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2 giorni fa · John was the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was nicknamed John Lackland (Norman: Jean sans Terre, lit. 'John without land') because he was not expected to inherit significant lands.
3 giorni fa · By 1214, John had re-established his authority in England and planned what Gillingham has called a grand strategy to recapture Normandy and Anjou. The plan was that John would draw the French from Paris, while another army, under his nephew Otto IV, the Holy Roman Emperor, and his half-brother
25 mag 2024 · Arthur‘s mysterious death in captivity the following year led to a revolt by the French king, Philip II, who seized John‘s territories in Normandy, Anjou, and Poitou. By 1204, John had lost almost all his possessions in France, a humiliating defeat that severely weakened his position and prestige.
4 giorni fa · In June 1200, John visited Anjou, Maine, and Touraine, taking hostages from those he distrusted, and visiting Aquitaine, where he received homage from his mother's vassals, returning to Poitiers in August. Lusignan rebellion and the Anglo-French war
3 giorni fa · King John of England granted the Magna Carta ("the great charter") on 15 June 1215. Leading nobles had demanded confirmation of their liberties and had threatened war if their demands were not met.
28 mag 2024 · Regardless of his pre-engagement to Henry III, he betrothed Yoland to John Duke of Anjou, brother of the King of France, and was in consequence once more deprived of his lands in England. Henry III is said to have bestowed them upon his brother Richard Earl of Cornwall in 1227.
15 mag 2024 · Among them was one of the great conspirators of his age. His name was John of Procida. He had studied medicine in his native city of Salerno and, as the Emperor’s personal physician, had attended Frederick on his deathbed. Later he had entered the service of Manfred.
