Richard The Lionheart's Weird Death - Extra History

Richard of Lionheart, The King of England, taker of arrows and pincher of cheeks!
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[@extrahistory]

To learn more about Richard I, why not check out Eleanor of Aquitaine series? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvEnYSJhLGNe5Y

[@thedemonslayer428]

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[@winzyl9546]

Your links doesnt work

[@typemasters2871]

Solider: look at this madlad reflecting shots with a frying pan Richard: *gets hit* Soldier: that madlad gonna die

[@a.p.studios8713]

Frying pans were the real uno reverse cards back in the day

[@Jakob_Herzog]

Honestly I would have hightailed it out of there the second i had the money.

[@this_is_patrick]

@@Jakob_Herzog He was probably arrested after the bolt hits Richard.

[@rc59191]

Lol that's something I'd expect to see in Conker's Bad Furday. 😅

[@lordgil298]

Homies fr

[@Voltboy1449]

everybody gangsta till the kings not able to stop vengeance

[@scottanos9981]

I'd be pissed too. That was my salary he gave the kid!

[@Voltboy1449]

@@scottanos9981 probably triple your salary

[@gkmginger56]

​@@scottanos9981 psycho knight: you guys getting paid

[@trifurobert1349]

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[@josepigroyper370]

@Scott Anos this is a holy crusade you aren’t supposed be be paid this is your charity to the world

[@Erakius323]

Instructions unclear, accidentally flayed the boy alive instead of letting him go.

[@buttwheat]

To be fair they probably saw it as their fault he got hit and wanted to settle it

[@IMP-vi6je]

​@@buttwheatmoney

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

Someone hit a one when there was supposed to be a zero

[@breaking836]

oops! im so clumsy!

[@mikeciotkowski9003]

Oh they let him go....from life!

[@charliefarmer4365]

Honestly, I never expected to hear a story about Richard the Lionheart being so nice.

[@dragosdragon7515]

Richard the Lionheart was know for being a good,moral king and for his crusade voyage (Remember wars where lower intensity on a completely different scale bellow modern warfare)

[@jordinagel1184]

@@dragosdragon7515correction: he was a good, moral (relatively) general… As a king, he was rather poor

[@dwightlangston5444]

He most likey *ordered* his knights to flay that kid after he died.

[@Rynewulf]

@@jordinagel1184 tbf by medieval English standards he was amasing. He just dropped by to do the bare minimum, grab the taxes and leave. All of his fighting was abroad in France or the Mediterranean, whereas most kings got into civil wars on the home turf or started wars with land neighbours

[@jordinagel1184]

@@Rynewulf still, a king who barely rules does not qualify as a good king in my book, no matter the time period (plenty of ruling kings without civil wars after all). Does this make Richard one of the worst kings of the period? No, not by a long shot. But he definitely doesn’t deserve to be called a good one in my eyes either

[@stevemc01]

Better than Frederick “I converted to submarine now” Barbarossa

[@arcticlaw9198]

No wonder his unique unit in Civilization 6 is the U-Boat

[@tommykzy7332]

😂😂

[@samueleandriolo4517]

Now that I think about it many leaders of that crusade died in a weird way

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

ill have you know Fred Barbar has a beautiful frozen lake resort in Russia It IS the lake but thats besides the point

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@samueleandriolo4517 it's just God being pissed there using his good names for politics

[@mr.cobalt1668]

Richard on his deathbed like "I can't even be mad that was kinda awesome."

[@BuddemsMorgan]

Fr

[@starsteve4143]

Well at least Richard doesn’t hold grudges

[@andyh5895]

Well his men certainly do its seems.

[@lopakacooper1668]

@@andyh5895 It’s simply to avenge their king, no? I mean, wouldn’t you be a tad bit vengeful or upset if your king was to die due to some child?

[@andyh5895]

@@lopakacooper1668 My king is Charlie the 3rd so no. Edit: this is a joke I wish no harm on him.

[@lopakacooper1668]

@@andyh5895 Cool, Monarchies ordained by God himself is unfathomably based btw.

[@andyh5895]

​@@lopakacooper1668 trust me dude I am just cracking a few jokes that's all.

[@FruityGroovy]

Richard in the afterlife: "Ah, you did good forgiving that young boy, Richard. You did good." The boy: "Sup" Richard: *thousand yard stare of disbelief*

[@LORDMEHMOODPASHA]

There are very few things I hate more than a dying man's wish dishonored.

[@mutanttepig4759]

Yep. They should have let him go.

