History UsefulNotes / RichardTheLionheart

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', Richard appears repeatedly and interacts with Alta&i;r Ibn-La'Ahad, the main character. Unlike most depictions, Richard has a French accent which is actually quite correct since he was not British and spoke French as his first language instead of English.

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', Richard appears repeatedly and interacts with Altaïr, the main character.

* Appears as a playable character in ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII: Age of Kings''.

* The Creator/TomHolt novel ''Overtime'' is a pastiche of the legend of Blondel, in which the minstrel has to search for King Ricard not just through the Holy land, but across time and space.

* Forbes Collins ([[UncannyFamilyResemblance who also played Prince John]]) was Richard in one episode of ''Series/MaidMarianAndHerMerryMen'' where he was just as rotten as his brother, and like the real life Richard was only briefly in the country before leaving again. He did have his own theme song, "The White-ish Knight" which was a ''Creator/{{Clannad}}''-esque riff and a spoof of the 1980s ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'''s style of music.

* In Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'' Richard is an actual [[KingOfBeasts lion]], with rather a penchant for a bad pun.

On coming to the throne, Richard immediately took in hand the greatest of his projects -- the preparations for [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades the Third Crusade]] (the so-called "Crusade of the Kings," as it was to be jointly led by Richard, [[{{Archenemy}} King Philip II Augustus]] of [[UsefulNotes/LEtatCestMoi France]], and the aged [[BadassGrandpa Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa]] of the UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire). Unfortunately for the Christian cause, Barbarossa died ''en route'' (either drowning or submitting to a heart-attack in the river Saleph in Turkey) and the Kings of France and England, who had already quarreled when Richard had refused to marry the French king's sister Alice to whom he was betrothed (on the not entirely unreasonable grounds that she had been his father's mistress for years), refused to pull together, and were in fact plotting against each other continuously until Philip's early departure. Richard stayed on, winning some victories, both military and diplomatic, against his [[WorthyOpponent great Muslim opponent]], Saladin, but unable finally to recapture Jerusalem or to gain any decisive dominance for the Christians in the Holy Land. News of his [[CainAndAbel brother]] John's intrigues with Philip forced him reluctantly to withdraw.

King Richard I of England, called ''Cœur-de-[[KingOfBeasts Lion]]'' (or the Lion-Heart(ed)), was born at Oxford, [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]], September 8, 1157, and died at Chalus-Chabrol, UsefulNotes/{{France}}, April 6, 1199. The son of [[UsefulNotes/HenryTheSecond Henry II]] of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet, Richard came to the throne in 1189, and thereafter spent no more than six months of his ten years' reign in England. Both in his life and after his death, Richard's reputation has fluctuated wildly, from champion of Christendom and paragon of chivalry to blood-thirsty butcher, from beef-witted thug to poet and musician, from feckless political blunderer to shrewd diplomat and statesman, from insatiable womanizer to (latterly) insatiable... er... [[HoYay man-izer]]. Nevertheless, one aspect of his fame has remained constant -- his reputation as a particularly badass warrior, one which resonates to this day: along with Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror (Alfred the Great wasn't King of England, per se), he is one of the only Kings of England to be more usually known by his epithet rather than regnal number.

'''King Richard I''' of England, called ''Cœur-de-[[KingOfBeasts Lion]]'' (or the Lion-Heart(ed)), was born at Oxford, [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]], September 8, 1157, and died at Chalus-Chabrol, UsefulNotes/{{France}}, April 6, 1199. The son of [[UsefulNotes/HenryTheSecond Henry II]] of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet, Richard came to the throne in 1189, and thereafter spent no more than six months of his ten years' reign in England. Both in his life and after his death, Richard's reputation has fluctuated wildly, from champion of Christendom and paragon of chivalry to blood-thirsty butcher, from beef-witted thug to poet and musician, from feckless political blunderer to shrewd diplomat and statesman, from insatiable womanizer to (latterly) insatiable... er... [[HoYay man-izer]]. Nevertheless, one aspect of his fame has remained constant -- his reputation as a particularly badass warrior, one which resonates to this day: along with Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror (Alfred the Great wasn't King of England, per se), he is one of the only Kings of England to be more usually known by his epithet rather than regnal number.

'''King Richard I''' of England, called ''Cœur-de-[[KingOfBeasts Lion]]'' (or the Lion-Heart(ed)), was born at Oxford, [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]], September 8, 1157, and died at Chalus-Chabrol, UsefulNotes/{{France}}, April 6, 1199. The son of [[UsefulNotes/HenryTheSecond Henry II]] of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet, Richard came to the throne in 1189, and thereafter spent no more than six months of his ten years' reign in England. Both in his life and after his death, Richard's reputation has fluctuated wildly, from champion of Christendom and paragon of chivalry to blood-thirsty butcher, from beef-witted thug to poet and musician, from feckless political blunderer to shrewd diplomat and statesman, from insatiable womanizer to (latterly) insatiable... er... [[HoYay man-izer]]. Nevertheless, one aspect of his fame has remained constant -- his reputation as a particularly badass warrior.

