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John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet 1166 – 1216 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Dec 1166

Birth Location: Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England

Death Date: 19 Oct 1216

Death Location: Newark, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Henry Plantagenet

Mother: Alienor Aquitaine

Spouse(s): ISabelle Angouleme, Clementia nn

Children(s): Joane FitzJohn, Henry Plantagenet, Richard Cornwall, Isabella Plantagenet, Joan FitzJohn

In 1166, John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet entered the world in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England, born to Henry Plantagenet and Alienor "Eleanor" Aquitaine. John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet married ISabelle "Queen of England" "Countess of Angouleme" "de la Marche" Angouleme, Clementia nn, and had children including Joane FitzJohn, Henry Plantagenet, Richard "Earl of Cornwall" "Count of Poitou in France" "King of the Romans" "Plantagenet Cornwall, Isabella Plantagenet, Joan "Lady of Wales" "Lady of Snowdon" FitzJohn. John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet passed away in 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1166, John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet entered the world in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England, born to Henry Plantagenet and Alienor "Eleanor" Aquitaine.
  • John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet married ISabelle "Queen of England" "Countess of Angouleme" "de la Marche" Angouleme, Clementia nn, and had children including Joane FitzJohn, Henry Plantagenet, Richard "Earl of Cornwall" "Count of Poitou in France" "King of the Romans" "Plantagenet Cornwall, Isabella Plantagenet, Joan "Lady of Wales" "Lady of Snowdon" FitzJohn.
  • John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet passed away in 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Plantagenet
1133 – 1189
Birth Location: –
HP
Alienor Aquitaine
1122 – 1204
Birth Location: Aquitaine, France
AA

Spouses(s)

ISabelle Angouleme
1188 – 1246
Birth Location: Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
IA
Clementia nn
1165 –
Birth Location: –
Cn

Children(s)

Joane FitzJohn
1188 – 1238
Birth Location: –
JF
Henry Plantagenet
1207 – 1272
Birth Location: –
HP
Richard Cornwall
1209 – 1272
Birth Location: Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
RC
Isabella Plantagenet
1214 – 1241
Birth Location: –
IP
Joan FitzJohn
1189 – 1237
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
JF

John Plantagenet's Ancestors

Self
John Plantagenet
1166 – 1216
Birth Place: Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
Parents
Henry Plantagenet
1133 – 1189
Alienor ("Eleanor") Aquitaine
1122 – 1204
Aquitaine, France
Grandparents
Geoffrey Anjou
1113 – 1151
Matilda Normandie
1102 – 1167
Guillaume Aquitaine
1099 – 1137
Aenor Chatellerault
1103 – 1130
Great-Grandparents
Fulk Anjou
1092 – 1144
Ermengarde Maine
1092 – 1126
Henry Normandie
1068 – 1135
Eadgith Dunkeld
1080 – 1118
Guillaume Aquitaine
1071 – 1127
Philippa Toulouse
1073 – 1151
Amaury Chatellerault
1077 – 1151
Amauberge Bouchard
1079 – 1151
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Foulques Anjou
1043 – 1109
Bertrade Montfort
1155 – 1227
Helie Maine
1060 – 1110
Mathilde Loire
1055 – 1109
William Normandie
1028 – 1087
Matilda Flandre
1031 – 1083
Malcolm Dunkeld
1031 – 1093
Margaret Wessex
1045 – 1093
Guillaume Aquitaine
1026 – 1086
Hildegarde Bourgogne
1056 – 1104
Guillaume Toulouse
1040 – 1093
Emma Mortain
1058 – 1093
Boson Chatellerault
1050 – 1092
Alienor Thouars
1054 – 1093
Barthelemy Bouchard
1049 – 1097
Gerberga Blaison
1053 – 1082