[@painvillegaming4119]

And not any man There God Damn king Richard must have been pulling his hair in heaven

[@ruthrobles4594]

​@@painvillegaming4119 you really think he went to heaven? Alright

[@just_jakey]

@@painvillegaming4119 heaven? 😂

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@just_jakey why not

[@Phelpy]

Honestly, I don't know that I would call this weird. Dying of a wound as a result of overconfidence, about as Richard 'Cœur de lion' as one could expect.

[@calebmurray4438]

I mean, a commander laughing his ass off watching a child deflecting crossbow bolts with a frying pan is a little bizarre

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@calebmurray4438 I feel it is fewer joking and more being impressed

[@konstm.s.236]

Certainly not richard Lion Shoulder i guess

[@TorturedMongoose2003]

​@@calebmurray4438 man had Balls

[@Draig-zb2tx]

​@@calebmurray4438 he, sieges are long, i'm sure they got up to way weirder antics

[@thaddeuscramer2312]

When a KZbinr or celebrity says “please don’t go after this person” and then their fandom proceeds to flood that person’s dm’s with death threats

[@ADAJ342]

Pretty much

[@Groggle7141]

This is terrible. I know the soldiers were probably furious, but they Dishonored their own King's dying wish.

[@ValphaVolf]

Ngl, I'd the same if I was one of his Knights

[@Bobert_here]

​@@ValphaVolfBro

[@Bobert_here]

​@@ValphaVolftf?

[@masonhirovanaa2281]

​@@Bobert_heretbf he was THE Richard the Lionheart and if some kid kills him in the worst death possible you'd probably want vengeance too

[@choppa8985]

​@@masonhirovanaa2281WORST WAY POSSIBLE!?!? YOU DRUNK??

[@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast]

A few decades later in the afterlife: Soldier: My lord! I'm so happy to see you again! Richard and the kid: You bitch

[@arx3516]

Impossible, the soldiers are too busy being tortured by demons in hell!

[@justsaying7565]

when a lion died to an ant....

[@yorktown58]

And then the ant got fucking squashed

[@howdydobuckeroo1204]

I’d die to an ant if it shot me too

[@mafinalmessagechangedaworl7131]

Anyone can kill anyone

[@thebarrelman1840]

​@howdydobuckeroo1204 Imagine an ant pulls out his 40 on you when you try to squash it 💀

[@StarsBarsAndCheese]

*þat's a load of barnacles*

[@chiefavagef0x837]

That must've sucked for the kid, imagine witnessing the kindness of a stranger possibly changing your entire world view, then witnessing the true evils man can muster, back to back. Like Idek what I would think if that happened to me.. 😅

[@Erakius323]

You would likely be to busy screaming from the whole, flaying alive, part.

[@chickennugget4724]

those knights were not messing around

[@MeepMeep-gp3sm]

Richard chilling in heaven then the boy appears Richard:the FU&K you doing here

[@randomboijustsiting]

"Kings dead. Time to filet a kid like salmon"

[@MagicWorm321]

“Ah what a great day in heaven” Kid appears* “How did you get here?!”

[@Merennulli]

I did not know about the part after he died. That's a bit darker than what we were told in class.

[@Ami-jc2oo]

Can you tell me what you were told? I can see why the teachers wouldn't tell you.....quite dark. And what grade was this by the way?

[@Merennulli]

@@Ami-jc2oo The story was basically that he found out the one whose arrow had pierced him was a child and pardoned him. It's been long enough that I don't remember if the purse was mentioned, but it was used as an example of Richard's character. It was a college history class. 8th grade I recall covering his participation in the Crusades and the ransom, but not detail of his death. 11th grade I took world history and it was very brief with few anecdotes. College was when I got to take a wider array of history classes for my electives and get more detail. It's possible the teacher didn't know what happened to the boy, or he didn't deem it relevant to the point he was making about Richard. It definitely wasn't sheltering us, though. It was after covering the problem of Richard's absenteeism.

[@Merennulli]

@@Ami-jc2oo It is also possible this is information from newer discoveries of documentation. My last history class was in 2001.

[@Ami-jc2oo]

@@Merennulli Oooohhhhh. Now that could be it too. But ya know how the schools go.....sometimes they like to filter the info. Although I suppose that if this is Britain's best king (in Britain's eyes) then they may want to tell the truth. But than again, Richard didn't really die gloriously.

[@Ami-jc2oo]

@@Merennulli Assuming you are British or of the isles? (In case you are Irish, to piss you off/offend you!)

