Richard I
noun
Richard the Lion-HeartedRichard Coeur de Lion,1157–99,
king of England 1189–99.
British Dictionary definitions for richard i
Richard I
/ (ˈrɪtʃəd) /
noun
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