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Magna Carta Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, one of four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text Created 1215 ; 809 years ago (1215) Location Two at the British Library ; one each in Lincoln Castle and in Salisbury Cathedral Author(s) John, King of England His barons Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury Purpose Peace treaty Full text Magna Carta at Wikisource Part of the Politics series ...
Mar 15, 2024 · John II (born 1398, Medina del Campo, Leon—died 1479, Barcelona) was the king of Aragon (1458–79) and also king of Navarre (1425–79); he was the instigator of the union of Castile and Aragon through the historic marriage of his son Ferdinand with Isabella of Castile. John was a younger son of Ferdinand of Antequera, elected king of Aragon ...
Apr 12, 2023 · This article below discusses 6 of the key events during King John’s reign. 1. The Death of Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, and King John’s Ascension (c. 1203) Arthur paying homage to Philip II, artist unknown, Chroniques de Saint-Denis, c. 1333-49, via Wikimedia Commons. Nothing sets a bad precedent for a king’s reign quite like a claimant to ...
Apr 20, 2022 · According to historian Stephen Church, author of "King John: England, Magna Carta and the Making of a Tyrant" (PAN, 2016), it was Henry II that gave John the nickname "John Lackland" which was a ...
Background. After Richard the Lionheart's death on 6 April 1199, there were two potential claimants to the Angevin throne: John, whose claim rested on being the sole surviving son of Henry II, and young Arthur of Brittany, who held a claim as the son of Geoffrey, and hence was Henry II's grandson.
John II. King John II of France. Born: April 26, 1319. Le Mans, Maine, France. Died: April 8, 1364. Westminster, London, England (Age 44) John II in History. It was never expected that the future King John II would ever become king, considering King Philip IV (r. 1285-1314) had three sons, at least one of whom was expected to have male issue.
King John presided over the loss of the extensive realm that his father King Henry II (reigned 1154–1189) had ruled across the English Channel. His prolonged failure to reconquer that territory, the unprecedented level of taxation he demanded, and conflicts that he unnecessarily caused with Pope Innocent III all served to erode his political support at home.
