Richard I (Plantagenet), the Lionheart, King of England

1157 - 1199  (41 years)

• Name	Richard I (Plantagenet)  [1]
  Suffix	the Lionheart, King of England
  Birth	8 Sept. 1157	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	Between 6 July 1189 and 6 April 1199  [1]
  	Count of Anjou
  Hereditary Title	Between 6 July 1189 and 6 April 1199  [1]
  	Duke of Normandy
  Hereditary Title	Between 6 July 1189 and 6 April 1199  [1]
  	King of England
  Coronation	3 Sept. 1189  [1]
  Regnal Name	Richard I
  Death	6 April 1199	Châlus, Aquitaine, France   [1]
  Burial	Fontevrault, Anjou, France   [1]
  Person ID	I667	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	24 Nov. 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry II (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 1133, Le Mans, Maine, France d. 6 July 1189, Chinon, Anjou, France (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Eleanor (d'Aquitaine), of Aquitaine,   b. 1122   d. 26 Jan. 1204, Fontevrault, Anjou, France (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1152	Bordeaux, France   [1]
  Family ID	F357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Berengaria (Jiménez), of Navarre,   b. circa 1163   d. circa 1230, Abbey of Espans, Le Mans, Maine, France (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1191	Limasol, Cyprus   [1]
  Family ID	F362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug. 2018

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Plantagenet: Royal Arms of England (c.1198–1340, 1360–9) "In 1198 (and perhaps rather earlier) [Richard I's] arms were Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. This coat is referred to briefly as England. It was borne by all the later Plantagenet kings. England was borne alone until 1340." Source: Boutell's Heraldry, rev. J. P. Brooke-Little (1970), p. 207.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Peter Townend (ed.), BP 1970, (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page li.