Richard's political career began when he was enthroned as the ruler of his mother Eleanor's duchy of Aquitaine (his elder brother Henry being the inheritor of his father's kingdom and duchy of Normandy). Their father's refusal to share power drove both boys to join their mother in rebellion against him; even after Prince Henry (the Young King) died, the rebellion smoldered on to no real conclusive effect, until Henry II died in 1189, his heart broken (it was said) by the rebellion of his sons -- particularly John, his youngest and favorite.

* In Angus Donald's ''Literature/TheOutlawChronicles'', the main character Alan Dale is Robin Hood's chief Lieutenant and close ally of the king, being nicknamed Blondel.

On his way home, he was captured by Leopold I, Archduke of Austria (whom he had insulted in the Holy Land), and held to ransom by Leopold and his master, the Emperor Henry VI. During his captivity, he wrote a song about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZ3mSVcSKg Ja Nus Hons Pris]]. He was released two years later after paying a huge ransom, collected by his [[NeverMessWithGranny mother]], UsefulNotes/EleanorOfAquitaine; John's conspiracy against him immediately collapsed.

* ''LionInWinter'', which is all about the family intrigues of Henry II, Eleanor, and their sons.

* In Muslim folk-lore, ''Malik Rik'' was used as a [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight boogeyman to scare children into being good]]. Obviously, this reflects well on [[WorthyOpponent the Muslims' opinion of Richard]].

* In Muslim folk-lore, ''Malik Rik'' was used as a boogeyman to scare children into being good. Obviously, this reflects well on [[WorthyOpponent the Muslims' opinion of Richard]].

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', Richard appears repeatedly and interacts with the main character.

* In ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'', Richard is summoned as a Saber class Servant. He's a bit nutty and completely ignores his Master's requests remain hidden from {{Muggles}}, instead cheerfully roaming around in public and making no attempts to be subtle. He's portrayed as a massive fanboy of King Arthur and his main Noble Phantasm is to turn anything he wields into a copy of Excalibur. He also deeply regrets leading his country into war. His other Noble Phantasm allows him to very briefly summon members of his court to aid him in battle.

* In ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'', Richard is summoned as a Saber class Servant. He's a bit nutty and completely ignores his Master's requests remain hidden from {{Muggles}}, instead cheerfully roaming around in public and making no attempts to be subtle. He's portrayed as a massive fanboy of King Arthur and his main Noble Phantasm is to turn anything he wields into a copy of Excalibur. He also deeply regrets leading his country into war.

* In ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'', Richard is summoned as a Saber class Servant. He's portrayed as a massive fanboy of King Arthur and his main Noble Phantasm is to turn anything he wields into a copy of Excalibur. He also deeply regrets leading his country into war.

* Richard I serves as one of the main characters in ''LightNovel/FateStrangeFake'', where he is portrayed as a charismatic, intelligent, and chivalrous man who unfortunately was also [[TheCaligula dangerously unstable and incredibly unsuited to be king because of it]].

On his way home, he was captured by Leopold I, Archduke of Austria (whom he had insulted in the Holy Land), and held to ransom by Leopold and his master, the Emperor Henry VI. During his captivity, he wrote a song about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZ3mSVcSKg Ja Nus Hons Pris]]. He was released two years later after paying a huge ransom, collected by his [[NeverMessWithGranny mother]], Eleanor of Aquitaine; John's conspiracy against him immediately collapsed.

* Richard (played by AnthonyHopkins in the 1968 film adaptation) appears as a young man in ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter'' (though the title refers to his father, Henry II, rather than to him); the HoYay in this version is very obvious.

* Sir Creator/WalterScott's ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'', fittingly, as Scottish historian John Major (no, not [[JohnMajor the Prime Minister]]) was one of the earliest writers to associate Richard with Robin. Scott incorporates the episode of the King's exchange of buffets with the outlaw from the ballads.

Since [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Tudor]] times, Richard has been associated particularly with the RobinHood legend, though most modern scholarship associates Robin with one of the Edwards -- and Richard, at any rate, saw Sherwood Forest for the first time only after his release from captivity and second coronation in 1194. Nevertheless, many retellings feature him pardoning Robin, often after Robin has been involved in foiling an attempt by John to usurp the throne.

* In ''Film/RobinAndMarian'' Richard is (unusually for a RobinHood film) a brutal warmonger.
* In ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', he shows up at the end to give away Maid Marian, and is played by SeanConnery. Likewise, in Mel Brooks' spoof ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'', he does pretty much the same thing -- only now he's Creator/PatrickStewart.