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• Also Known As : John Lackland (nickname)
• Occupation: King of England Reigned 1199 to 1216.
• Stories and Notes: His concessions did not buy peace for long and the Barons War continued. The barons sought French aid and Prince Louis of France landed in England supported by attacks from the North by Alexander II of Scotland. John fled and according to legend lost most of his baggage and the crown jewels when crossing the tidal estuaries of the Wash. He became ill with dysentery and died at Newark Castle in October 1216.
• Stories and Notes: His repressive policies and ruthless taxation to fund the warin France brought him into conflict with his barons which became known as the Barons War. In 1215 rebel baron leaders marched on London where they were welcomed by an increasing band of defectors from John’s royalist supporters. Their demands were drawn up in a document which became the known as the Magna Carta. John sort peace and met them at Runnymede where on 15th June 1215 he agreed to their demands and sealed the Magna Carta. It was a remarkable document which set limits on the powers of the king, laid out the feudal obligations of the barons, confirmed the liberties of the Church, and granted rights to all freemen of the realm and their heirs for ever. It was the first written constitution.
• Stories and Notes: John was nicknamed Lackland, probably because, as the youngest of Henry II's five sons, it was difficult to find a portion of his father's French possessions for him to inherit. He was acting king from 1189 during his brother Richard the Lion-Heart's absence on the Third Crusade. The legend of Robin Hood dates from this time in which John is portrayed as Bad King John. He was involved in intrigues against his absent brother, but became king in 1199 when Richard was killed in battle in France.
• Stories and Notes: Most of his reign was dominated by war with France. Following the peace treaty of Le Goulet there was a brief peace, but fighting resumed again in 1202. John had lost Normandy and almost all the other English possessions in France to Philip II of France by 1204. He spent the next decade trying to regain these without success and was finally defeated by Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. He was also in conflict with the Church. In 1205 he disputed the pope's choice of Stephen Langton as archbishop of Canterbury, and Pope Innocent III placed England under an interdict, suspending all religious services, including baptisms, marriages, and burials. John retaliated by seizing church revenues, and in 1209 was excommunicated. Eventually, John submitted, accepting the papal nominee, and agreed to hold the kingdom as a fief of the papacy; an annual monetary tribute was paid to the popes for the next 150 years by successive English monarchs.
• Stories and Notes: See Notes
• Stories and Notes: See Notes
• To Lady Kathleen: 22 x great grandfather

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Stories and Notes:
His reign saw renewal of war with Phillip II Augustus of France to whom he has lost several continental possesions including Normandy by 1205.

Stories and Notes:
Forced to signed Magna Carta on June 15, 1215 at Runnymede After he came into conflict with his Barons.

Died:
His later repudiation of the charter led to the first barons war 1215-17 during which John died.

Family/Spouse: Suzanne De Warenne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Agatha Ferrers. Agatha (daughter of Earl of Derby William Ferrers and Silbil De Braose) was born in 1168 in Charltey, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Queen Consort of England Isabella Taillefer on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, , Aquitaine, France. Isabella (daughter of Count of Angouleme Aymer Taillefer and Alice Courtaney) was born in 1186 in Angouleme, , Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 31 May 1246 in Fonteevrault. Maine-et-Loire, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Richard Fitzroy, Richard of Dover
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Richard married Rohsia, of Dover in 1207 in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Rohsia (daughter of Robert, of Dover and Isabel De Briwere) was born in 1188 in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; died in 1232 in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Prince of Wales Llywelyn Fawr Ap Iowerth. Llywelyn (son of Iowerth Drwyndwn Ap Owain Mawr and Margaret, of Powys) was born in 1173 in Dolwyddelan, Nantconwy, Wales, United Kingdom; died on 11 Apr 1240. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1216, when he succeeded John, but the royal powers were exercised by a regency until 1232, and by two French nobles, Peter des Roches and Peter des Rivaux, until the barons forced their expulsion in 1234, marking the start of Henry's personal rule. His financial commitments to the papacy and his foreign favourites antagonized the barons who issued the Provisions of Oxford in 1258, limiting the king's power. Henry's refusal to accept the provisions led to the second Barons' War in 1264, a revolt of nobles led by his brother-in-law Simon de Montfort. Henry was defeated at Lewes, Sussex, and imprisoned, but restored to the throne after the royalist victory at Evesham in 1265. He was succeeded by his son Edward I. On his release, Henry was weak and senile and his eldest son, Edward, took charge of the government.
• To Lady Kathleen: 21 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 1216 to 1272; King of England

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A minor when he took the throne he did not take the reigns of Government himself until 1234. Baronian discontent simmered, boiling over in 1258 when Henry facing financial disaster attempted to raise large sums from his magnates. Reforms were ag reed upon but then renouced by Henry. Simon de Montford lead a rebellion against the King (the Barons Wars) which was defeated after initial success, thereafter Henry ceeded much of his power to his son.

