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John I Lackland

John I Lackland was born on December 24th, 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England. John I Lackland's father was Henry II Curtmantle Fitzempress and his mother is Eleanor of Aquitaine. His paternal grandfather was Geoffrey V the Fair Plantagenet and his paternal grandmother is Matilda the Empress. He was an only child. He died at the age of 48 on October 19th, 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire.

General Notes
- Reigned 1199-1216. Signed Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede. His reign saw renewal of war with Phillip II Augustus of France to whom he has lost several continental possesions including Normandy by 1205. He came into conflict with his Barons and was forced to Sign the Magna Carta. His later repudiation of the charter led to the first barons war 1215-17 during which John died. Burke says he was born in 1160. King of Ireland 1177, Count of Mortain 1189, Earl of Gloucester.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Geoffrey of Gastinois Ferole
  - b.~ 1004 d.BET 1043 AND 1046
  
  Fulk IV the Rude of Anjou
  - d.14 Apr 1106
  
  Ermengard D'Anjou
  - b.1018 d.BET 18 MAR 1075 AND 1076
  
  Fulk V the younger of Anjou
  - d.1143
  
  Simon De Montfort
  
  Bertrada de Montfort
  
  Agnes D'Evereux
  - b.~ 1030 d.~ 1087
  
  Geoffrey V the Fair Plantagenet
  - b.24 Aug 1113 d.07 Sep 1151 in Château-du-Loir, France
  
  Ermengard of Maine
  
  Henry II Curtmantle Fitzempress
  - b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, France
  
  Matilda the Empress
  
  John I Lackland
  - b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire
  
  Eleanor of Aquitaine

Personal Timeline

Details of John I Lackland's family with Isabella of Angoulême Taillefer