[@crazysasha1374]

Deflecting projectiles with cooking equipment, pro gamer move.

[@francescaporter883]

I was told he was killed while peeing during a seige

[@natewilson111]

Moral of the Story: "Kids, don't play with crossbows"

[@GraveHaunter92]

One of my favorite kings of the middle ages. Forgiving the lad that killed him, can't get much more chivalrous than that.

[@22slice]

Yeah it was super chivalrous when he rose up in revolt twice to depose his father (infinitely a better king than Richard ever was) twice, causing said father to die of a heart attack after learning Richard had convinced one of his other sons to join in the revolt

[@thenablade858]

While an interesting person, I never understood the obsession with Richard I. He barely spent time ruling England and basically used the country only to fund his war efforts. He also never tried for an heir, leaving his brother John to rule despite the fact that he wasn’t very competent.

[@thenablade858]

@@22slice The original revolt was his older brother, Henry. Henry II was a better king than Richard I but he unfairly favored John, his youngest and arguably least capable son. Which is probably why Henry and Richard were pissed.

[@masterplokoon8803]

​​@@22sliceHenry II had been dying for weeks the whole "died of a broken heart because of his son's rebellion" is just a made up story to sound poetic. And conflicts between noblemen and royal families were pretty common back then.

[@vardiganxpl1698]

Too bad he couldn't protect the kid tho

[@lrl2394]

You know you were liked when your soldiers go into a murderous rage when they hear you died

[@josepigroyper370]

True

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

So you show you liked someone by completely ignoring his dying wish?

[@lrl2394]

@@Grey_Warden_Invasion passion is a hell of a thing

[@theantagonist801]

@@Grey_Warden_Invasion What Regicide does to an mf

[@maxi1ification]

@@Grey_Warden_Invasionwell... doesn't mean they didn't like him. Passion, grief and weapons make for a volatile combination

[@macdri]

Wow, that was a short emotional rollercoaster ride! That took a serious dark turn.

[@brendenmenardprincestrong3528]

May our king forgive you, but we won't.

[@josepigroyper370]

Based

[@brucedavidson9499]

Honestly I respect the hell out of that king. When he knew he was going to die he just went “well that’s battle good shot kid”

[@thenecessaryevil2634]

You left out the best part, the castle belonged to one of his long time friends, and he attacked it from shear boredom.

[@finboror]

??????

[@bobjhon7391]

This kid is fucking metal as hell.

[@kalru]

Wow not only did he order the child who tried to kill him to not be executed, but his knights loved him enough to go against their lords orders. I don’t know much about him but he actually seems like a good monarch.

[@shanetuma3845]

Use ignore the nearly 3000 Muslim prisoners he had mercilessly executed for being a minor inconvenience.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@shanetuma3845 That doesn't contradict their claims. Good monarchs are not good people; they tend to be the exact opposite while having small blips of kindness.

[@Kaiyanwang82]

@@shanetuma3845 lmao

[@flamenami]

He was a good general. A good monarch… less so. He barely spent any time ruling England and basically just used the country as funds for his wars.

[@kalru]

@@shanetuma3845 those prisoners were a problem. They were likely draining resources, as a ruler it was his responsibility.

[@Khornecussion]

King gets shot. " One kid gon' die tonight. "

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

Not enough detail. He actually put down his weapons to clap and salute the boy for his bravery and humor. Then he got shot

[@maannni]

I’m not even surprised that they filleted that kid, knowing what they did to prisoners back then

[@EvilBakaCat]

that kid was a real gamer

[@flygon6997]

Yeah he lost all of his life he ain't cracked at fortnite I guess

[@jeffreyherrera5069]

"When you come at the king, you best not miss." Boy: Good thing I didn't. Knights: Not like that.

[@theoriginalsoundwavesurfer1814]

That kid was out there playing PUBG before we evenhad clocks, let alone computers!!

[@shreyashvaidya2773]

Knight: Eventhough you hit the king, death isn't in your roster according to the King's orders. Child: y-yeah Knight: but he's not our King anymore. Is it?

[@topazirin]

dude really said "What are you gonna do? Shoot me?"

[@masterxstevenstones6496]

Richard kindness was increased from his encounter with Salahaddin

[@Kededian]

At least he didnt get an arrow to the knee.

[@SquishyOfCinder]

Neither did the Skyrim guard either. He got it IN the knee.

