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Definition of Richard coeur de lion
1. Noun. Son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199).
Group relationships: Plantagenet, Plantagenet Line
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Richard Coeur De Lion
Literary usage of Richard coeur de lion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... 'Richard Coeur de Lion in History and Poetry> (1858) ; 'The Robin Hood
Ballads' (1889); and researches into the Tristan romance, published in French ..."
2. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1846)
"... of the kingdom in point of territory—Possessions of the kings of England in
France—Relations of Philip Augustus with Henry II., Richard Coeur-de-Lion, ..."
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