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2 days ago · John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He 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.
5 days ago · United Kingdom - John, 1199-1216, Monarchy: Richard, mortally wounded at a siege in France in 1199, was succeeded by his brother John, one of the most detested of English kings. John’s reign was characterized by failure.
3 days ago · Plantagenet. Henry II (1154–1189) is considered by some to be the first Plantagenet king of England, and the first Angevin. In the 15th century, near the end of the dynastic line, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, adopted Plantagenet as his family name.
Jun 24, 2024 · Queen of England: King John King of England 1166–1216 r. 1199–1216: Isabel c. 1173 –1217 Countess of Gloucester: Eleanor of Brittany c. 1184 –1241 Fair Maid of Brittany: Matilda of Brittany 1185– before 1189: Arthur I 4th Earl of Richmond 1187–1203 Duke of Brittany: House of Burgundy: Bohemond Duke of Apulia: Counts of Rouergue ...
Jun 17, 2024 · House of Plantagenet, royal house of England, which reigned from 1154 to 1485 and provided 14 kings, 6 of whom belonged to the cadet houses of Lancaster and York. The royal line descended from the union between Geoffrey, count of Anjou (died 1151), and the empress Matilda, daughter of the English king Henry I.
Jun 24, 2024 · To Which Are Added, the Great Charter in Latin and English; the Charter of Liberties and Confirmations, Granted by Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them; Explanatory Notes on Their Several Privileges; a Descriptive Account of the Principal Originals and ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Magna Carta. Establishing a text & the first stirrings of constitutional restraints. There are 4 surviving copies of the first Charter of 1215, then 1 of 1216 re-issue, and 4 of 1217 and 4 of 1225.
