Richard Lionheart

Connected Sites: 8

Definition
King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death in 1199. Named Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior.

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Connected Sites

  • Old City of Acre
    Old City of Acre
    Israel
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.24
    158
    6
    Landed 1191
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
    Wachau Cultural Landscape
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.37
    235
    12
    Prisoner at Duernstein
  • Vézelay
    Vézelay
    France
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.08
    140
    8
    Spent three months at the abbey in 1190
  • Westminster
    Westminster
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.61
    633
    16
    Crowned
  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    387
    15
    "In the bay of Dubrovnik is the 72-hectare wooded island of Lokrum, where according to legend, Richard the Lionheart was cast ashore after being shipwrecked in 1192." (Wiki)
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    302
    14
    He spent three months at the abbey of Vézelay in 1190. – It was in the church Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers that in June 1172, Richard the Lionheart received from the hands of the local bishop and the archbishop of Bordeaux the insignia of ducal power. – In 1193, Richard the Lionheart visited the tomb of Saint Leonard, situated in the Saint Leonard Church in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Loire Valley
    Loire Valley
    France
    Inscribed: 2000
    4.09
    293
    10
    Crossed Tours with his army
  • Corfu
    Corfu
    Greece
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.97
    203
    9
    "Disguised as a Knight Templar, Richard sailed from Corfu with four attendants"