"On Talk:Kingdom of Heaven (movie),  wrote that ""...the real Humphrey IV was the local soft gay boy. Sources state he avoided quarrel etc, and rather obviously he later was Richard Lionheart's boyfriend."" While contemporary sources (even the sympathetic Itinerarium Peregrinorum) describe Humphrey as looking girlish, and being 'effeminate' in manner, I don't recall any actually accusing him of being gay: if they had, it would have been very useful ammunition in the divorce proceedings. As for being Richard's lover - again, where is this taken from? I suspect it may be from James Reston's sensationalist work, not a primary source...  "