Richard I Plantagenet
General Notes: The Lionheart Noted events in his life were: • Also known as. Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader Richard married Berengaria of Navarre on 12 May 1191. (Berengaria of Navarre was born in 1165-1170 and died on 23 Dec 1230.) Noted events in their marriage were: • fact. Whether the marriage was ever even consummated is a matter for conjecture. Richard's sexual orientation is hotly debated amongst revisionist historians; some claim unproven homosexuality with their new phenomenon theory, while others present him as a notorious womanizer. Unreliable sources have recorded him having one bastard son, Philip of Cognac and perhaps another. In any case, he certainly took his new wife with him for the first part of the crusade. They returned separately, but Richard was captured and imprisoned. Berengaria remained in Europe, attempting to raise money for his ransom. After his release, Richard returned to England and was not joined by his wife. The marriage was childless, and Berengaria was thought to be barren. |