Henry married Countess of Provence Eleanor Berenger on 4 Jan 1236 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Eleanor (daughter of Count of Provence Raymond Berenger, V and Countess of Savoy Beatrice) was born in 1223 in Aix-en-Provence, , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France; died on 24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury Monastery, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried on 24 Jun 1291 in Priory of Ambesbury, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Earl of Cornwall

Eleanor married Earl of Leicester Simon De Monfort about 1230. Simon was born about 1200 in , , England, United Kingdom; died about 1260. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Richard De Douvres
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Richard married Countess of Angus Maud on 21 Dec 1247 in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Maud (daughter of Earl of Angus Malcolm and Mary Berkeley) was born in 1215 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 18 Mar 1290 in , , , France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Edward I - Longshanks
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1272, son of Henry III (1207–72). He led the royal forces against Simon de Montfort (the Younger) in the Barons' War of 1264–67, and was on a crusade when he succeeded to the throne. He established English rule over all of Wales in 1282–84, and secured recognition of his overlordship from the Scottish king, although the Scots under Sir William Wallace and Robert (I) the Bruce fiercely resisted actual conquest. His reign saw Parliament move towards its modern form with the Model Parliament of 1295. He married Eleanor of Castile (1254–90) and in 1299 married Margaret, daughter of Philip III of France. He was succeeded by his son Edward II (1284–1327). Edward was a noted castle builder, including the northern Welsh Conway castle, Caernarvon Castle, Beaumaris castle, and Harlech castle. He was also responsible for building bastides to defend the English position in France.
• To Lady Kathleen: 20 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 1272 to 1307; King of England

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In the Barons War 1264-67 he defeated the Barons at Evesham(1265) as King he is noted for encouraging Parliamentary institutions at the expense of feudalism and for subduing Waleson which he imposed the English system of administration. He late r tried to assert his authority over Scotland and died while on his way to fight Robert Bruce.

Edward married Princess of Castile Eleanor on 18 Oct 1254 in Abbey of Las Heulgas, Burgos, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of King of Castile Ferdinand, III and Joanna Dammartin) was born in 1244 in Castile, Spain; died on 28 Nov 1290 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried on 16 Dec 1290 in Westminister Abbey, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Princess of France Marguerite Capet de Valois on 8 Sep 1299 in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Marguerite (daughter of King of France Philip, III) was born in 1279 in The Seine, Paris, , , France; died on 14 Feb 1317 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried on 14 Feb 1317 in Grey Friars Church, Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Crouchback
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Edmund married Blanche Capet on 29 Oct 1276 in The Seine, Paris, , , France. Blanche (daughter of Count of Artois Robert Capet, I and Matilde, of Brabant) was born in 1248 in Arras, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 2 May 1302 in The Seine, Paris, , , France; was buried on 2 May 1302 in Minoresses Convent, Monastery of St Clare, Aldgate, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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Died:
or 1291

Isabella married David Strathbogie in 1264 in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom. David (son of John Strathbogie and Ada Hastings) was born in 1240 in Strathbogie, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 6 Aug 1270 in Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Earl of Chester

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• Also Known As : Joan of Acre
• Occupation: Countess of Gloucester and Hertford.
• Stories and Notes: see Notes
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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Stories and Notes:
Her father had arranged for her to be married to Amadeus of Savoy, but she had already secretly married to Ralph, a member of the Kings household, Later she married Gilbert.

Joan married Sir Gilbert De Clare on 30 Apr 1290 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Gilbert (son of Earl of Gloucester Richard De Clare and Maude De Lacy) was born on 2 Sep 1243; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouth, Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Isabel
• Occupation: Princess
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Elizabeth married Earl of Hereford Humphery De Bohun, VIII on 14 Nov 1302 in , , England, United Kingdom. Humphery (son of Earl of Hereford Humphrey De Bohun, VII and Maud De Fiennes) was born in 1276 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 16 Mar 1322 in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1307, son of Edward I. Born at Caernarfon Castle, he was created the first Prince of Wales in 1301. Incompetent and frivolous, and unduly influenced by his favourite, Piers Gaveston, Edward struggled throughout his reign with discontented barons, who attempted to restrict his power through the Ordinances of 1311. His invasion of Scotland in 1314 to suppress revolt resulted in defeat at Bannockburn. When he fell under the influence of a new favourite, Hugh le Depenser, he was deposed in 1327 by his wife Isabella (1292–1358), daughter of Philip IV of France, and her lover Roger de Mortimer, and murdered in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire. He was succeeded by his son, Edward III.
• To Lady Kathleen: 19 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 1301; 1st Prince of Wales
• Occupation: 1307 to 1327; King of England

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His reign was troubled by extravagances, his militarist disasters in Scotland notably at Bannockburn (1314)and unpopularity of his favourite peers Gaveston who died in 1312 and Hugh le Despencer 1262-1326. He was deposed on 21 Jan 1327, and murd ered by a red-hot poker in his bowels.

Died:
murdered

Edward married Princess of France Isabella Capet on 25 Jun 1308 in , , England, United Kingdom. Isabella (daughter of King of France Phillip Capet, IV and Queen of Navarre Joan, I) was born in 1295 in The Seine, Paris, , , France; died on 22 Aug 1358 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Tortcol
• Occupation: Captain-General
• Occupation: Earl of Lancaster
• Occupation: Earl of Leicester
• Occupation: Lord of Beaumont
• Occupation: Lord of Noge
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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Occupation:
He was one of the leaders of the great confederacy which overturned the power of the Spencers and deposed Kind Edward II. He was appointed guardian of the new King Edward III. He was appointed captain-general of all the King's forces in the Mar ches of Scotland.

Henry married Maud Chadworth on 2 Mar 1297. Maud (daughter of Sir Patrick Chadworth and Isabella Beauchamp) was born in 1282; died on 3 Dec 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]