Richard the Lionheart and the Conquest of Cyprus

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

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[@EasternRomanHistory]

Good luck with KOTC

[@middleearthltd]

Third time through this one Can never get enough of The Lion Heart Leading from the front Hand me my Danish Ax

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Awesome!

[@chadwolf5596]

Richard the Lionheart is an inspiration to us all!

[@chadwolf5596]

@علي ياسر Jesus was a white Israelite and the salvation of our souls. His Holy Spirit inspired Richard the lionheart to victory over the Saracens

[@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial]

@@chadwolf5596 Holy spirit? Still believe in that old tale?

[@chadwolf5596]

@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial Old tale? Ye of little faith. I live with the indwelling of His Presence in my soul . I met the LORD

[@stefanvella9807]

@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial That old tale is TRUTH

[@gabrielazavacka2669]

@@chadwolf5596 richard lion heart has vitrage windows portriats church. this is in presbyterian, on anglican, but it say he was english saint, de facto, no jure by vatican

[@bryanrobinson8886]

The Lionheart was fearless, brave and a genuine knightly king albeit crafty like a fox.

[@bryanrobinson8886]

@@PGAC22 Well all of that is true except for the fact the Lionheart was not just the King of England... He was also the Overlord of Cyprus, Duke of Aquatine and Count of Anjou. Going on Crusade was still a worthy endeavor since the Holy Land had fallen out of Christian control. The King of France, Phillip Augustus also committed to a crusade and didn't even bother. Making him look very unfavorable among his noble and people. Yes, the Lionheart was captured and ransomed but the Duke of Austria. However, this was totally against protocol for a Christian to hold another Christian especially one who was a king on crusade which was akin to spiritual pilgrimage by many even the Pope. Later, the Duke of Austria and the King of France were both threatened with excommunication for their conspiracy against the Lionheart. Fair point, the Lionheart was only in for a grand total of 6 months. However, he didn't speak English but his mother did and she did most of the running the country along with the archbishop under the Lionheart's direction. Also, he saved his own sister.

[@bryanrobinson8886]

@علي ياسر I didn't mention intelligence being among his attributes.

[@declankrebs4073]

That was very exciting. Didn't realize how involved the Conquest of Cyprus was. It truly was a remarkable feat of brilliance. Didn't fully realize that Cyprus was ruled by a full-blown traitor.

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

It's true we hear a lot about now conquests but in reality everything was big back then based on how much went into just getting from place to place and supplying the army.

[@DerekIngoe]

Im half British and half Cypriot and I'm deeply proud on both sides

[@frostghost75_6]

The narrative was fantastic but can we just appreciate how he simulated the historical battles using Total War?

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

I’ve found that commanders of men who do anything within their power to help those men whether captured or cut off an surrounded Those men’s loyaltie to that commander are usually very fierce

[@stonewall01]

Reminds me of Julius Caesar. When returning to the continent from Britain a couple of his ships had been blown off course and landed several miles away from the main roman army. The soldiers were surrounded by hostile Gauls and they were soon fighting for their lives. Caesar decided to march to the rescue of his soldiers, marching through hostile territory. They arrived and inflicted heavy casualties on the Gauls and rescued his men. From that day on, Caesar's Legions were fiercely loyal to their General.

[@nickdarr7328]

Richard the Lionheart is the kind of man you either love for his charisma, intelligence, wit, moral code, and confidence or cockiness, or hate for the same qualities saying he's faking those qualities. But the man had his own band he wrote music and poems for. He reminds me of Ulysses Grant or of Robert Duvalls character in apocalypse now. He knew exactly who he was. So few of us ever do

[@adamwee382]

I like how you mention how good King Richard was at administration, for some reason people always say that he was a great commander and warrior but a bad king. Which obviously isn't true. He was a skilled diplomat which is clear from his dealings with the king of France and even Saladin himself.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Absolutely.

