Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000

Notes

Rainald II of GUELDRES

1 UPDA
2 PLAC Count of Zutphen.

Eleanor of Woodstock PLANTAGENET

Others have given 15 July as her birth date

David 11 BRUCE King of Scots

1 UPDA
2 DATE 24 NOV 1331
2 PLAC Scone Abbey, Perthshire
2 SOUR S32

Died without issue.Edward Baliol disputed the throne.
The administration of Scotland was assumed by John Rondolph, 3rd Earl of
Moray, as Regent of Scotland, during the minotity of David 11.
Burke says he died in 1370

Joanna PLANTAGENET

1 NAME Joan of the Tower - Johane or Joan/Makep/
1 UPDA
2 DATE 24 NOV 1331
2 PLAC Acceded: Scone Abbey, Perthshire

John MOWBRAY Lord

1 UPDA
2 PLAC Lord Mowbray 4th

Slayed in the way to the Holy Land, near Constantinople.

John DE SEGRAVE

1 NAME Thomas //

Margaret PLANTAGENET Lady

1 UPDA
2 DATE 29 SEP 1397
2 PLAC Acceded:

Margaret PLANTAGENET Lady

1 UPDA
2 DATE 29 SEP 1397
2 PLAC Acceded:

John PLANTAGENET King of England

1 NAME John /LACKLAND/
1 UPDA
2 PLAC Sword of Lath-Softsword

Signed Magna Carta in 1215 (at Runnymede)

JOHN (1167?-1216), often called John Lackland, is remembered as one of England's worst kings and as the king who granted Magna Carta, the famous charter of liberties. John was unpredictable and often cruel, but he showed administrative ability. He improved methods of tax collection and financial recordkeeping, and strengthened the courts of law.

John was the youngest son of King Henry II. In 1177, Henry made John Lord of Ireland. In 1199, John succeeded his brother Richard the Lion-Hearted as king of England, and, in France, as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou. John's nephew Arthur claimed the right to succeed Richard. John quarreled over his French territories with Arthur and King Philip II of France. Philip declared a war against England that began in 1202. The war was fought off and on throughout the rest of John's reign. John's mismanagement--and rumors he murdered Arthur--angered French barons who had been loyal to John and led to the loss of most English holdings in France.

John disagreed with Pope Innocent III over who should become archbishop of Canterbury. In 1208, the pope placed England under an interdict, which banned church services throughout the country. John was excommunicated the next year. His dictatorial behavior stirred discontent among the English barons. John feared his barons would revolt. To avoid this, he settled his argument with the pope in 1213. The pope then supported John, in return for liberties granted the church. But many English barons and some clergy revolted anyway when the king's plans to reconquer the lost territories in France failed. In June 1215, John grudgingly approved the settlement that became known as Magna Carta. It placed the king under English law and checked his power.

House of Angevins. 27 May 1199 > 18 Oct 1216 = reign of John of England

?? Nov 1209 = John excommunicated by Pope Innocent III

15 Jun 1215 = John signs Magna Carta

Youngest child of Henry 11. He had three main quarrels during his reign. One
with the French King (Philip11) which led him losing a lot of land in France.
One with the church which made him unpopular. One with the barons which led him
being forced to sign the "Magna Carta". This Magna Carta stated that John
should rule according to certain rules and regulations. The barons and the
church were trying to protect their privileges. John died a year after he
signed it.

Update : from Queen's Official Web Site 8/10/97.

John and Magna Carta

John (reigned 1199-1216) was an able
administrator interested in law and government but
he neither trusted others, nor was trusted by them.
Heavy taxation, disputes with the Church (John
was excommunicated by the Pope in 1209) and
unsuccessful attempts to recover his French
possessions made him unpopular. Many of his
barons rebelled and in June 1215 they forced the
King to sign a peace treaty accepting their reforms.

