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The tomb effigy of Richard I in the church of Fontevraud Abbey, France.Image: Adam Bishop · CC BY-SA 3.0world · Europe
Richard the Lionheart dies
King Richard I of England died at Châlus in France, eleven days after a crossbow bolt struck his shoulder while he was besieging the small castle of Châlus-Chabrol. The wound turned gangrenous. The crusader king had spent only a few months of his ten-year reign in England. He was buried at Fontevraud Abbey. The date is by the Julian calendar.
Source: The Royal Family: Richard I ↗
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