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

[@UlforceGreymon]

I thought a cook shot him

[@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

[@mr.cobalt1668]

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

[@BuddemsMorgan]

Fr

[@aquatis1721]

Meanwhile the knights: “I can still be mad”

[@mewxtherealitygod4706]

​@@aquatis1721 Richard when the knights visited him:... *holding the child* NOW I CAN BE MAD!!!

[@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*

[@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

[@Erakius323]

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

[@IMP-vi6je]

​@buttwheatmoney

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

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

[@GlizzyGamingGod]

oops! im so clumsy!

[@mikeciotkowski9003]

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

[@Erakius323]

@@mikeciotkowski9003 The best kind of correct, the technically correct!

[@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

[@MeepMeep-gp3sm]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@randomboijustsiting]

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

[@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??

[@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!)

[@stevemc01]

Better than Frederick “I converted to submarine now” Barbarossa

[@GanyuSimpingDegenerate]

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

[@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”

[@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

[@natewilson111]

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

[@crazysasha1374]

Deflecting projectiles with cooking equipment, pro gamer move.

[@PlainGammer]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

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

[@Khornecussion]

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

[@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?

[@brendenmenardprincestrong3528]

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

[@josepigroyper370]

Based

[@maannni]

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

[@francescaporter883]

I was told he was killed while peeing during a seige

[@masterxstevenstones6496]

Richard kindness was increased from his encounter with Salahaddin

[@tomsgrexit]

Rapunzel really WAS onto something with that frying pan! 😮

[@EvilBakaCat]

that kid was a real gamer

[@flygon6997]

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

[@Kededian]

At least he didnt get an arrow to the knee.

[@SquishyOfCinder]

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

[@topazirin]

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

[@Mr.HighIQ69]

The kid said “PANSHOT!”

[@MagicWorm321]

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

[@richardgonzalez6409]

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

[@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 😤 "

[@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.

[@christopherg2347]

And thus, the PUBG Frying Pan deflection was born.

[@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.

[@eustace5419]

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

[@mercce6750]

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

[@twahatashfia6075]

Ah, an ERB fan

[@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!_

[@Christian_731_Channel]

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

[@qiyangloh6111]

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

[@smithblack5945]

I remember reading this is Medieval History for Dummies

[@JamesDavy2009]

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

[@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*

[@Mr_Cast]

The most looney tunes ahh death in human history

[@nothing00164]

God that man was a piece of work

[@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!

[@sallem5844]

The heart of a good man who understood war means anyone could die, knowing those he hurt would live with the pain trying to die doing his best to still be a noble man. Poor kid...

[@travis1311]

Richard:i forgive you and here have this perse Gaurds:hehe nah

[@nikanika439]

Richard was 100% trying to earn his place into heaven with that last act.

[@Ryan-sf8nf]

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

[@jonny5isalive3]

Wow, that story really took a turn at the end

[@thepeanutgallery9980]

I like to think the knights just reported that they flayed the kid alive so people back home wouldn’t be pissed at them.

[@loslobos786]

I've read several accounts of this and none of them mentioned a kid deflecting crossbow bolts with a frying pan, also Richard didn't come to watch he was leading an attack on the Castle which he as King technically wasn't supposed to do and was shot in the throat. He subsequently died several days later but not before pardoning the kid who shot him in the throat. The kid was then yes supposedly flayed alive against Richards last dying wish.

[@feynthefallen]

I guess he should have brought his own frying pan.

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

Moral of the story. If you have armor. Wear it.

[@SireArthurWellesley]

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

[@terranceaddison4599]

Talk about loyalty to the core...

[@andrewmtz1362]

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

[@AshdorCrush9000]

"May Richard forgive you...but we won't."

[@tomtripp5417]

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

[@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?,

[@BbyFceDvl]

Guard: Our boss forgave you. We didn't.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Frying pan best armour.

[@DaysofElijah317]

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

[@Wardencorn-p2i]

This is what you call a good king

[@calebfielding6352]

To be fair the castle tried to surrender, and richard the lionheart refused to accept their surrender because he wanted to see blood. Everyone in the castle was exicuted. Richard was a horrible man, the only reason why he is remembered fondly is because he only spent 6 or so weeks in england whiile he was king.

[@yoyo777]

Richard in the afterlife seeing the boy appear right after him:

[@psycho_antx2030]

I took the like back, because he was true to his honor. The knights killing him was uncalled for even though he was forgiven by the man they respected the most therefore dishonoring him due to their actions against the boy. Respect to the man and the boy

[@VariouslyCommon]

This kid reflected a crusades crossbow shot

[@dolachowdhury350]

Richard:*forgives the kid Soldier:"lord bless him" Richard:*dies Soldier:"I am finna go to hell anyway"

[@UpdatingGamer-og7kz]

Bro! A FRYING PAN 💀 ☠️ 💀

[@zmarfion]

"yee I'm lionheart." -Lionheart 20XX

[@thaddeusodonnell3986]

Dude with the pan was playin pubg wayyyy before his time.

[@Patbacknitro2]

Its hilarious that theres a siege going on yet there can still be a moment where guys are like, "Dude you gotta come see this".

[@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.

[@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😭😭😭

[@mr.ashenfire2624]

Richard the Lionheart really did the whole "yeah you got me, but i forgive you heres some sick cash and my blessing" Only for the knights to murder the kid..

[@thelearningmethod]

Remember this from the Stupid Deaths in Horrible Histories... 😂😂😂

[@Epee2134]

To quote Robot Chicken: "Then, as he laid siege to a castle, Richard walked around without armor, like a TRUE ASSHOLE."

[@Ninjastache-55]

The soldiers were ordered to do so on the behest of Eleanor of Aquitane, or at least they did so because she was bereft with bereavement

[@DeleneCarter]

I love these stories 🫠

[@RyanTheHero3]

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

[@Lapislazuliedits]

Like ancient times when things get cool go history

[@DrRank]

I remember Horrible Histories doing a Stupid Deaths segment on this.

[@thecore8605]

-Be a man of legend, known for your war prowess. -Siege a castle -Oh look a kid with a crossbow is deflecting arrows with a frying pan. -Perish

[@SayGexPls]

Literally Vinland saga

[@weird-emy]

I don't know why but for a second i seriously thought he died by the immortal snail

[@dracodarkheartgaming2357]

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

[@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

[@seankelly4312]

One day while laying siege to a castle, Richard walked around without armor, like a true asshole - Robot Chicken

[@cristinagomez3283]

The original demopan 💀

[@jbea]

He got Ratted and respected it. Nice

[@onfox1864]

This was Lionhearts last worlds: "I have been bested and now my bones must rest in these riched sand' and then his castle exploded

[@princedaemontargaryen117]

Why is everyone saying “Richard was a bad king.” Have y’all not read history? Yes, Richard was famous for not liking the English main land. However he did participate and govern it personally, he didn’t avoid England indefinitely, he avoided England periodically. When he wasn’t fighting wars, he actually governed himself.