John, king of England

King of England

Lord of Ireland

Duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine

Count of Anjou

Events

Date of Birth: 1166 or 1167.

1167 is given by Gillingham (ODNB). Turner (p. 143) gives some time around Christmas Day 1166.

Date of Death: the night of 18-19 October, 1216.

Place of Death: Newark.

The date and place are given by Gillingham (ODNB).

Place of Burial: Worcester Cathedral.

Relationships

Father: Henry II, king of England (1133-1189).

This relationship is given by Gillingham (ODNB) and by Turner (p. 143).

Mother: Eleanor of Aquitaine (about 1122 - 1204).

This relationship is given by Gillingham (ODNB) and by Turner (p. 143).

Spouse: Isabella of Gloucester (). Married 29 August 1189. Divorced 1200.

This relationship and dates are given by Gillingham (ODNB). Other sources give 1199 as the date of the divorce.

Spouse: Isabella of Angoulême (about 1188 - 1246).

This relationship is given by Gillingham (ODNB).

Children (by Isabella of Angoulême):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Henry (1 October 1207 - 16 November 1272), later Henry III of England, married Éléonore de Provence 20 January 1236.

Richard (5 January 1209 - 2 April 1272), later first earl of Cornwall and king of Germany, married (1) Isabel Marshal in 1231; married (2) Sancha de Provence 23 November 1243; married (3) Beatrix van Valkenburg 16 June 1269.

Joan (22 July 1210 - 4 March 1238) married Alexander II, King of Scotland, in June 1221 in York Minster.

Isabella (1214 - 1 December 1241) married Emperor Friedrich II in July 1235.

Eleanor (probably 1215 - 1275) married (1) William Marshall, earl of Pembroke, on 23 April 1224; married (2) Simon de Montfort on 7 January 1238.

Children (by various mistresses):

Richard FitzJohn married Rohese de Dover.

Joan (died 30 March 1237) married Llywelyn ab Iorwerth.

Oliver (died 1219).

Geoffrey FitzRoy (died 1205).

John.

Eudo FitzRoy.

Henry FitzRoy married Eve.

Bartholomew.

probably others.

References

Cawley, Charles. “John” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Gillingham, John. “John (1167 - 1216)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Nichols, John. A collection of all the wills, now known to be extant, of the kings and queens of England, princes and princesses of Wales, and every branch of the blood royal: from the reign of William the Conqueror to that of Henry the Seventh, exclusive, with explanatory notes and a glossary. (London: J. Nichols, 1780 [Pages 13-14 give John’s will.]

Turner, Ralph V. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France, Queen of England (Yale University Press, 2009).