Duke of Normandy Richard I Lionheart Plantagenet1

1157 - 1199  (41 years)

• Name	Richard I Lionheart Plantagenet1  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Title	Duke of Normandy
  Birth	8 Sep 1157	Oxfordshire, England   [2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10]
  	Beaumont Palace
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Between 1189 and 1199  [2, 10, 11, 12]
  	King of England
  Coronation	2 Sep 1189	Westminster, London, England   [2]
  	Westminster Abbey
  Family Search ID	L8T2-WWR
  Title	Duke of Aquitaine
  Burial	1199	Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France   [2, 3, 8]
  	Fontevrault Abbey
  Death	6 Apr 1199	Chalus, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France   [2, 3, 5, 8, 9]
  	Cause: Slain by Arrow
  Person ID	I6884	Presidents and Royalty
  Last Modified	8 Jun 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	F4478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen Consort of England Berengaria de Navarre,   b. 1163, Pamplona, Navarra, Navarra, Spain d. 23 Dec 1230, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1191	Limassol, Cyprus   [9, 13]
  	Chapel of St George
  Family ID	F4470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Sep 1157 - Oxfordshire, England Coronation - Westminster Abbey - 2 Sep 1189 - Westminster, London, England Marriage - 12 May 1191 - Limassol, Cyprus Burial - 1199 - Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Death - Cause: Slain by Arrow - 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

  
  

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