Richard I of England
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| - | + | '''Richard I''' (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was [[List of English monarchs|King]] of [[Kingdom of England|England]] from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as [[Duke of Normandy]] (as '''Richard IV'''), [[Duke of Aquitaine]], Duke of Gascony, Lord of [[Cyprus]], [[Count of Anjou]], [[Count of Maine]], [[Count of Nantes]], and Overlord of [[Brittany]] at various times during the same period. He was known as '''{{lang|fr|Richard Cœur de Lion}}''', or '''Richard the Lionheart''', even before his accession, because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior. | |
| - | [[Conrad of Montferrat|Sir Conrad of Montferrat]] is one of the well known victims of the hashashin. While strolling in the courtyard of the fortress city of Tyre with an entourage of mailed [[knight]]s, two hashashins dressed as [[Christian monk]]s walked towards the center of the courtyard, and with daggers raised, stabbed Conrad twice, killing him. Although the mystery of who were the hashahsin's employers, it is much attributed to [[King Richard the Lionheart]] and Henry of Champagne. The English King [[King Edward I|Edward Longshanks]] himself was seriously wounded within an inch of his life by the blade of a hashashin outside the walls of [[Jerusalem]]. Abul-Mahasin Ruyani, a famed Sunni teacher, was assassinated in 1108 because of simply insulting the hashashins with his anti-Nizari preachings. | + | |
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Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy (as Richard IV), Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was known as Template:Lang, or Richard the Lionheart, even before his accession, because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior.
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