The title "Lionheart" was a great compliment to kings in the Middle Ages, and a monarch whose courage and kindness, his courage and undying will were admirable, and everyone loved him, could be called "Lionheart", and in many cases this alone was not enough, he had to make convincing deeds, such as in the Crusades or in the war against the infidels.

The most famous person in history who can receive the title of "Lionheart" is Richard the Lionheart, who has always been the first in battle and is as brave as a lion.

In Europe, many kings were given various titles because of their merits or personal characteristics, such as William, when he was the Duke of Normandy, because he was extremely good in the counterinsurgency war when he was young, and was called "the Advent", which means that the enemy exclaims that he is invincible.

Later William conquered England, for which he became known as the "Conqueror".

Then, after conquering France and defeating the Holy Roman Empire, he was given the title of "the Great".

Judging from the titles that William has received in the past few decades, many of the titles or nicknames obtained by European monarchs were given by the monarch when he was alive, and they were nicknames given to this monarch by other nobles.

For example, John the Landless King, whose title "John Lackland" was given by his father, Henry II, during his lifetime.

At this time, the whole of Europe, from the royal family and nobles of the court to the people, were willing to give nicknames to the kings, such as the Lion, the Lionheart, the Bone Crusher, the Landless King, etc., usually according to his personal characteristics and merits, and the one that was most recognized by the whole country became the code name of the king.

Of course, the reason why Europe did this was because there were too many renames of European kings at that time, and the descendants of the nobility would directly put on the names of their ancestors because of their reverence for those kings who made meritorious achievements, so that there were too many duplicate names, such as Louis of France, Charles, etc.

"Your Majesty Sancho, the Lionheart, what is your reply?" The envoy did not despise Sancho because of his defeat, and still said with great respect.

"I'm going to meet William!" Sancho said expressionlessly.

"Please wait a minute, I'll go back to my life."

Sancho sighed secretly as he looked at the back of the Norman envoy leaving, and he couldn't help but feel lost as he looked at the dozens of noble knights and hundreds of armor soldiers left beside him.

These warriors remained loyal to him, unflinching even in the face of the blades around them, and their loyalty should not be rewarded in such a way, they should be unharmed.

After a while, the Norman line parted, and a group of knights of the guard escorted William out slowly, and Sancho's side also went to meet William in front of the formation, escorted by the remaining ten noble knights.

"Sancho, my beloved wife."

"His Majesty William......"

Sancho wanted to loudly question William why he had interfered in the war of the royal family of Jimena and launched an invasion of Castile, but when he met William himself, he was unable to express these questions.

Sancho looked back at the noble knights behind him, and made up his mind: "William, I am now your captive, and my crown, my domain, and myself are your property, but here, I have a request. ”

"Please, my wife." William nodded slightly.

"William, I beg your pardon for the noble knights of Colora, who fought against you with weapons in their arms, but only fulfilled their duty as vassals." Sancho pleaded.

"I promise you that the outcome of this war will be between you and me, that I will not be angry with others, and that the nobles of Castile will be forgiven, and that as long as they swear allegiance to me, they will not only be free, but their territorial titles will not be taken away." William smiled and nodded.

"I hope you can keep your promise, William!" Sancho stared at the other party and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to always follow your left and right!" When the nobles and knights who followed Sancho heard this, they didn't care about anything else, and stepped forward to plead.

"I'm already a loser, I don't have land and money to give you, I can't give you anything.

As Castilian nobles, it is your right and duty to protect Castile. Sancho smiled wryly and shook his head in refusal.

"Your Majesty!"

After listening to Sancho's persuasion, the crowd was still unwilling to change their minds.

In this situation, even William, who was already hard-hearted, couldn't help but moisten the corners of his eyes slightly, and he saw loyal ministers in adversity, which was extremely valuable in both the East and the West, whether in ancient times or in later generations.

"William, I want to hear what you have to do with me, and the nobles who follow me." Now that everyone had made up their minds, Sancho no longer insisted on it, and he turned to look at William and asked.

"Sancho, my wife, will you pledge your allegiance to me? I can forgive you and canonize you as Count of Castile. William still hadn't extinguished the idea of giving Sancho allegiance, and finally asked.

"William, don't you know my determination?" Sancho shook his head and replied firmly.

"Well, since you don't want to be loyal to me, I won't force it." William smiled self-deprecatingly, shook his head slightly, and said, "Sancho, my wife, and those noble knights who are willing to follow you, your titles and territories will be withdrawn, and then exiled from Castile and Spain.

Do you really want to do that? Perhaps the better outcome would be to venture into the Byzantine Empire and become a mercenary under the Greek king. ”

"Even so, I'll leave, and I don't think you're far from me staying in Castile, aren't you?" Sancho replied firmly in the face of William's persuasion.

Sancho's words left William speechless, and indeed as he said, if Sancho had stayed loyal to him, perhaps it would not have been good at first, but once the nobles dissatisfied with the Norman rule gathered around Sancho, new contradictions and wars would break out again, which neither William nor Sancho wanted to see.

"Would you like to go to Constantinople? I have some friendship with Constantine X of Baserius of Byzantium, and you can get a position in his Praetorian Guard, and I can give you ships and supplies for you to go to Constantinople. William would not kill Sancho even if he did not want to stay in Castile, and he proposed his friendship with Sancho.

"Then thank you, Your Majesty." Sancho did not refuse William's help at this moment, and it was indeed a good choice for them to go to Constantinople to serve as a Praetorian Guard or mercenary.