Richard the Lion-Hearted
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}]