King Richard Plantagenet^[1]

1157 - 1199  (41 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Richard Plantagenet
  Prefix	King
  Birth	8 Sep 1157	Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Apr 1199	Chalus, Limousin, France
  Burial	Fontevraud Abbey, France
  Siblings	8 Siblings
  1. William Plantagenet,   b. 17 Aug 1152   d. 1156  (Age 3 years)   2. King Henry Plantagenet,   b. 28 Feb 1155, Bermondsey Palace, Surrey, England d. 11 Jun 1183, Martel Castle, Turenne, France  (Age 28 years) ▻ Margaret Capet,  m. 2 Nov 1160 + 3. Mathilde Plantagenet,   b. Jun 1156, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England d. 28 Jun 1189, Braunschweig. Niedersachsen, Deutschland  (Age 33 years) ▻ Heinrich XII "der Löwe" von Bayern,  m. 1 Feb 1168 + 4. King Richard Plantagenet,   b. 8 Sep 1157, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England d. 6 Apr 1199, Chalus, Limousin, France  (Age 41 years) ▻ Berengaria de Navarra,  m. 12 May 1191 ;   NN;   Joan de St. Pol + 5. Gottfried Plantagenet,   b. 23 Sep 1158   d. 19 Aug 1186, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 27 years) ▻ Comtesse Constance de Bretagne,  m. Jul 1181   6. Philipp Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1160   d. 1160-1162  (Age 2 years) + 7. Eleanor Plantagenet,   b. 13 Oct 1162, Domfront castle, Normandie, France d. 1214, Burgos, Castile, España  (Age 51 years) ▻ Rey Alfonso VIII de Castilla,  m. Sep 1177 + 8. Joanna Plantagenet,   b. Oct 1165, Angers Castle, Anjou, France d. 4 Sep 1199, Fontevrault Abbey, France  (Age 33 years) ▻ Re Guglielmo II di Sicilia,  m. 13 Feb 1177 ;   Comte Raymond de Toulouse, VI,  m. Oct 1196 + 9. King John Plantagenet, "Lackland",   b. 24 Dec 1166, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 49 years) ▻ Comtesse Constance de Bretagne;   NN1;   NN FitzWarin;   NN2;   Hawise de Tracy;   Suzanne de Warenne;   NN3;   Agatha de Ferrers,  m. 1188-1191 ;   Clemence de Arcy;   Isabella FitzRobert,  m. Bef 29 Aug 1189 ;   NN 4;   NN 5;   NN 6;   NN 7;   NN 8;   Isabelle Taillefer,  m. 24 Jun 1200 ;   NN9
  Person ID	I6032	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	King Henry Plantagenet, II, "Curtmantle",   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, France d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Eleanore d' Aquitaine,   b. Abt 1122, Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France d. 1 Apr 1204, l'Abbaye de Fontevraul, Maine-et-Loire, France (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1152	Poitiers, Poitou, France
  Family ID	F2674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Berengaria de Navarra,   b. 1163, Pamplona d. Aft 1230, L'Epau Abbey, Near le Mans, Anjou, France (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1191	Chapel of St George, Limasol, Cyprus
  Family ID	F2685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2008

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Isabel Plantagenet,   b. Abt 1170   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F257320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 3	NN   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Philip de Cognac   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F29865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Family 4	Joan de St. Pol   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	The association with Joan is unconfirmed
  Children	1. Fulk Plantagenet   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F29866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2004

  
  

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• Notes

  "Leeuwenhart". Koning van Engeland 1189-1192. Ging met Philipp II August van Frankrijk en Friedrich Barbarossa op kruistocht (3e) en werd op de terugreis gevangen genomen door Hertog Leopold V van Oostenrijk die hij had beledigd (Burg Dörnstein). Deze gaf hem aan keizer Heinrich VI. Hij moest zich vrijkopen door de laatste land te belenen en een bedrag van 100.000 Zilvermark te betalen. Keerde 1194 in Engeland terug. Stierf bij het beleg van Chalus. Richard I, the Lion-hearted, the third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitane, was born in 1157, and spent much of his youth in his mother's court at Poitiers. He was betrothed to Philip II's daughter, Alice, but the match never came to fruition; his mother brought him an alternative bride, Berengaria of Navarre, who bore him no children (Richard did have a son, Philip, but he was illegitimate and therefore ineligible for succession). Richard cared much more for the continental possessions of his mother than for England - he also cared much more for his mother than for his father. Family considerations influenced much of his life: he fought along side of his brothers Prince Henry and Geoffrey in their rebellion of 1173-4; he fought for his father against his brothers when they supported an 1183 revolt in Aquitane; he joined Philip II of France against his father in 1188, defeating Henry in 1189. Richard spent but six months of his ten year reign in England. He acted upon a promise of his father to join the Third Crusade; he set off for the Holy Land in 1190 with his partner-rival Philip II. He conquered Cyprus en route, in 1191, and performed admirably against Saladin, nearly taking Jerusalem twice. Philip II, in the meantime, returned to France and plotted with Richard's brother John . The Crusader failed in its primary objective, liberating the Holy Land from Moslem Turks, but did have a positive result - easier access to the region for Christian pilgrims through a truce with Saladin. Richard received word of John's treachery, and decided to return home; he was captured by Leopold V of Austria and imprisoned by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI. The administrative developments of Henry II insured the continuance of royal authority, for Richard was unable to return to his realm until 1194. Richard, upon his return, crushed a coup attempt by John, and regained lands lost to Philip II during the German captivity. Richard's war with Philip continued sporadically until the French were finally defeated near Gisors in 1198. Richard died April 6, 1199, from a wound received in a skirmish at the castle of Chalus in the Limousin. Near his death, Richard finally reconciled his position with his late father, as evidenced by Sir Richard Baker in A Chronicle of the Kings of England : "The remorse for his undutifulness towards his father, was living in him till he died; for at his death he remembered it with bewailing, and desired to be buried as near him as might be, perhaps as thinking they should meet the sooner, that he might ask him forgiveness in another world." Richard's prowess and courage in battle earned him the nickname Coeur De Lion ("heart of the lion"), but his youthful training in his mother's court, known for emphasis on chivalry and courtly love, turns up in a verse written during the captivity: No one will tell me the cause of my sorrow Why they have made me a prisoner here. Wherefore with dolour I now make my moan; Friends had I many but help have I none. Shameful it is that they leave me to ransom, To languish here two winters long.

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Peter Barns-Graham, British Pedigrees, (Stirnet), Plantagenet of Cornwall, Plantagenet of England, Plantagenet of Lancaster, Plantagenet of Leicester, Plantagenet of Normandy (Reliability: 2).