Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Queen Of Aragon; Princess Of Poitiers
• Appointments / Titles: Between 7 Jan 1093 and 7 Jan 1117; Duchess consort of Aquitaine
• Appointments / Titles: Between 7 Jan 1098 and 7 Jan 1102; Countess of Toulouse (first tenure)
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1109 and 7 Jan 1115; Countess of Toulouse (second tenure)

Family/Spouse: de Châtellerault, Viscount Aymeric I. Aymeric was born in 1075 in Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 14 Nov 1151 in Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried after 14 Nov 1151 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: de Poitiers, WIlliam II. WIlliam was born on 28 Oct 1071 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; died on 17 Feb 1127 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 17 Feb 1127 in Montierneuf, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Acquitaine
• FSID: MBXP-1YN

Notes:

Aénor de Châtellerault, duchess of Aquitaine

Nicknames: "Aénor de Rochefoucauld"
Birthdate: 1103
Birthplace: Châtellerault, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death: Died 1130 in Talmont-sur-Gironde, Charente-maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Place of Burial:France

Immediate Family:
Daughter of Aimery I, vicomte de Châtellérault and Dangereuse de L'Isle Bouchard
Wife of William X, Duke of Aquitaine
Mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England; Petronilla (Alix) (Pernelle) d'Aquitaine and Guillaume d'Aquitaine
Sister of Raoul de Châtellerault, seigneur de Faye-le-Vineuse; Hugues III, viscount of Châtellerault and Amable de Chastellerault

Family/Spouse: of Aquitaine, WIlliam X. WIlliam (son of de Poitiers, WIlliam II and of Toulouse, Queen of Aragon Philippa Mathilde) was born in 1099 in Aquitaine, France; died on 16 Apr 1137 in Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain; was buried in Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Guillaume
• FSID: LZVF-767
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Count of Poitou
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Duke of Aquitaine
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Duke of Aquitaine
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Duke of Gascony
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1126 and 7 Jan 1138; Duke of Gascony

Notes:

William X married Aenor de Châtellerault, a daughter of his father's mistress Dangerossa by her first husband, Aimery. In 1137 William joined the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, but died during the trip. Per Wikipedia.org

Family/Spouse: de Châtellerault, Elaeanor. Elaeanor (daughter of de Châtellerault, Viscount Aymeric I and of Toulouse, Queen of Aragon Philippa Mathilde) was born in 1103 in Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died between 8 Mar and 7 Apr 1130 in Talmont, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried after 8 Mar 1130 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duchess
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England
• Appointments / Titles: Princess
• Appointments / Titles: Queen of Aquitaine
• Life Event: m. 1 to Louis VII, King of France
• FSID: 99XF-Y5R
• Occupation: Duchess of Aquitaine
• Religion: Between 8 Jan 1122 and 7 Jan 1123; Roman Catholicism
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205; comtesse, de Poitiers
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205; duchesse, d'Aquitaine
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1205; duchesse, de Gascogne
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1138; Duchy of Aquitaine
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1137 and 7 Jan 1153; Queen consort of France
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1154 and 7 Jan 1190; Queen consort of England
• Burial: 8 Apr 1204, Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

Notes:

Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor/Éléonore; 1122 or 1124 – 1 April 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages and a member of the Ramnulfid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child, then later Queen consort of France (1137–1152) and of England (1154–1189). She was the patron of literary figures such as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Bernart de Ventadorn.

Eleanor's succession to the duchy of Aquitaine in 1137 made her the most eligible bride in Europe. Three months after she became duchess, she married King Louis VII of France, son of her guardian, King Louis VI. As Queen of France, she participated in the unsuccessful Second Crusade. Soon after, Eleanor sought an annulment of her marriage, but her request was rejected by Pope Eugene III. However, after the birth of her second daughter Alix, Louis agreed to an annulment in consideration of her failure to bear a son after fifteen years of marriage. The marriage was annulled on 11 March 1152 on the grounds of consanguinity within the fourth degree. Their daughters were declared legitimate and custody was awarded to Louis, while Eleanor's lands were restored to her.

As soon as the annulment was granted, Eleanor became engaged to Henry, Duke of Normandy, who became King Henry II of England in 1154. Henry was her third cousin (cousin of the third degree), and nine years younger. The couple married on 18 May 1152 (Whit Sunday), eight weeks after the annulment of Eleanor's first marriage, in a cathedral in Poitiers, France. Over the next thirteen years, she bore Henry eight children: five sons, three of whom would become kings; and three daughters. However, Henry and Eleanor eventually became estranged. Henry imprisoned her in 1173 for supporting her son Henry's revolt against her husband, and she was not released until 1189 when Henry died (on 6 July), and their son ascended the English throne as Richard I.

Now queen dowager, Eleanor acted as regent while Richard went on the Third Crusade where he was captured and held prisoner. Eleanor lived well into the reign of her youngest son John. By the time of her death, she had outlived all her children except for King John and Queen Eleanor of Castile.

