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Name John I, King of England, King of Ireland, Count of Mortain, Earl of Gloucester
Alias/AKA John Lackland149
Birth Date Dec 24, 1167
Birth Place Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Birth Memo Beaumont Palace
Death Date Oct 1216149
Death Place Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Death Memo Newark Castle
Burial Place Worcester, Worcestershire, England149
Burial Memo Worcester Cathedral
Father Henry II, King of England, Duke of Normandy (1133-1189)
Mother Eleanor OF AQUITAINE , Dutchess of Aquitaine (ca1122-1204)
Spouses
1 Isabella TAILLEFER
Alias/AKA Isabella of Angoulême149
Birth Date ca 1188149
Birth Place Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death Date May 31, 1246149
Death Place Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
Burial Place Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire, France149
Burial Memo Fontevraud Abbey
Father Aymer TAILLEFER , Count of Angoulême (?-1218)
Children Henry (1207-1272)
Notes for John I, King of England, King of Ireland, Count of Mortain, Earl of Gloucester
"Reigned 1199-1216. Signed the 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."149
Research Notes
BIRTH: His year of birth is also given as 1160.149
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