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
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
First Hundred Years' War
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The First Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts and disputes during the High Middle Ages in which the House of Capet, rulers of the Kingdom of France, fought the House of Plantagenet, rulers of
An illumination from a 14th century AD manuscript of the "Grandes Chroniques de France", depicting a battle between John I of England (r. 1199 – 1216 AD) and Philip II of France (r. 1180 – 1223 AD). Both kings are recognizable by their coats of arms; Philip II is identified by three pale gold fleur-de-lis on a blue field, while John wears three pale gold lions on a red field.
Contemporary miniature of Henry II from the Topographia Hibernica, c. 1186 – c. 1188
Philip Augustus (left) and Richard the Lionheart (right) at the Third Crusade
The Battle of Gisors, 1198, between Philip II Augustus (left) and Richard the Lionheart (right) (Chroniques de Saint-Denis (ou de France), 14th century)