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Richard 1st surnamed [[foreign: French]] Coeur de Leon [[/foreign]] 1189 Richard 1st succeeded his Father on the 6th of July 1189, he commenced his reign by selling the Crown lands and exacting money on various pretences in order to go to the Holy war, he undertook this expedition in 1190, & embarked with his whole army for France, where he joined the French King and they having ratified their alliances marched together with their combined forces which consisted of 100,00 men as far as Lyons, where they separated and Richard continuing his march
