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Rich·ard I

rd) KEY , Known as "Coeur de Lion" or "the Lion-Hearted." 1157-1199.

King of England (1189-1199). A leader of the Third Crusade (1190-1192), he was captured in Austria (1192) and held as a prisoner by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI until England ransomed him in 1194.

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