The correct answer is D) Richard l and Saladin.
The leaders that battled each other during the third crusade were Richard l and Saladin.
The Crusades marked an important place in the history of Europe and the Middle East. In particular, the third crusade started in 1189 and ended in 1192. The Muslims had captured the Temple of Salomon in Jerusalem, in 1187, under the orders of Muslim Sultan Saladin. So the Christian nations such as France, the Roman Empire, and the Kingdom of England, fight back to recuperate the occupied territory. Indeed, the third crusade confronted Richard l and Saladin.