Individual Details
(24 Dec 1167 - 19 Oct 1216)
Reigned 1199-1216. Signed Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede. His reign saw renewal of war with Phillip II Augustus of France to whom he has lost several continental possesions including Normandy by 1205. He came into conflict with his Barons and was forced to Sign the Magna Carta. His later repudiation of the charter led to the first barons war 1215-17 during which John died. Burke says he was born in 1160. King of Ireland 1177, Count of Mortain 1189, Earl of Gloucester.
Events
| Birth | 24 Dec 1167 | Beaumont Palace, Oxfordshire, England | | | |
| Death | 19 Oct 1216 | Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England | | | |
| Marriage | | Isabella of Angoulême Taillefer Queen of England | | | |
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