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Richard Cœur de Lion

(Encyclopedia)Richard Cœur de Lion: see Richard I, of England. ...

Cœur de Lion

(Encyclopedia)Cœur de Lion: see Richard I, king of England. ...

Richard Lion-Heart

(Encyclopedia)Richard Lion-Heart: see Richard I, of England. ...

lion

(Encyclopedia)lion, large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera leo, found in open country in Africa, with a few surviving in India. Lions have short-haired coats of tawny brown, with the tail ending in a dark tuft...

Richard I

(Encyclopedia)Richard I, Richard Cœur de Lion kör də lyôNˈ [key], or Richard Lion-Heart, 1157–99, king of England (1189–99); third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Although enthroned as duke of A...

Bury, Richard de

(Encyclopedia)Bury, Richard de: see Richard de Bury. ...

Beauchamp, Richard de

(Encyclopedia)Beauchamp, Richard de: see Warwick, Richard de Beauchamp, earl of. ...

Clare, Richard de

(Encyclopedia)Clare, Richard de: see Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of. ...

Nemean lion

(Encyclopedia)Nemean lion nĭmēˈən [key], in Greek mythology, an enormous lion, said to be the offspring of Echidna and Typhon. It was invulnerable to all weapons until Hercules, in his first labor, strangled it...

Richard de Bury

(Encyclopedia)Richard de Bury bĕrˈē [key], 1287–1345, English bibliophile and bishop of Durham. His name was Aungerville, but he was called Bury from his birthplace, Bury St. Edmunds. Under Edward III he serve...