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  2. Richard I of England - Wikipedia

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    Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Old Norman French: Quor de Lion) [1] [2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [3] [4] [5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.

  3. Richard Plantagenet - Wikipedia

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    Richard Plantagenet may refer to any Richard who was a descendant of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou: Richard I of England (1157–1199), also known as Richard the Lionheart, third son of King Henry II of England; Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1209–1272), second son of John of England and younger brother of Henry III of England

  4. Richard Coeur de Lion (statue) - Wikipedia

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    Richard Coeur de Lion is a Grade II listed equestrian statue of the 12th-century English monarch Richard I, also known as Richard the Lionheart, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. It stands on a granite pedestal in Old Palace Yard outside the Palace of Westminster in London, facing south towards the entrance to the House of Lords .

  5. List of haplogroups of historic people - Wikipedia

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    The Y haplogroup of Richard III, last king of the House of York and last of the House of Plantagenet, was identified as Y-DNA G-P287, in contrast to the Y haplotypes of five of the putative modern relatives, descendants of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, of whom four belong to haplogroup R1b-U152 (x L2, Z36, Z56, M160, M126 and Z192) and ...

  6. House of Plantagenet - Wikipedia

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    It is uncertain why Richard of York chose this specific name, although during the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) it emphasised Richard's status as Geoffrey's patrilineal descendant. The retrospective usage of the name for all of Geoffrey's male-line descendants was popular during the subsequent Tudor dynasty , perhaps encouraged by the further ...

  7. Conquest of Cyprus by Richard I - Wikipedia

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    The conquest of Cyprus by Richard I in April-May 1191 was an accidental event during the Third Crusade. King Richard I of England , along with others, embarked on the Third Crusade in 1189. Early in 1191, Berengaria of Navarre , Richard's fiancée, and Joan of England , Richard's sister, were traveling together and their ship was wrecked on ...

  8. White House to convene descendants of civil rights icons and ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: Invited guests include the descendants and families of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., […] The post White House to convene descendants of ...

  9. Philip of Cognac - Wikipedia

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    Philip of Cognac (early 1180s – after 1211 [1]) was an illegitimate son of King Richard I of England, [2] by an unidentified mother.. Philip had reached adulthood by the end of the 1190s.