Was Robin Hood a Frenchman?

He lived in England but I do not think he is real. Just another made up story.

All the toffs were French then or of French descent. Richard only came to Britain for a short space of time which was why John ruled in England. All the aristocrat families were sending their sons back to France and on the crusades to plunder more riches. If Robin were Robin of Locksley he would most certainly have done the same.

However history points to the fact that he was a common criminal who gained popularity in the early Middle Ages. So he just plundered the locals instead of an international client base.

The Stories of Robin Hood come from that time soon after the Norman Conquest so certainly he was of Norman Descent being Baron Robin of Locksley. Richard the Lionheart was of Norman Descent and England still had Provinces in France under their Control. So the English Court was Norman French and spoke more French than English.

The Stories of Robin Hood is Shrouded in Mystery as to where they Originated and it is a good possibility that they came from France and then became Synonymous with England over time because of the Normans. With most Myths and Legends there is always some aspects of a True Account in History that somehow gets muddled up over the Centuries.

Whether Robin really lived or not is anybodies guess but someone somewhere either made the Stories up from their Imagination or from half Truths and they probably picked Locksley in their Area of France and eventually it was Adopted by the Norman English as their own.

Edit I looked up Wikpedia for some Answers and this is what I got. Robin is associated with Loxley in South Yorkshire adjacent to Sherwood in Nottingham. There is a Grave of Dubious Origin in Kirklees Priory in South Yorkshire with Robins Name on a Headstone.

There is a French Pastourelle of the 13 Century Jeu du Robyn et Marion and it is associated with the May Day Festival .It is a Reference to Marion being Kidnapped by Nasty Men for Naughty Purposes and Robyn and his Men Rescue Her. This is Tied up with the Pagan Festival of May Day Celebrated in France and Britain.

Richard the Lionheart was Norman--French. However, even the most romanticised tales of Robin Hood don't portray Robin as a Frenchman of any sort. The real person on whom the legends are based was probably Welsh or Saxon, and in my opinion was probably either a recluse, a partisan (a fighter who resists an foreign power occupying the land), or even a common bandit whose life has been romanticised until it became Errol Flynn.

No, but Richard the lion hearted was, and he only spent 6 months of his entire life in England.

Of course RIchard is know though out all of France, he was his mother's heir to the Aquitaine.

She was the most wealthy person in Europe. Through his father he was related to William II Of Normandy--the guy who won at the Battle of Hastings

No.

Don't think so.

Look in the real world.

Decode this lyrics " You'll see "

"Wonderful world"

"Don't know much"

"Time after time"

"The Great Commandments"

"The Final Countdown"

"Those were the days"

Robin Hood and Maid Marion with Friar Tuck and his merry men live in the Sherwood forest?

Then we have "The Three Musketeers"

Along came "Count Monte Cristo"

Followed by " Zorro"

With "Tonto and the Lone ranger"

That was before "Batman and Robin, Cat woman, The Joker and Mr. Penguin" all arrive in ""Got-them city"

Luke 21.30-36

Luke 9.25,55-56,60

Luke 8.5-8,10-17

Luke 24.44-45,47-48

What do you think?

No. He was English. Richard the Lionheart fought in the Crusades and he died in France on his way home.

Yes. Robyn de Hood was French. He came over with Brittany Ferries on the 11.59. Little is known of his early life in France except that he was the seventh son of Jules et Jim, a gay couple who adopted him from Madonna, a very fecund girl in the village.In fact they adopted all of Madonna's children. Robyn was a very bright baby and one day, out with his nanny they met Richard I King of England Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Ireland, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany. By the time Richard had told the nanny who he was it was time for little Robyn's bedtime but before they left, Richard told Robyn that if he was ever in England to look up his brother John. Richard himself being abroad crusading. Robyn was a bottle baby but one day he pushed out the cork and escaped to England. He never got on with John but he made Marion.(Not that it took all that) and adopted her family name Featherstonehaugh but preferred the name Lockesly which is French and Robyn could pronounce. Jeffrey Archer is a descendant as is Forrest Whitaker.

No as the tale goes he was English, however it may just be a myth that he was all they say he was.

no he was english