Ruler · 1166 – 1216

John, King of England

Lived 1166 – 1216; monarch. Monarch of England of Kingdom of England, 1199 – 1216; also in the line of Lordship of Ireland, House of Plantagenet, Angevin Empire and Duchy of Normandy.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1166 – 1216; 50 years
In office: 39 years; one reign
Lines: 5; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of England

Kingdom of England · the 25th of 53 dated reigns · 899 – 1707

21 before

Stephen, King of England1141 – 1154

Henry II of England1154 – 1189

Richard I of England1189 – 1199

John, King of England1199 – 1216

Henry III of England1216 – 1272

Edward I1272 – 1307

Edward II1307 – 1327

25 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1199 – 1216 · 17 years · came to it aged 33

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

the term records: death in office

Also in the line of Lordship of Ireland (1st of 1), House of Plantagenet (3rd of 9), Angevin Empire (2nd of 2) and Duchy of Normandy (7th of 7).

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