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Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and seemed unlikely to become king, but all his brothers except the youngest, John, predeceased their father. Richard is known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Le quor de lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior. The troubador Bertran de Born also called him Richard Oc-e-Non (Occitan for Yes and No), possibly from a reputation for terseness.
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Richard of England 8 September 1157 Beaumont Palace, Oxford
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| Died |
6 April 1199 (aged 41) Limousin, France
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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Berengaria of Navarre -1230 12th and 13th-century wife and queen of King Richard I of England · m. 1191
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William IX, Count of Poitiers · Older Brother · 1153-1156 · 12th-century first-born son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine -
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Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile · Younger Sister · 1162-1214 · 12th-century English princess and queen consort of Castile and Toledo -
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily · Younger Sister · 1165-1199 · 12th-century queen consort of Sicily
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William IX, Count of Poitiers · Brother · 1153-1156 · 12th-century first-born son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony · Sister · 1156-1189 · 12th-century English princess and duchess
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Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany · Brother · 1158-1186 · 12th-century Duke of Brittany and son of King Henry II of England
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Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile · Sister · 1162-1214 · 12th-century English princess and queen consort of Castile and Toledo
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