Duke of Normandy Richard I Lionheart Plantagenet

1157 - 1199  (41 years)

• Name	Richard I Lionheart Plantagenet  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Duke of Normandy
  Birth	8 Sep 1157	Oxfordshire, England   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  	Beaumont Palace
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Between 1189 and 1199  [2, 6, 7, 8]
  	King of England
  Coronation	2 Sep 1189	Westminster, London, England   [2]
  	Westminster Abbey
  Title	Duke of Aquitaine
  Burial	1199	Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France   [2, 3]
  	Fontevrault Abbey
  Death	6 Apr 1199	Chalus, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France   [2, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I2326	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Count of Anjou Henry II Curtmantle Plantagenet,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Duchess of Aquitaine Eleanor d'Aquitaine,   b. 1123, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d. 31 Mar 1204, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 May 1152	Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France   [1, 5]
  	Bordeaux Cathedral
  Family ID	F851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	12 May 1191	Limassol, Cyprus   [2]
  	Chapel of St George
  Family ID	F1024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Sep 1157 - Oxfordshire, England Coronation - Westminster Abbey - 2 Sep 1189 - Westminster, London, England Burial - 1199 - Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Death - 6 Apr 1199 - Chalus, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Plantagenet Henry II #102013 http://thepeerage.com/p10202.htm#i102013. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Plantagenet Richard I #102018 http://thepeerage.com/p10202.htm#i102018. [S503] Fontevrault Abbey, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Fontevrault, Pays de la Loire, France;). [S508] Bio Info on Richard I, (Name: Findagrave; Location: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=639061&GRid=1952&;). [S2174] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). [S201] Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Kings & Queens of England and Scotland, (Name: DK; Location: www.dk.com; Date: 2006;). [S349] Richard I of England, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England. [S202] Kings of England, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_monarchs.