Chateau Châlus Chabrol

Dutchoak and his mates hop on their bikes for a tour around this historic countryside. Along the way, they tour around the ancient remains of Châlus Chabrol. It was here that Richard Coueur the Lion was wounded mortally.

In the year A.D. 1169, the young Richard Lionhart succeeded his father as duke of Aquitania. 20 years later, in 1189, he was crowned king of England. In 1199 he gathered his army to teach the treacherous viscount of Limousin, Aimar V, a lesson. During the siege Richard noticed a brave defender on the ramparts. The man used a pan to fence of the enemy arrows while watching the besiegers. Richard, impressed by this show of bravery, stood up and applauded. The defender, named Pierre Basilde, did not hesitate a moment and with his crossbow shot Richard in the shoulder. Mortally wounded, Richard was transported to Chateau-Chinon, where he died of his wounds 10 days later. The holdings of the Plantagenet dynasty where extensive in these days. His body was buried in the abbey of Fontevraud. His heart ended up in Rouen and his entrails in the Limousin.
And poor Pierre Basilde? He was flayed alive...