John

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John was a medieval English monarch who ruled as King John of England from 1199 to 1216 and is best known for sealing the Magna Carta.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf King of England
human
monarch
alsoKnownAs John Lackland
John, King of England
King John of England
birthDate 1166-12-24
birthPlace Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
burialPlace Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England
child Eleanor of England, Countess of Pembroke
Henry III of England
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
conflict Anglo-French War (1202–1214)
First Barons' War
coronationDate 1199-05-27
coronationPlace Westminster Abbey, London, England
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1216-10-19
deathPlace Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
era High Middle Ages
event First Barons' War
father Henry II of England
givenName John
house House of Plantagenet
knownFor sealing Magna Carta in 1215
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French
Latin
lostTerritory Anjou
Duchy of Normandy
Maine
Touraine
mother Eleanor of Aquitaine
notableWork sealing of Magna Carta
occupation monarch
parentOfMonarch Henry III of England
positionHeld King of England
predecessor Richard I of England
regnalName John
reignEnd 1216
reignStart 1199
religion Roman Catholic
sealEvent Magna Carta
sealEventDate 1215-06-15
sealEventPlace Runnymede, near Windsor, England
spouse Isabella of Angoulême
Isabella of Gloucester
style His Majesty
successor Henry III of England

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
King John of England
fullName
King John of England
regnalName

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