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| John, Lackland
(1166 - 1216)
| Timeline |
| 1167 |
Born 24 December to Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 1173 |
Betrothed to the heiress of Maurienne and Savoy; mother imprisoned by Henry |
| 1176 |
Betrothed to Isabella, the heiress of the earldom of Gloucester |
| 1177 |
Granted the lordship of Ireland |
| 1185 |
Travels to Ireland to take up governing there - returns within a few months |
| 1189 |
Conspires with his brothers and the French king Philip Augustus against his father; Henry II dies, and Richard I takes the throne; marries Isabella of Gloucester |
| 1190 |
Richard recognises Arthur of Brittany as heir to the throne |
| 1193 |
John conspires to take the throne while Richard is away |
| 1194 |
Richard I returns, John is banished and all his lands are taken from him; reconciles with Richard a few months later |
| 1200 |
Divorces Isabella of Gloucester and marries Isabella of Angoulême |
| 1202 |
Captures his nephew and rival to the throne - Arthur of Brittany at Mirebeau; loses Normandy, Anjou, Maine and parts of Poitou to Philip |
| 1203 |
Arthur of Brittany disapears, it is suspected that he was murdered at John's command |
| 1205 |
Disagreement with Innocent III over the archbishoporic of Canterbury |
| 1207 |
Son, Henry III, born |
| 1209 |
Excommunicated by Innocent III; son, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, born |
| 1210 |
Daughter, Joan, born |
| 1213 |
Absolved from excommunication; interdict on England lifted the next year |
| 1214 |
Daughter, Isabella, born |
| 1215 |
Baronial rebellion; signing of the Magna Carta; daughter, Eleanor, born |
| 1216 |
Prince Louis, son of Philip II invades; John dies 19 October of dysentery while retreating |
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