Robin Hood - Facts/Trivia Interesting information about the Legend of Robin Hood- a famous character of the Medieval era of the Middle Ages Was Robin Hood a real person? No. Robin Hood is a fictional figure who may have been loosely based on a real person or persons. Legendary Country of Origin / Nationality: English Also Known as: Robin of Sherwood, Robin of Loxley Lifetime: The Life of Robin Hood was set in the era when King Richard the Lionheart went to the crusades leaving his brother John as Regent The theme of Robin Hood is the Normans conquest of the indigenous English population The Legend of Robin Hood bears many similarities to the English hero Hereward the Wake who led a rebellion against William the Conqueror and the Normans Hereward the Wake was seen as an English hero and as a symbol of resistance to oppression. It is therefore not surprising that some of the legends about Hereward the Wake were later incorporated into the legend of Robin Hood Summa