This treaty, later known as Magna Carta, limited
royal powers, defined feudal obligations between
the king and the barons, and guaranteed a number
of rights. The most influential clauses concerned the
freedom of the Church; the redress of grievances of
owners and tenants of land; the need to consult the
Great Council of the Realm so as to prevent unjust
taxation; mercantile and trading relationships;
regulation of the machinery of justice so that justice
be denied to no one; and the requirement to control
the behaviour of royal officials. The most important
clauses established the basis of habeas corpus
('you have the body'), i.e. that no one shall be
imprisoned except by due process of law, and that
'to no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or
delay right or justice'.

The Charter also established a council of barons
who were to ensure that the sovereign observed the
Charter, with the right to wage war on him if he did
not. Magna Carta was the first formal document
insisting that the sovereign was as much under the
rule of law as his people; and that the rights of
individuals were to be upheld even against the
wishes of the sovereign. As a source of
fundamental constitutional principles, Magna Carta
came to be seen as an important definition of
aspects of English law, and in later centuries as the
basis of the liberties of the English people.

As a peace treaty Magna Carta was a failure and
the rebels invited Louis of France to become their
king. When John died in 1216 England was in the
grip of civil war.

Additional Information:

John was on the list of those who had plotted against his father, Henry I, but was not successful in plotting against his brother, Richard. Richard gave him lands in Normandy and England, but these were not enough. While Richard was imprisoned, John unsuccessfully rebelled several times. Upon Richard's return, he was reprimanded and kept out of trouble for the last five years of his brother's reign and earned the succession to the throne.

John was respected as successor in England, but in Anjou, Maine, and Touraine Arthur, son of Geoffrey of Brittany, was recognized as sovereign. John persuaded Philip II to oust the twelve-year-old Arthur and became Lord of the Angevin Empire. He then annulled his marriage to Isabella of Gloucester, whom Richard had betrothed to him, and, in an effort to unite the two halves of his empire, married Isabella of Angouleme. Unfortunately, John's bride's former fiance appealed to Philip II, and Philip declared all of John's recent acquisitions forfeit.

John captured Arthur shortly after his possessions were forfeited. Arthur disappeared and the murder has never been proven.

Determined to get his territory back, John levied high taxes on his nobles. This also came at the time of a conflict with Pope Innocent III. John refused to accept the papal appointment to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury. The pope punished John by placing England and Wales under an interdict and excommunicating John a year later. John, however, needed papal support to win his invasion of France. John made England a papal fief and invaded. In 1214, John lost the Battle of Bovines and the English barons had enough.

In 1215, the barons seized London and forced John to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymead. John had no intention of living up to the document, and the barons looked to Louis of France, Philip's son, for aid. Louis invaded England in 1216. John died that year in October with a nine-year old son as his successor.

Isabella of Angoulême TAILLEFER

1 UPDA
2 DATE 8 OCT 1200
2 PLAC Acceded: , Westminster Abbey, London, En

She was betrothed to Hugh before she married John. After John's death she
retired to her native city and eventually married Hugh after about 3 years.
Countess of Angoulême 1202.Queen of England

Raymond Berenger V

1 UPDA
2 DATE 1209
2 PLAC Acceded:

Raymond Berenger V
Berenger was the last and most illustrious of the Royal Provençal Counts; and,
even had he not been the sovereign of the land of song, his own verses would
have entitled him to a distinguised rank among the Troubadour poets.
He was relatively impoverished count who could provide little dowry for his
daughters.

Beatrice DE SAVOIE

Celebrated with her husband for learning and literary taste.

Alexander III the Glorius of SCOTLAND King

1 UPDA
2 DATE 13 JUL 1249
2 PLAC Acceded: Scone Abbey, Perthshire

House of Canmore
near Kinghjorn Fife. Horse jumped of a cliff during a night ride.
Burke says he died 1285.

Margaret PLANTAGENET Princess

Named after her aunt the queen of France. Some say died 1274.

David

Childless.