richard coeur de lion

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richard coeur de lion - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Richard Coeur de Lion
      n 1: 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 Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart
           , Richard the Lion-Hearted]