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 What incident? 

The article says:
As a result of an incident during Richard's coronation celebrations, great persecution of the Jews took place throughout the county.
Presumably this should say country, but what incident is this? Details! Don't leave us in suspense!
 | Talk 08:53, May 26, 2004 (UTC)

 Homosexuality 

Sorry to overrule a point, but there is no creditable way to suggest that Richard was not homosexual, despite the fact that  the category 'homosexual' did not exist in the middle ages.  He had sex with men, many times, and showed almost no interest in women.  Any respectable biography will say the same.  I felt it was important to make this point, and have changed a sentence or two to reflect this, but not made a large deal out of it  (for instance, not created a separate section). -Ft Louie

This is, IMO, a good point. There were a couple of lines devoted to this, as well as King Rick's inclusion in the GLBTQ article category, which were reverted by an anon as 'anon vandalism' (bizarre, no?). This should be restored, as there is at least excellent anecdotal evidence that Richard did indeed have a predominating interest in men.  16:39, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Again, Richard being a bisexual or gay, met a person in denial (or person in some other way disturbed by the fact that there have been non-heterosexuals also in history as well as there are today), who on 29.5.2005 vandalized this article by removals. This time, the vandal used the username Alphax. As above indicated, previous similar vandal attempts occurred in March 2005 and December 2004. Hopefully the vandal or vandals are enjoined from such future activity.  

Alphax wasn't vandalizing, don't be ridiculous. He was removing what appears to be extreme speculation, written in poor English. You make a number of claims that would benefit from a source - where does Richard confess to being homosexual? Note also that the IP you were using to add the material the first time also added similar nonsense to Humphrey and Isabella's articles, including ""Category:Faghags"" to Isabella.  

I think you Adam should not be ridiculous. If you look carefully at the edit history of this article, you see that most of those texts were added by other editors months ago. And you have the basic reference: the biographer mentioned by that editor and listed in the references, obviously has answered your question. Please read it (I haven't - I trust on the previous editor - and I have not time to seek all books). 

As to Alphax, since that person clearly did not read this talk page, nor offered here the reasons for removal, before removals, it is regarded as act of vandalism.  

I removed the stuff because it was badly written, lacked references,, and was there was a link to a website that attempted to ""prove"" the claims, also without references.  τεχ 08:10, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The problem with Richard's alleged homosexuality is that no one, not a single primary or secondary source, from Richard's time unti WWII, ever mentioned that Richard liked men; in fact, he was often cited for his abnormal lust for women.    The contrary view first appeared in ""The Plantagenets"" by J.H. Harvey in 1949.  The theory remains highly controversial and, to be honest, viewed with some skepticism by the mainstream academic world.  It is a theory worth stating in the article, but it should be noted that there remains serious discussion on whether or not it's true.   

Well to be honest, you can simply remove that part entirely if you want. 62.78 seems to have moved on to other articles, and I know I've removed his nonsense from a number of other articles with no further reaction from him.  

I think one of the arguments for it is his lack of offspring, legitimate or otherwise: one illegitimate child, if I recall correctly. But a bout of mumps or other infection could have curtailed his fertility. Or perhaps he was the ungenerous sort who didn't acknowledge his illegitimate kids.  

The book Warriors of God is an excellent portrayal of King Richard's life, including his homosexual relationship with the King of France. 

That's exactly why I am a descendent of Phi