# John, King of England

> The king who lost an empire and signed away absolute power under duress. John's territorial collapse in France and the baronial revolt that forced Magna Carta in 1215 made him the template for royal failure — and a fixture in every Robin Hood story since.

*King of England from 1199 to 1216*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-king-of-england

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1166-12-24
- **Died:** 1216-10-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Christmastide 1166/7, the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, John was nicknamed Lackland because no inheritance awaited him. He became his father's favourite after his older brothers revolted, received the title Lord of Ireland in 1177, and took the throne in 1199 when Richard I died. Philip II of France recognised John's continental holdings at Le Goulet in 1200, but war resumed in 1202 and by 1204 John had lost Normandy and most of the Angevin Empire in northern France. He spent the next decade raising vast revenues and reforming his military and judiciary — his legal changes shaped English common law — but a dispute with Pope Innocent III led to England being placed under interdict from 1208 to 1214 and John's own excommunication from 1209 to 1213. His attempt to reclaim French lands failed at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, and when he returned home the barons revolted over his fiscal demands and autocratic treatment of nobles. The rebellion forced him to seal Magna Carta in 1215 as a peace treaty, but neither side honored it and civil war broke out with aid from Philip's son Louis. John died of dysentery on 19 October 1216 in eastern En

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 30.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 1.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #155

## Topics
#Politicians, #Historical Figure, #Royalty, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
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