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King John - Info Sheet

King John was an English monarch from 1199 to 1216 who had a controversial reputation, being thought of as both a terrible and great king by different people. As a child he was overshadowed by his brother and developed a reputation for violent rages. He proved disastrous as ruler of Ireland in 1185 and was suspected of murdering his nephew Arthur in 1202, further turning people against him. He excommunicated by the pope in 1207 over who should be archbishop, worsening tensions.

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King John - Info Sheet

King John was an English monarch from 1199 to 1216 who had a controversial reputation, being thought of as both a terrible and great king by different people. As a child he was overshadowed by his brother and developed a reputation for violent rages. He proved disastrous as ruler of Ireland in 1185 and was suspected of murdering his nephew Arthur in 1202, further turning people against him. He excommunicated by the pope in 1207 over who should be archbishop, worsening tensions.

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King John

King John was born in 1167 and died in 1216.

King John is one of the more controversial monarchs of


Medieval England. That means some people thought he
was a great king and some people thought he was a
terrible king.

As a child, John was overshadowed by his older brother


Richard. Like his father, John developed a reputation for
violent rages which lead to him foaming at the mouth.

Henry left no land to John when he died so John was


given the nick-name John Lackland. In 1189, all of Henry's territory went to his oldest son, Richard
I, better known as Richard the Lionheart.

In 1191, Richard left England to go on the Crusades. He left John


in charge of the country.

John's reputation as a leader was bad in


1185 when his father, Henry II sent him
to Ireland to rule. John proved to be a
disaster and within six months he was
sent home.

In 1199, Richard was killed in France and John became the king of
England.

In 1202, John's nephew, Arthur of Brittany, was murdered. Many people


believed that John was responsible for his murder and they rebelled
against John. They hated him.

John also fell out with the pope in 1207. John argued
with the pope over who should be Archbishop of
Canterbury. The pope excommunicated John and put
England under a Church law that stated that no
christening or marriage would be legal until the time the
Pope said that they would be.

Church law said that only


christened people could get to
Heaven while children born
out of marriage were doomed to Hell. This placed people in England
under a terrible strain and they blamed one person for this - John.

People in England did not trust King John and they wanted to have more
power themselves. John was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.
This was like a law that said that the people of England had rights that
the king could not go back on.

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