Richard the Lionhearted had a favorite one of these minstrels named Blondel
But 
a peculiar legend followed him--that a troubadour named Blondel, a friend of 
Richard's, had journeyed across ... Legend has it that Richard the Lionheart was 
found by the troubador Blondel, who sought the king by singing their favorite 
song at... [DOC] [TLE] Famous Men of the Middle Ages - Henry the Second 1154-1189 and ... [PAR] In 1154, while Barbarossa was reigning in Germany, Henry II, one of ... had 
joined the French king he found among them the name of his favorite ...