John (Plantagenet), King of England

1166 - 1216  (49 years)

• Name	John (Plantagenet)  [1]
  Suffix	King of England
  Nickname	Lackland
  Born	24 Dec. 1166	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	6 April 1199  [1]
  	Count of Anjou
  Hereditary Title	6 April 1199  [1]
  	Duke of Normandy
  Hereditary Title	From 6 April 1199 to 19 Oct. 1216  [1]
  	King of England
  Coronation	27 May 1199  [1]
  Regnal Name	John
  Died	19 Oct. 1216	Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England   [1]
  Buried	Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I632	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	24 Nov. 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry II (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 1133, Le Mans, Maine, France ,   d. 6 July 1189, Chinon, Anjou, France  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Eleanor (d'Aquitaine), of Aquitaine,   b. 1122,   d. 26 Jan. 1204, Fontevrault, Anjou, France  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1152	Bordeaux, France   [2]
  Family ID	F357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isabel (de Normandie), Countess of Gloucester,   d. circa 18 Nov. 1217
  Married	29 Aug. 1189  [1]
  Annulled	1200  [1]
  Last Modified	18 July 2018
  Family ID	F339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Isabella (de Valence), of Angoulême,   d. 31 May 1246
  Married	24 Aug. 1200	Bordeaux, France   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Henry III (Plantagenet), King of England,   b. 10 Oct. 1206, Winchester, Hampshire, England ,   d. 16 Nov. 1272, Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 66 years) + 2. Richard (Plantagenet), Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans,   b. 5 Jan. 1208,   d. 2 April 1272  (Age 64 years)   3. Joan (Plantagenet),   b. 22 July 1210,   d. 4 March 1237/38  (Age 27 years)   4. Isabella (Plantagenet),   b. 1214,   d. 1 Dec. 1241  (Age 27 years)   5. Eleanor (Plantagenet),   b. 1215,   d. 13 April 1275  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	3 Aug. 2018
  Family ID	F336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Plantagenet: Royal Arms of England (c.1198–1340, 1360–9) "In 1198 (and perhaps rather earlier) [Richard I's] arms were Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. This coat is referred to briefly as England. It was borne by all the later Plantagenet kings. England was borne alone until 1340." Source: Boutell's Heraldry, rev. J. P. Brooke-Little (1970), p. 207.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page lii. [S8] BP 1970, Peter Townend (ed.), (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1970), page li.