Family/Spouse: Plantagenet, King of England Henry II. Henry (son of Plantagenet, Duke Geoffrey V and of England, Matilda) was born on 12 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; was christened in 1133 in France; died on 13 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried on 15 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England
• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Bedford
• House: House of Plantagenet
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1177 and 7 Jan 1186; Lord of Ireland
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1189 and 1199, Gloucestershire, England; Earl
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1199 and 1204, Maine (Historical), France; Count
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1199 and 1204, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1199 and 1216, Aquitaine, France; Duke
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1199 and 1216, England; King
• Appointments / Titles: Between 8 Jan 1199 and 7 Jan 1217; King of England
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1202 and 1216, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count
• Death: 19 Oct 1216, Newark Castle, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

Notes:

John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to inherit significant lands; became Henry's favourite child. John grew up to be around 5 ft 5 in. John's first period of rule in Ireland was not a success. Ireland had only recently been conquered by Anglo-Norman forces, and tensions were still rife between Henry II, the new settlers and the existing inhabitants.[28] John infamously offended the local Irish rulers by making fun of their unfashionable long beards. In order to remarry, John first needed to abandon Isabel, Countess of Gloucester, his first wife; as a cousin, John could not have legally wed her without this. Marrying Isabella of Angoulême, John was acquiring a key land route between Poitou and Gascony, which significantly strengthened his grip on Aquitaine. At the start of John's reign there was a sudden change in prices, as bad harvests and high demand for food resulted in much higher prices for grain and animals. This inflationary pressure was to continue for the rest of the 13th century and had long-term economic consequences for England. From Henry II onwards, ira et malevolentia had come to describe the right of the king to express his anger and displeasure at particular barons or clergy, building on the Norman concept of malevoncia – royal ill-will.[116] In the Norman period, suffering the king's ill-will meant difficulties in obtaining grants, honours or petitions; John was deeply suspicious of the barons. Chroniclers complained that John's mistresses were married noblewomen, which was considered unacceptable. During the remainder of his reign, John focused on trying to retake Normandy and England itself had to be secured against possible French invasion, John became involved in a dispute with Pope Innocent III that would lead to the king's excommunication. John refused Innocent's request that he consent to Langton's appointment, but the pope consecrated Langton anyway. He barred Langton from entering England and seized the lands of the archbishopric and other papal possessions.
Neither John nor the rebel barons seriously attempted to implement the peace accord. The failure of the agreement led rapidly to the First Barons' War. The rebel barons responded by inviting Prince Louis of France to lead them: Louis had a claim to the English throne by virtue of his marriage to Blanche of Castile, a granddaughter of Henry II. John contracted dysentery, which would ultimately prove fatal. By October 1216 John faced a "stalemate", "a military situation uncompromised by defeat". John's illness grew worse. John died on the night of 18 October. John's first wife, Isabel, Countess of Gloucester, was released from imprisonment in 1214; she remarried twice, and died in 1217. John's second wife, Isabella of Angoulême, left England for Angoulême soon after the king's death; she became a powerful regional leader, but largely abandoned the children she had had by John.
Popular representations of John first began to emerge during the Tudor period: Shakespeare's King John, Sir Walter Scott's historical romance, Ivanhoe, Howard Pyle's book The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Excerpts from Wikipedia.org.
Name: King John
Born: December 24, 1166 at Beaumont Palace : Oxford
Parents: Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
House of: Angevin ( Plantagenet)
Ascended to the throne: April 6, 1199 aged 32 years
Crowned: May 27, 1199 at Westminster Abbey
Married: 1) Isabella of Gloucester, (annulled 1199), (2) Isabella, Daughter of Count of Angouleme
Children: Two sons including Henry III, three daughters and several illegitimate children
Died: October 18, 1216 at Newark Castle, aged 49 years, 9 months, and 24 days
Buried at: Worcester
Reigned for: 17 years, 6 months, and 13 days
Succeeded by: his son Henry III
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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.

King John signs Magna Carta 1215
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.

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.
Timeline for King John
Year Event
1199 John accedes to the throne on the death of his brother, Richard I.
1204 England loses most of its possessions in France.
1205 John refuses to accept Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury
1208 Pope Innocent III issues an Interdict against England, banning all church services except baptisms and funerals
1209 Pope Innocent III excommunicates John for his confiscation of ecclesiastical property
1209 Cambridge University founded
1212 Innocent III declares that John is no longer the rightful King
1213 John submits to the Pope’s demands and accepts the authority of the Pope
1214 Philip Augustus of France defeats the English at the Battle of Bouvines
1215 Beginning of the Barons' war. The English Barons march to London to demand rights which they lay down in the Magna Carta.
1215 John meets the English barons at Runnymede, agrees to their demands, and seals the Magna Carta which set limits on the powers of the monarch, lays out the feudal obligations of the barons, confirms the liberties of the Church, and grants rights to all freemen of the realm and their heirs for ever. It is the first written constitution.
1215 The Pope decrees that John need not adhere to the Magna Carta, and civil war breaks out
1216 The barons seek French aid in their fight against John. Prince Louis of France lands in England and captures the Tower of London
1216 John flees North and loses his war chest of cash and jewels in the Wash estuary
1216 John dies of a fever at Newark and is buried Worcester Cathedral

Family/Spouse: le Boteler, Regina Clementia. Regina (daughter of Plantagenet, King of England Henry II and Plantagenet, Agnes) was born on 19 Jun 1166 in Maine (Historical), France; died on 7 Sep 1201 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried after 7 Sep 1201 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married de Taillefer, Queen of England Isabelle on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. Isabelle (daughter of de Taillefer, Aymar and de Courtenay, Alice) was born on 2 Sep 1188 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was christened in 1188 in France; died on 10 Jun 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: de Ferrers, Agatha. Agatha was born in 1168 in Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire, England; died in 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]