In the political history of United Kingdom, John, King of England is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists John, King of England as King of England from 1199 to 1216.
John, King of England was born at Beaumont Palace in 1166. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom.
Power then ran through courts, church and inheritance. A ruler's reach ended roughly where the roads did.
The offices held were monarch of England (1199–1216), Duke of Normandy and Lord of Ireland (1199–1216).
He is described as monarch.
His name is attached above all to to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document considered a foundational milestone in English and later British constitutiona. What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
That the career was made in United Kingdom is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
John, King of England died in 1216, aged 50. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- monarch of England (1199–1216)
- Duke of Normandy
- Lord of Ireland (1199–1216)
- count of Anjou
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