King of England John Plantagenet

1166 - 1216  (49 years)

• Name	John Plantagenet  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	King of England
  Birth	24 Dec 1166	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Lackland  [2]
  Occupation	1215
  	Signed the Magna Carta
  		(Historic) Magna Carta The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
  		Magna Carta Signing
  Religion	His lack of religious conviction has been noted by contemporary chroniclers and later historians, with some suspecting that John was at best impious, or even atheistic, a very serious issue at the time  [2]
  _MILT	During John's reign, England lost the duchy of Normandy to King Philip II of France, which resulted in the collapse of most of the Angevin Empire and contributed to the subsequent growth in power of the Capetian dynasty during the 13th century.  [2]
  		Bataille de Bouvines
  Death	19 Oct 1216	Nottinghamshire, England   [2, 3, 4]
  	In King's Lynn, John contracted dysentery, which would ultimately prove fatal./Newark Castle
  Burial	Worcester, Worcestershire, England   [2, 4]
  	(Worcester Cathedral)
  		Tomb of King John
  Person ID	I7711	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, and Lord of Ireland, and King of England Henry Plantagenet, II,   b. 5 Mar 1132, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eleanor of Aquitaine,   b. 22 Nov 1121, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d. 31 Mar 1204, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 May 1152	Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
  Family ID	F2682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Queen Consort of England Isabella of Angoulême,   b. 19 Feb 1188, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 4 Jun 1246, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1200  [2, 5]
  Children	1. Lady of Wales and Snowdon Lady Joan Plantagenet,   b. 1191   d. 2 Feb 1237 (Age 46 years)  [natural]   2. Henry Plantagenet, III,   b. 1 Oct 1207, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 16 Nov 1272, Westminster, London, England (Age 65 years)  [natural]   3. 1st Earl of Cornwall Richard Plantagenet,   b. 5 Jan 1209, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 2 Apr 1272, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England (Age 63 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Countess of Gloucester Isabella de Clare,   b. 1173, Gloucestershire, England d. 14 Oct 1217, England (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1189	Wiltshire, England
  	Marlborough Castle
  Annulled	1199
  	Shortly after John acceded to the throne in 1199, he obtained an annulment of the marriage on the grounds of consanguinity. John and Isabella were half-second cousins as great-grandchildren of Henry I
  Family ID	F2575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Dec 1166 - Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Marriage - 1189 - Wiltshire, England Death - 19 Oct 1216 - Nottinghamshire, England Burial - - Worcester, Worcestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Bataille de Bouvines

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S755] Wikipedia: John, King of England, John, King of England. John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland,[1] was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. John lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document sometimes considered an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom. John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to inherit significant lands. Following the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, however, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed the Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young; by the time Richard I became king in 1189, John was a potential heir to the throne. John unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's royal administrators whilst his brother was participating in the Third Crusade. Despite this, after Richard died in 1199, John was proclaimed King of England, and came to an agreement with Philip II of France to recognise John's possession of the continental Angevin lands at the peace treaty of Le Goulet in 1200. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England [S484] Ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 2600087. [S189] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S756] Wikipedia: Isabella of Angouleme, Isabella of Angoulême. Isabella of Angoulême (French: Isabelle d'Angoulême, IPA: [izabɛl dɑ̃ɡulɛm]; c. 1186/1188 – 4 June 1246) was queen consort of England as the second wife of King John from 1200 until John's death in 1216. She was also suo jure Countess of Angoulême from 1202 until 1246. Isabella had five children by the king, including his heir, later Henry III. In 1220, Isabella married Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children. Some of Isabella's contemporaries, as well as later writers, claim that Isabella formed a conspiracy against King Louis IX of France in 1241, after being publicly snubbed by his mother, Blanche of Castile, for whom she had a deep-seated hatred. In 1244, after the plot had failed, Isabella was accused of attempting to poison the king. To avoid arrest, she sought refuge in Fontevraud Abbey, where she died two years later https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Angoulême