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Description[]

Richard the Lionheart is a Hero in Empire Earth. He's the Warrior Hero of the Middle Ages.

Official Bio[]

Richard, the third son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, showed promise as a warrior even as a boy. When his father died in 1189, Richard took the throne and immediately made plans to join the Third Crusade to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims.

Richard and the French King, Philip II, temporarily put aside their dispute over English holdings in France and prepared for the Crusade. They met in Sicily in 1191, where Richard had taken the city of Messina by force. Philip sailed ahead to Acre and Richard, after stopping briefly to conquer Cyprus, followed. Acre fell under their combined siege in July 1191.

Philip then returned to France, but Richard continued the fight, taking Arsuf in September. He came close to recapturing Jerusalem, but the city was too well defended. After a year, Richard finally signed a truce with the Muslim leader, Saladin, and sailed for England. When a storm blew his ship off course, he was forced to take an overland route and the Germans captured him in Vienna. Richard secured his release from the German King, Henry VI, by paying a huge ransom. He returned home at last in 1194, but almost immediately left for France to renew England’s fight against Philip II. In 1199, at the age of 41, Richard died from wounds suffered in battle.

In-game voice lines[]

"Yes?"

"Command me."

"To Jerusalem!"

"For the church!"


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