: Critics point out that he neglected his duties at home, had no interest in producing an heir, and "exploited the country's resources" for foreign wars.
Richard I , better known as , is one of history’s most enduring paradoxes. To his contemporaries, he was the "epitome of chivalry"—a fearless warrior-king who led the Third Crusade against Saladin. To modern historians, he is often viewed as a "bad king" who spent less than six months of his ten-year reign in England, essentially using the country as a "way of funding the Crusades". Richard the Lionheart
Richard died in 1199 from a "crossbow bolt wound" received while besieging a minor castle in France. In a final act of chivalric theater, he is said to have pardoned the boy who shot him. : Critics point out that he neglected his