[@gabrielazavacka2669]

@@RealCrusadesHistory important is too, richard lion heart was good person, almost saint, good cristian, and he dont masacre the garrison of acre, but philip august, bernard de tresurier

[@richardrobinson1697]

RICHARD WAS A BEAST!!⚔️🛡⚔️

[@richardpaschal2218]

Excellent recounting of the relevant facts!

[@thecrusaderhistorian9820]

Thank you for a great video!

[@dolceegabnanmm3927]

Messina gate for the holy land.the wife of William II of hauteville was joanna of england , all normans.

[@stefanvella9807]

Thank you for this vid, as always , very well done and informative. King Richard I the Lionheart is my fav crusader king of England. He always was in the thick of the battle like no other and led from the front. He Never lost a battle and the more backstabbing, plotting against him by the jealous King Philip II of France, the more the Lionheart outshon him and emerged victorious.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

So did the Real Byzantine Emperor ever thank Richard for dealing with that pretender? Or was he mad the Richard now owned the Island?

[@rubencuadros7174]

Could you make a video about the Spanish crusader Sancho Martín, called the Green Knight, who defeated Saladin in the siege of Tire and in Tripoli?

[@auroramariealmeara8622]

Fantastic video

[@-RONNIE]

Good video as always 👍🏻

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks for the support Ronnie!

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

Could you guys make a video exploring and telling more about the "Lord of the mountains" - Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Quite interesting christian state that played a vital role during the crusades.

[@95manneya]

Great story

[@martinhogg5337]

Fascinating! Excellent work for which I thank you.

[@thelastcedar2008]

Lionheart what an epic name for an epic person. Proud Mideastern Catholic, and here we stand.

[@Souljainbattle]

Great Warrior

[@Anaris10]

Very good!.

[@middleearthltd]

BTW Silver shackles Epic

[@scottreid1028]

What medieval game is it that’s being used for the visuals please?? 🥳💪💙

[@dangerdan2592]

It's a Total War game though idk which one.

[@nezahaucoyotl244]

Medieval kingdoms 1212 mod for attila

[@EasternRomanHistory]

Isaac Comnenus was not the best leader. Richard on the other hand...

[@grittdeardorff1232]

I am a direct descendent of Isaak king of cyprus, along with many others probably

[@AP-jj6bk]

If only all men were as fervent Christians as Richard was, today!

[@LuciusDragonwolf]

The Knights of the cross is not delayed right???

[@GHST995]

Love the Attila mod you are using in the video!

[@Carnefice]

I was literally just playing it a couple hours ago as Antioch. My favorite mod.

[@GHST995]

@@Carnefice Nicea!

[@mohammadrezakhani2539]

👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@richardpaschal2218]

Joanna would have been addressed as Jeanne.

[@LuciusDragonwolf]

Who's Saladin in Knights of the cross???

[@LuciusDragonwolf]

@@erikmacleod9934 who is the actor going to play the character of saladin

[@taqiyasir8086]

King Richard was a great king

[@TheAurelianProject]

A great warrior and knight perhaps. But he barely acted as a king in his duties.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Not really great but he is an ok one I guess. (just don't trust him with your bank account.)

[@braydonkelley6767]

Are you Catholic or do you just find the crusades very fascinating? Also this is a genuine question

[@Kitiwake]

I'm both.

[@babyyoda0U812]

Richard The Lionheart is the Chuck Norris of 1189

[@whatagreatsunset]

I just came

[@edmonnsarioo3128]

The Great Commander of all time ....... The dicipline 👍👍🔥🔥

[@jakeney7174]

Imagine if he decided to conquer France and not crusade

[@ashtonbarwick6696]

If only he wasn’t killed so young😣

[@TGeoMin]

I like your videos because you use the right term "Byzantine" for the 12th century empire. The empire had changed from fully Roman to fully Hellenic during the period you describe, so the term Eastern Roman Empire is not proper after 9th century even as early as the 8th AD. I think a most accurate term would be the "Eastern GrecoRoman Empire" to describe both early and late periods.

[@sithumrajitha9969]

These byzantines loose every times🤣🤣