richard coeur de lion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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)
    Richard I; Richard the Lion-Hearted; Richard the Lionheart.

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