Quote Originally Posted by Axe Man View Post
I think this is Prince John, enemy of Robin Hood.

Thats the guy. He was Richard the Lionhearts brother. The Lionheart spent all but about a year of his ten year reign out of the country campaigning in France (He only spoke French and Latin, not a word of English) and crusading in the holy lands. John spent most of the time Richard was away undermining him and trying to take the throne.

Richard died from a gangrenous infection while besieging a totally unimportant castle in France. He was applauding the valour of one of the defenders when the defender shot him in the shoulder with a crossbow bolt. The wound got infected after they removed the bolt and he died a week or so later. John became king and lost nearly all the land in France that his father (Henry II) and his brother (Richard I) had conquered.