KING JOHN

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• Born: December 24, 1199
• Died: October 18, 1216
• Parents: Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine

1199

• John accedes to the throne on the death
• of his brother, Richard I

1204

• England loses much of its
• possessions in France

1205

• John refuses to accept Stephen Langton
• as Archbishop of Canterbury

1208

• Pope innocent issues an Interdict against England,
• banning all church services except baptisms and funerals

1209

• Pope innocent III excommunicates John for his
• confiscation of ecclesiastical property

1212

• Innocent III declares that John is no longer
• the rightful king

1213

• John submits to the Pope's demands and accepts
• the authority of the Pope

1214

• Phillip Augustus of France defeats the
• English at the battle of Bouvines

1215

• John meets the English Barons at
• Runnymede, agrees to their demands,
• and seals the Magna Carta which set
• limits on the powers of the monarch,
• lays out the feudal obligations of the barons.

1215

• The Pope decrees that John
• need not adhere to the Magna Carta,
• and civil war breaks out

1216

• The baron seek French aid in their,
• fight against John. Prince Louis
• of France lands in England
• and captures the Tower of London.

1216

• John flees North and loses his
• War chest of cash and jewels in
• the Wash estuary

1216

• John dies of a fever at Newark
• and is buried Worcester Cathedral