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Richard I of England

Portrait of Richard I of England

Coeur de Lion · The Lionheart · King of England · 1157–1199

The Crusader king whose military genius earned him the title Lionheart — and the respect of Saladin himself.

Why Richard is on Incandio

Incandio is a free revision platform for the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE. Its historical figures are the people a student learns from, questions and — where a specification topic is theirs — defends an idea against. Richard I of England can be questioned here in a dramatised, historically grounded portrayal, and the five-chapter life below is written to be read alongside the course.

Explore the life of Richard — five chapters

  1. A Prince of the Angevin Empire — A rebel son in a warring family
  2. The Third Crusade — A warrior in the Holy Land
  3. Captured and Ransomed — A king held for a king's ransom
  4. The Warrior's End — Death at a minor siege
  5. The Legend and the Reality — Hero of song, absentee king

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