Richard I of England Quotes

1157–1199 England

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period.

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We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions.

Stick to your own grammar, my lord, for it is much better.

If it had not been for his malice, forcing me to return, I would have been able to recover the whole of Outremer. Then, when I was in prison he conspired to keep me there so that he could steal my lands.

on his betrayal by King Philip; quoted in John Gillingham, Richard I (1999)

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