John Plantagenet's Descendants

1.
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John ("Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword") Plantagenet (24 Dec 1166 – 19 Oct 1216) m. ISabelle ("Queen of England" "Countess of Angouleme" "de la Marche") Angouleme (1188 – 31 May 1246) m. Clementia nn (abt 1165 – )
  1. 1. Joane FitzJohn (1188 – 04 Mar 1238) m. Llewellyn (Fawr) Iorweth (abt 1173 – abt 11 Apr 1240)
    1. 1. Gwladys (du verch) Llewelyn (1205 – 1251) m. Ranulph ("Baron of Wigmore" "Constable of Clun Castle") Mortimer (15 Feb 1190 – 06 Aug 1246)
      1. 1. Maud Mortimer (1213 – 1243) m. William Zouche (abt 1214 – bef 03 Feb 1272)
        1. 1. Joyce Zouche (1253 – bef 13 Mar 1289) m. Robert Mortimer (abt 1246 – 07 Apr 1287)
    2. 2. Margaret (ap) Llewellyn ( – aft 1268) m. John Braose (abt 1197 – bef 16 Jul 1232) m. Walter Clifford (abt 1187 – bef 23 Dec 1263)
      1. 1. William (Knt) Braose (abt 1224 – 06 Jan 1291) m. Aline Multon (abt 1225 – abt 1268)
        1. 1. William (Knt) Braose (abt 1261 – bef 01 May 1326)
      2. 2. Richard Braose (bef 1232 – abt 18 Jun 1292) m. Alice Rus (25 Dec 1245 – bef 28 Jan 1301)
        1. 1. Giles (de) Braose (abt 1273 – 06 Feb 1311) m. Joan Beaumont (1289 – abt 1332)
      3. 3. Maud Clifford (1238 – bef 1283) m. John Giffard (19 Jan 1232 – 29 May 1299)
        1. 1. Eleanor Giffard (abt 1275 – 23 Jan 1324) m. Fulk Strange (abt 1267 – bef 23 Jan 1324)
  2. 2. Henry Plantagenet (01 Oct 1207 – 16 Nov 1272) m. Eleanor Provence (1217 – 24 Jun 1291)
    1. 1. Edward Plantagenet (17 Jun 1239 – 07 Jul 1307) m. Eleanor Castilla (abt 1244 – 29 Nov 1290) m. Leonor Castilla (abt 1244 – 29 Nov 1290)
      1. 1. Joan (of Acre) Plantagenet (Apr 1272 – 23 Apr 1307) m. Gilbert (IV de) Clare (02 Sep 1243 – 07 Dec 1295) m. Gilbert (IV (Earl Gloucs HertsClare) \De) Clare (2 Sep 1243 – 7 Dec 1295)
        1. 1. Lady (Isabel de) Clare (8 Nov 1226 – 10 Jul 1264)
        2. 2. Gilbert (V de) Clare (10 May 1291 – 24 Jun 1314)
        3. 3. Eleanor (de) Clare (Oct 1292 – 30 Jun 1337)
        4. 4. Elizabeth (de) Clare (16 Sep 1295 – 4 Nov 1360) m. Theobald Verdun (08 Sep 1278 – 27 Jul 1316)
        5. 5. Mary (De) Monthermer (1298 – 1371)
        6. 6. Thomas Monthermer (4 Oct 1301 – 24 Jun 1340)
        7. 7. Gilbert (De) Clare (10 May 1291 – 24 Jun 1314) m. Maud ((Matilda) De) Burgh (1291 or 1294 – 2 Jul 1315)
      2. 2. Margaret Plantagenet (15 Mar 1275 – aft 1333) m. John (Reginar) Brabant (27 Sep 1273 – 27 Oct 1312)
        1. 1. John (Reginar) Brabant (abt 1300 – 05 Dec 1355) m. Marie (d') Evreux (abt 1303 – 31 Oct 1335)
    2. 2. Beatrice Plantagenet (25 Jun 1241 – 24 Mar 1275) m. Jean Dreux (04 Jan 1238 – 18 Nov 1305)
      1. 1. Marie Dreux (1268 – 05 Mar 1338) m. Guy Chatillon (1258 – 1317)
        1. 1. Matilde Chatillon (1293 – 03 Oct 1358) m. Charles (Capet "Conte de Chartres et du Perche") Valois (12 Mar 1270 – 16 Dec 1325)
    3. 3. Edmun Plantagenet (16 Jan 1245 – 05 Jun 1296) m. Blanche Artois (abt 1248 – 02 May 1302)
      1. 1. Nicholas Plantagenet (1250 – 1295) m. Margaret Dutton (abt 1300 – abt 1395)
        1. 1. Roger Leicester (abt 1278 – aft 1349) m. Joyce Isabel (1282 – 1340)
  3. 3. Richard ("Earl of Cornwall" "Count of Poitou in France" "King of the Romans" "Plantagenet) Cornwall (5 Jan 1209 – 02 Apr 1272) m. Isabel MARSHALL (9 Oct 1200 – 17 Jan 1240) m. Jeanne ("Joan") nn (abt 1225 – 1299)
    1. 1. John Cornwall (1232 – 1233)
    2. 2. Sir (Richard "Lord of Thunnuck" "Plantagenet" "de Cornubia") Cornwall (1252 – 30 Mar 1296) m. Joan (St) Owen (abt 1255 – 1308)
      1. 1. Geoffrey Cornwall (abt 1288 – abt 1335) m. Margaret (de) Mortimer (14 Sep 1295 – 1345)
        1. 1. Richard Cornwall (1311 – Oct 1343) m. Sibella ("de Bottringham" "Sibyl" "Sybilla") Bodrugan (1315 – abt 1349)
  4. 4. Isabella Plantagenet (1214 – 01 Dec 1241) m. Friedrich Hohenstaufen (26 Dec 1194 – 13 Dec 1250)
    1. 1. Margaretha Hohenstaufen (01 Dec 1241 – 08 Aug 1270) m. Albrecht Wettin (abt 1240 – 1314)
      1. 1. Friederich Wettin (abt 1257 – 1323) m. Elsbeth Lobdeberg
        1. 1. Friederich Wettin (abt 1310 – 1349) m. Mechtild Bayern (abt 1309 – 02 Jul 1346)
  5. 5. Joan ("Lady of Wales" "Lady of Snowdon") FitzJohn (bef 1189 – 02 Feb 1237) m. Llywelyn (ap "Llywelyn Fawr" "Llywelyn the Great") Iorweth (1173 – 11 Apr 1240)
    1. 1. Gwladus ("Ddu, Princess of North Wales" "of Gwynedd" "de Braose" ferch) Llywelyn (abt 1205 – abt 1251) m. Ranulph ("Baron of Wigmore" "Constable of Clun Castle") Mortimer (15 Feb 1190 – 06 Aug 1246)
      1. 1. Roger (Knt "1st Baron of Wigmore") Mortimer (abt 1231 – 26 Oct 1282) m. Lady (Matilda "Maud" "Brewes" "Breuse") Braose (abt 1226 – 16 Mar 1301)
        1. 1. Isabella ("Isabel" "Countess Arundel" "Arderne" "de Hastang") Mortimer (08 Apr 1248 – bef 10 Aug 1274) m. John ("of Clun and Oswestry") FitzAlan (14 Sep 1246 – 18 Mar 1272)

John Plantagenet's Timeline

2 Records

1166
24 Dec 1166
Birth of John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
1216
19 Oct 1216
Age 50
Death of John "Lackland" "King of England" "Soft Sword" Plantagenet in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Newark, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Dec 1166
    Event Place: Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Oct 1216
    Event Place: Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
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