his friend Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1164, Henry's Constitutions of Clarendon tried to bring the church into line with the state and one statement required that a member of the church should be tried in a state court, not in a church one. The rift between Henry and Becket forced Becket to leave England. When in 1170, Becket returned to England, an outburst of anger by Henry led to four knights murdering Becket at Canterbury. Although Henry was cleared of any direct involvement of the crime, he did penance before the Cathedral Avrances in Normandy.
Henry and his sons also quarrelled which led to conflicts in England and abroad, including a rebellion by his Barons in 1173. Two of his sons were to become kings of England, Richard (the Lion Heart) and John.
Conflicts with Eleanor and his sons, helped by Philip Ii of France continued until Henry died in 1189 at Chinon in France. He was succeeded by Richard, his third son.
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| Sources |
- [S1630] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis,, 161-11 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 1-25 (Reliability: 3).
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