# King Richard the Lionheart — Ivanhoe character guide

> King Richard the Lionheart in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Richard, Coeur-de-Lion, Richard Plantagenet, the Black Knight

**First appearance:** 0010-vii

## Who they are

Courageous but absent king, returning incognito to reclaim his throne.

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