Richard Coeur de Lion
n : son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a
leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the
crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy
Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194
(1157-1199) [syn: {Richard I}, {Richard the Lionheart}, {Richard
the Lion-Hearted}]