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Was there really a King Richard who left to go to The Crusades?

April 26, 2017crusades King Left Richard

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Was there really a King Richard who left to go to The Crusades?

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yes, of course there was. Richard I, Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart; but it’s difficult to say that he left for the Crusades, considering that he was already crusading when he became King, and hardly ever visited England at all. Nor was he the manly, tolerant King of robin Hood legend, being an anti-semitic, homosexual psycopath. Ah, well….