Richard I of England was the king between 1189-1199. His father was Henry II of England and his mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine.

During his reign, he only visited England two times, and both were the coronation ceremonies. He was about six months in England.

He loved his mother so much, who taught him values and manners, and he didn't know his father, because he left him and his mother. Therefore, he didn't want to marry, because he spent the most of his life in the crusades. Even so, he married Berengaria of Navarre, who loved him so much, and suffered because of his adventures in the crusades. Richard wrote her many letters, were he showed his love... and unconsciously his love for the poetry.

He wasn't a very good king, in fact, he cared more about the crusades and to make justice with the jews and the muslims (both hated the christians), than about political matters. He was born to be a hero, not a king.

Richard loved the arts like the poetry and the epic, because of that, he had an adventurer spirit. His friends and subjects followed him devoutly. He inherited a very passionate and temperamental heart from his parents, but not the political cunning of his father. He was very ambicious but generous, so he didn't conform with little, in fact always worked for more. He wasn't very responsible, because he focused so much in an important thing, so he often forgot some others. He liked to organize, but he wasn't very good for administrate, except for war and crusades... he was an exceptional strategist and an amazing soldier. For all of theese things he deserved his nickname: "Richard The Lionheart".

Richard The Lionheart was an authentic epic knight.

I feel identified with him because he always did what he had to do with courage... and I always wanted to be a crusader knight, glorious and brave. And Richard was a man that cared about the arts and the poetry about his feats and battles. I really want to be like him.

I think that the person that taught me the most in my life is my mum. Besides she taught me how to walk, to speak, to read, to write... she taught me the most important thing in the life: to any situation or problem, you must be strong and have faith, because you will always get God's help, no matter how, everything can be resolved if you persist... no problem is unsolvable.

There are many important people in my life, but my mother is the person that helped me the most. In my life, she always gave me freedom, but whenever I would be responsible, because she always thought that I should learn how to decide, so when I'm old enought, she let me decide for some things (of course that not everything).

Another thing that she taught me is to be effort, because lazy people eventually will have to work the most, so it's better to be effort in education, job, etc... that when you have to work (in poor conditions) for food.

Therefore, I would like to teach the same to my children in the future.