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A Short Biography of King Richard

Author Name:

King Richard

Born As:

Richard I

Other Names:

King Richard I

Born:

6 Jul 1157

Died:

6 Apr 1199




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King of England from 6th July, 1189 to 6th April, 1199                          
                                              
Mother Eleanor of Aquitaine
Father Henry II
Wife Berengaria of Navarre, one son, Philip of Cognac.                                              
                                              
Also known as Richard the Lionheart, or Cœur de Lion.

Richard spoke very little English, preferring langue d'oïl and langue d'oc, lived in his Duchy of Aquitaine in the southwest of France and spent little time in his Kingdom.
Richard was Roman Catholic.