Richard I

1157 - 1199  (42 years)

• Name	Richard I
  Birth	1157
  Gender	Male
  Name	Richard the Lionheart
  Death	1199
  Person ID	I30931	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2001

  
  

  Father	Henry II,   b. 5/05 Mar 1132/1133   d. 1189 (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Of Aquitaine,   b. 1122, Poitque, , Fra d. 1204 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F11246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Berengaria,   b. 1230
  Marriage	1191
  Family ID	F11047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: became King of England in 1189. He was known as"Coeur de Lion". He was at war with his father even in his youth, as an ally ofhis mother and his 2 older brothers. After King Henry II's death, Richardbecame King. He was captured and imprisioned by Leopold II and held in the Castle of Durnstein until released for ransom. He was killed in a minor engagement during a seige in France. BIOGRAPHY: According to Encyclopaedia Brittanica, the surname Plantagent, which was first used by Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, was not used by his descendants in England for over 250 years...Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John, are now generally styled by historians as the Angevin kings, but for want of a better name, their successors, notably Edward I, II & III are still described as Plantagenets...The first official use of the surname Plantagenet by any descendant of Geoffrey occurred in 1460, when Richard, Duke of York, claimed the throne in the name of Richard Plantaginet... Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.