Richard Cœur de Lion

This bronze equestrian statue of Richard the Lionheart brandishing his sword by Carlo Marochetti stands outside the Palace of Westminster in London.
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death in 1199.
"The reputation of Richard ... has fluctuated wildly. The Victorians were divided. Many of them admired him as a crusader and man of God, erecting an heroic statue to him outside the Houses of Parliament; Stubbs, on the other hand, thought him ‘a bad son, a bad husband, a selfish ruler, and a vicious man’. Though born in Oxford, he spoke no English. During his ten years' reign, he was in England for no more than six months, and was totally absent for the last five years."
—John Gillingham, Kings and Queens of Britain: Richard I