Philip of Cognac
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Philip of Cognac was an illegitimate son of King Richard I of England, by an unidentified mother.
Aslam Husain as Philip the Bastard in the 2012 Bard on the Beach production of King John
Richard I of England
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Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled
Philip of Cognac
…Philip of Cognac (early 1180s – after 1211) was an illegitimate son of King Richard I of England, by an unidentified mother. Philip had reached adulthood by the end of the 1190s. His father married him to his ward, Amelia, the heiress of Cognac…
King Richard I's Great Seal of 1189
Geoffrey de Rancon's Château de Taillebourg, the castle Richard retreated to after Henry II's forces captured 60 knights and 400 archers who fought for Richard when Saintes was captured
A silver denier of Richard, struck in his capacity as count of Poitiers