[@soumyajitsingha9614]

The knights really commited treason by disobedience

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Richard: As my dying wish I forgive King's Guard: Screw that

[@tomsgrexit]

Rapunzel really WAS onto something with that frying pan! 😮

[@georgeromo3506]

I had a feeling you guys weren gonna cut out the last part but I'm glad you Didn't. History isn't always pretty And I appreciate that you value your integrity over Making a fun fluff piece.

[@galiotes8777]

There is also a version were is told that it was a cook who asked the crossbow man to teach him to shoot, and he got the english king with his first shot

[@christopherg2347]

And thus, the PUBG Frying Pan deflection was born.

[@Christian_731_Channel]

This one has s better than the original one-pointing to Elenor of Aquitaine Series.

[@causantinthescot]

Soldiers: brutally murdered a child Richard: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

[@gamithemighty5932]

richard the lion heart: so after I died you flayed a child alive for using a crossbow after I had pardoned him and "ordered" him sent home? soldiers: yep. Abraham lincoln: so you executed a young boy by firing squad for running away from battle after I had already "told" you to simply spank him and send him home? soldiers: yep. Richard the lion heart: Facepalm Abraham Lincoln: Facepalm

[@painvillegaming4119]

Jesus Christ “first time guys ?”

[@gamithemighty5932]

@@painvillegaming4119 i almost didnt understand this...

[@fariesz6786]

@@gamithemighty5932 i still don't but i feel like i should, can you refresh my memory?

[@gamithemighty5932]

@@fariesz6786 Jesus Died a Martyr in order to Pardon People Of their own sins

[@GenericProtagonist118]

Soldiers: _Man I do love murdering children!_

[@smithblack5945]

I remember reading this is Medieval History for Dummies

[@JamesDavy2009]

Saw it in a _Stupid Deaths_ segment on _Horrible Histories._

[@PlainGammer]

The kid got disrespected then the king wanting him to stay alive was disrespected

[@Mr.HighIQ69]

The kid said “PANSHOT!”

[@richardgonzalez6409]

knight: such a hilarious boy! kid: *shoots and kills the king* knight: such a hilarious corpse!

[@neferiusnexus]

The kid did what is now called an elite gamer move

[@bropil7545]

"The king ordered us to let you live..." "Yah, thats great!" "But he isnt our king anymore, isnt he?

[@M0T0G0]

*Doom music starts playing*

[@cmasterson]

Thanks I needed something to watch about to rewatch all videos about the crusades. I love the one where they go to a city not even near and they just destroy it and that ends that crusade before it even starts like wtf lmao 🤣

[@kjj26k]

Even better, that city (Constantinople) was the one who started the Crusades in the first place!

[@Randomvietnamdude]

@@kjj26k Easter Rome Empire: you are supposed to help me! Not destroyed me!

[@Newdivide]

The boy's name is Pierre Basile (died 6 April 1199), also named Bertran de Gourdon and John Sabroz "Peter Basili" or "Pierre Basile" is not believed to be his real name, since it variates with the names "John Sabroz" and "Bertran de Gourdon" as the name of Richard's killer. In truth, it is considered unlikely that contemporary chroniclers knew his real name.

[@NorthIn1984]

Brutal

[@germanomagnone]

i agree, that poor child

[@nothing00164]

God that man was a piece of work

[@mercce6750]

"I'm eating you alive like the gangrene you died from!" - Ragnar Lothbrok.

[@twahatashfia6075]

Ah, an ERB fan

[@LowellLucasJr.]

King: i forgive you lad! All is well and heres a purse for your trouble!❤ Kings Men: Whispers (The second the King departs... we will tear that boy a new one and play soccer with his head!)

[@davegibiko8533]

The man has seen so much death and despair..maybe somehow deep inside his heart he wants to die to end what he cannot forgot.

[@qiyangloh6111]

Well, that group of knights are definitely going to get court martial when they died and met Richard in heaven.

[@AniBuggy]

Fallen solder:"So my great king how did you die and join me?" King dude"Some kid with a crossbow and a pan, i ket him off the hook tho" Solder:" Hey look! There he is, how did he get up here?" Kid "your gaurds suck 😤 "

[@jonny5isalive3]

Wow, that story really took a turn at the end

[@eustace5419]

His father meeting him in heaven Dad: So did you avenge me? Absolute madlad: I mean i killed the king

[@feynthefallen]

I guess he should have brought his own frying pan.

[@SireArthurWellesley]

“ I didn’t know you were cool like that”

[@andrewmtz1362]

Imagine losing the crown to an arrow in the shoulder shot by a Pathetic hopless boy

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Frying pan best armour.

