| Timeline |
| 1157 |
Born 9 September to Henry II. and Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 1168 |
Invested with Eleanor of Aquitaine's duchy of Aquitaine |
| 1172 |
Invested with the duchy of Poitiers |
| 1173 |
Revolts aginast his father, Henry II of England, with his brothers Henry the 'Young King' and Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany. |
| 1175 |
Crushes revolt in Aquitaine |
| 1183 |
Brother, Henry the 'Young King', dies |
| 1187 |
The capture of Jerusalem by Saladin inspires Richard to take the cross, along with German Emperor Frederick I and French King Philip Augustus |
| 1188 |
Does homage to Philip Augustus at the Conference of Bonmoulins |
| 1189 |
Father, Henry II, dies - Richard succeeds to the throne of England; releases Queen Eleanor from prison |
| 1190 |
Departs for the Holy Land |
| 1191 |
Defeats the forces of Saladin at Arsuf; marries Bernegaria of Navarre, daughter of Sancho VI, King of Navarre |
| 1192 |
Is taken prisoner in Austria on his return from the Third Crusade |
| 1194 |
Is freed from captivity in Germany, after England pays a ransom of 150,000 marks; Richard spends little time in England - leaving it to be goverened by Hubert Walter while he returned to France |
| 1199 |
Richard I is killed by an arrow on 6 April, at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France |
