Richard was the King of England. His reign was from 1189 to 1199. Richard was also known as Richard the Lion Hearted or Richard Coeur de Lion. He was of three sons of Henry the II, The first King of the Plantagenet Dynasty. His mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was born in Oxford, England on September 8, 1172.(Encyclopedia Americana 503) Acknowledged duke of his mother’s province of Aquitaine in 1172, he took part in the rebellion of his …showed first 75 words of 639 total…

…showed last 75 words of 639 total…the castle of the challis, held by a vassal with whom Richard disputed the possession of a newly found treasure, the King wounded by and arrow died in his tent on April 6, 1199. He was buried in the abbey of Fontevrault in Anjou, where his parent had also been buried. (Columbia Encyclopedia 266) Richard I owes his fame to the glamour with which his legend has surrounded his name as the typical warrior of the Middle Ages.