Richard the Lionheart: The Greatest King of England? | Medieval History Documentary

Is Richard the Lionheart England's greatest king? Or its worst?

Richard I was a soldier all his life, fighting against rebels in the ancestral lands of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine. His father Henry II never expected Richard to be King of England and Richard rebelled against him more than once.

Richard is accused of not caring about England, preferring instead to run off to the Third Crusade to face Saladin in battles to save Acre and Jerusalem and the other Crusader States. After all, his greatest achievement is arguably the Battle of Arsuf, thousands of miles away from England.

But are these accusations fair or accurate? Is Richard merely England's crusader king?

This medieval history documentary covers his whole life and separates the history from the legend that is Richard the Lionheart.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
0:53 Richard's Birth
2:22 Video Sponsorship
3:33 Richard's Youth
14:53 Heir to the Throne
24:05 King Richard
33:32 Conquering Cyprus
39:15 Siege of Acre
47:29 Battle of Arsuf
53:00 End of the Third Crusade
57:06 Imprisoned
1:01:58 Richard's Revenge
1:07:26 The Death of Richard the Lionheart
1:09:16 Richard's Legend