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"We, however, place the love of God and His honor above our very own and above the acquisition of several locations." - Richard the Lionheart The enduring number of the Middle Age range is the chivalrous knight, who performed the role of hero across much of European countries and was equal parts courage and valor. No person played a far more defining role in casting the favorite image of medieval knights than Richard the Lionheart, one of the very most famous British kings and crusaders. In many respects, it was ironic that Richard became one of the central character types of the Middle Age range, and his extremely popular legacy today belies centuries of controversy. Richard I Plantagenet (1157-1199), nicknamed "Coeur de Lion" (Lionheart), eventually became Ruler of England, Grand Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Poitou, and Duke of Anjou, but as the 3rd son in a large family, he did not be prepared to or even want to rule England. Nevertheless, it was he who eventually came up to the throne after his father's death. Richard lived in an age when knights were first asserting themselves as with the capacity of being moral makes for good rather than realtors of chaos. This attitude solved itself into the mystique of chivalry. Among the strongest knights of his era, Richard was also considered a blossom of chivalry and greatly adored as a style of what it designed to be considered a knight, both in his life span and afterward. As the boy of the very most famous power couple of this - Henry II of England (1133-89) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122/24-1204) - and an expansionist noble contesting over land with other expansionist nobles, he also possessed many enemies. These enemies portrayed Richard as bad incarnate, at the same time his admirers were portraying him an emblem of virtue. Much like all such great and questionable figures, the true Richard lay somewhere in between.
