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Rich·ard I  (rchrd) Known as "Coeur de Lion" or "the Lion-Hearted." 1157-1199.

King of England (1189-1199). A leader of the Third Crusade (1190-1192), he was captured in Austria (1192) and held as a prisoner by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI until England ransomed him in 1194.

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Richard I [ˈrɪtʃəd]

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(Biographies / Richard I (1157-1199) M, English, POLITICS: 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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Richard I - son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199) Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lion-Hearted, Richard the Lionheart Plantagenet, Plantagenet line - the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485