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Richard I
Richard I, detail of tomb effigy in the abbey church of Fontevrault-l'Abbaye, France.
After his death in 1199, Richard I was buried in the abbey church of Fontevrault, located in France. He was laid to rest alongside his father, Henry II, and his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his effigy remains preserved at that site today.1