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Richard the Lion-Heart Biography
Richard I (1157-1199), surnamed Coer de Lion or The Lion-Hearted. King of England from 1189 to 1199. Led the ill-fated Third Crusade in 1190. On July 12, 1191, Richard executed 2700 prisoners of war because the payment of their ransom was delayed.
John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 736. (Richard Coeur de Lion having the Saracens beheaded, drawn by A. de Neuville)
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