[@Mr_Cast]

The most looney tunes ahh death in human history

[@brendan9868]

Realistically this is like the most in character way for the Lionheart to go out. Just overconfidence doing something mundane. He was a great warrior, but goddamn did he have a big ego

[@conangaming2156]

Richard was a good king.

[@garcalej]

Absent king, more like. The cost of his ransom alone, not to mention his crusades, near bankrupted England. But personally wise? Yeah, good dude. The very soul of chivalry.

[@Kevinlikescountrys]

The knights did NOT let that slide😭😭😭

[@tomtripp5417]

Yeah that sounds about right. Middle Ages and the Wild West were hard places to try and live in 😂

[@acestrategist9461]

That took a grim turn lmao

[@Gravelgratious]

He was shot not wearing his armor like a true asshole. -Robot Chicken

[@buddyzilla4557]

And yet..it could be worse. Both the fictional and real life fates of his younger brother weren't too glorious. John was the inspiration for Prince John of Robin Hood, which didn't have the best ending for him..and in real life, he died of dysentery while out on a convoy. Yep, the poor bastard shat himself to death while out of the comfort of home. Considering his real life death is compounded by the fictional story and negative publicity that rose around him, ignoring the positive qualities he held until completely vilified; it wasn't the best end. I guess even with his embarrassing death, Henry still came out on top again..the kid killed monarch who let his guard down and became gangrenous is remembered as the lionhearted while John is sung about as the phony king of England by children and cartoon foxes alike!

[@mommy-ism]

I feel so bad for the kid, what was his name?

[@RyanTheHero3]

Kid’s father died so he decided to kill the King of England

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

It's at least better than dying from a rooftile thrown by a grandma.

[@joshuahunt3032]

Didn’t that grandma’s family get a pension or something for the entire remainder of the Venetian Republic’s existence for that? Edit: so some sources I found said she was rewarded (at her request) with the perpetual freezing of her rent, and the right to fly the flag of Venice’s patron Saint during the feast day of some other Saint.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

​@joshuahunt3032. so it happened twice in history, then?,

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

​@joshuahunt3032. so it happened twice in history, then?,

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

​@joshuahunt3032. so it happened twice in history, then?,

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

​@joshuahunt3032. so it happened twice in history, then?,

[@KrakissAltAcc]

Also he made a song called "ja nus hons pris"

[@lonniemuehlenbeck4450]

In ridley scott's robin hood, Richy was killed by the castle's cook aiding the soldiers on the wall and got a lucky shot on the poor bastard

[@dracodarkheartgaming2357]

After his Death, his Brother became King and Robin Hood was executet.

[@gabrielsistonamoca6963]

better than Fred Barbarossa's death

[@bensoncheung2801]

Whelp, he got the biggest revenge he could’ve gotten.

[@Galaxaria_The_Playzer]

Richard really said “nah your free to go kid after shooting the life out of me”

[@DaysofElijah317]

And what did we learn children-“Always wear your armor when you are besieging the entertainment may be deadly

[@NutsforBrainsLOL]

Salahaldin would be proud of richard action 🤗

[@giacomoromano8842]

I remember my university medieval history book hating on Richard and i must say i don't disagree. Dude basically used his country to found his crazy adventures and was all in all a terrible ruler and a mediocre leader, considering how the Crusade failed its objective at reconquering Jerusalem. Also, it's pretty dumb to fight on the first line of a battle.

[@paulghencea9037]

It is dumb, but it is admurable that he fought in The first line.

[@aquilae1670]

Fighting at the first lin may be dumb, but also epic. Reminds me of Alexander The Great.

[@stephanieclark3506]

That took a dark turn

[@rabbiama2940]

Richard The Lionheart might just be the greatest nickname of all time.

[@mandiocatostada3859]

that's actually very spooky

[@anita6296027]

Yeah. You can thank Richard the Lionhart's successor and younger brother, John Lackland for that one.

[@raphaelgarcia9576]

I had a kitten named “Richard the Kitten Hearted”. He took baths with me and sampled my cookies as kittens do.

[@c4keatst4ke]

Truly the maddest of lads

[@edgareliseev1773]

This happened in the Russel Crowe Robin Hood movie

[@penguinpro1145]

Well the actually the reason why the Knights killed the kid was because he fortnite danced and did the take the L emote after killing Richard

[@Ryan-sf8nf]

Supposedly a mercenary leader was displeased with his biggest cash cow dying, so he took it out on the poor kid.