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Male King Richard (Cour de Lion) I of England Click to view King Richard (Cour de Lion) I of England in the family tree Click to view King Richard (Cour de Lion) I of England in the family tree

Richard, known as Cour de Lion, was born in 1157.  Cour de Lion's father was King Henry II ("Curt Mantel") of England and his mother was Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.  His paternal grandparents were Geoffrey (the Fair) Plantagenet V, Comte d'Anjou and Matilda ("the Empress"); his maternal grandparents were Guillaume  X, Duc d'Aquitaine and Eleanor Chastellerault de Rochefoucauld. He had a brother named Lackland.  He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named William and Marie.  He died at the age of 42 in 1199.