'Richard the Lionheart' definitions:

Son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199) [syn: Richard I, Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart, Richard the Lion-Hearted]