The Lion is an epithet used to describe:
Henry the Lion (1129–1195), Duke of Saxony and Duke of Bavaria Louis VIII of France (1187–1226), King of France Umur of Aydın (1309?–1348), Emir of Aydin William the Lion (c. 1143–1214), King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214
See also Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249–1322), the "Lion of Flanders" Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1740–1822), Ottoman pasha known as the "Lion of Yannina" Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau (1823-1878), French colonel known as the "Lion of Belfort" for leading the defense of Belfort during the Franco-Prussian War Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), French field marshal and leader of Vichy France known as the "Lion of Verdun" Richard I of England (1157–1199), King of England known as Richard the Lionheart Sam "the Lion", a character in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show
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