King John

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King John - youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)John Lackland, JohnPlantagenet, Plantagenet line - the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485