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King Richard the Lionheart: birth, life, personality

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Angevin BlogPosted September 6, 2020

King Richard I of England was born on the 8th of September 1157 in the King’s House (later Beaumont Palace).  He was the 3rd legitimate son of King Henry II of England and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine; Eleanor’s 6th child as she had previously been married to King Louis VII of France and...

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