King of England who participated in the Third Crusade, sailing to the Holy Land and bypassing Byzantine territory. Upon leaving the Holy Land at the crusade's end, he announced that Egypt was the weak point of the Muslim East and all future crusades should be focused there—advice that Dandolo later used to manipulate the leaders of the Fourth Crusade.
Also known as: Richard the Lion-Hearted · Richard the Lionheart
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Episode 15 (2 mentions)
King of England who participated in the Third Crusade, sailing to the Holy Land and bypassing Byzantine territory. Upon leaving the Holy Land at the crusade's end, he announced that Egypt was the weak point of the Muslim East and all future crusades should be focused there—advice that Dandolo later used to manipulate the leaders of the Fourth Crusade.
“Philip Augustus of France, and Richard the Lion-Hearted of England,”
“It was well known that when Richard the Lion-Hearted had left the Holy Land at the end of the Third Crusade,”
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