King Richard the Lion Hearted (1157-1199)

King Richard, Whose great individual courge in the battle earned him the title coeurde de lion(the Lion-Hearted) took charge of the Third crusade and became one of the medieval Europe's greatest millitary leaders. He`s biggest challeges was taking down the Muslims and getting them away from the land. In the spring of 1199, Richard besieges the castle of the archbishop of Limoges because the latter refused to turn over a harde of gold discovered by a peasant former. During a minor skirmish, Richard,leading his soldiers, as usual, received a wound in the choulder from a crossbow arrow. Gangrene set in, and Richard died on April 6 at age of forty-one.