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Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) King of England 1157 – 1199 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Sep 1157

Birth Location: Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 6 Apr 1199

Death Location: Châlus, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

Father: Henry England

Mother: Eleanor Plantagenet

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Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) King of England was born in 1157 in Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Henry II Curtmantle King Of England and Eleanor Aquitaine Capet Plantagenet. Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) King of England passed away in 1199 in Châlus, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France.

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Biography

  • Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) King of England was born in 1157 in Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Henry II Curtmantle King Of England and Eleanor Aquitaine Capet Plantagenet.
  • Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) King of England passed away in 1199 in Châlus, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France.

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Richard England's Ancestors

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Richard England
1157 – 1199
Birth Place: Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Henry II Curtmantle King Of England
1133 – 1189
Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
Eleanor (Aquitaine Capet) Plantagenet
1122 – 1202
Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
Grandparents
Geoffrey Plantagenet
1113 – 1151
Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Matilda (Maud Beauclerc Queen of) England
1102 – 1167
London, Middlesex, , England
Great-Grandparents
Fulk Anjou
1092 – 1143
ermengarde DUMAINE
1096 – 1126
Henry ENGLAND
1068 – 1135
Matilda Scotland
1080 – 1118
2nd-Great-Grandparents
FULK Rude
1043 – 1109
BERTRADE DeMontfort
1059 – 1117
William Conqueror
1024 – 1087
Matilda Flanders
1031 – 1083

Richard England's Timeline

2 Records

1157
8 Sep 1157
Birth of Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) King of England in Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England
Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England
1199
6 Apr 1199
Age 42
Death of Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) King of England in Châlus, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
Châlus, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Sep 1157
    Event Place: Beaumont, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Apr 1199
    Event Place: Châlus, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France

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