Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Richard I King of England r. 1189–1199: Geoffrey II Duke of Brittany: Eleanor: Alfonso VIII King of Castile: Joan: William II King of Sicily: John King of England r. 1199–1216: Louis VIII King of France: Otto IV Holy Roman Emperor: Arthur I Duke of Brittany: Blanche of Castile Queen of France: Henry III King of England r. 1216–1272 ...
John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century.
The juvenile novel Lion-Heart: A Story of the Reign of Richard I (1910) by "Herbert Strang" and Richard Stead, is a tale about Richard, that is influenced by Henty's work. [8] Walter of Tiverton (1923) by Bernard G. Marshall, is another juvenile novel where two young knights help Richard resist the plots of Prince John. [9]
Richard, the Norman King of England, is taken captive in 1191 by Duke Leopold while returning from the Third Crusade.Richard's treacherous brother Prince John, aided by fellow Norman Sir Guy of Gisbourne, names himself regent of England, increasing the Saxons' taxes under the pretense of gathering a ransom for Richard.
The characters in Ivanhoe refer to Prince John and King Richard I as "Normans"; contemporary medieval documents from this period do not refer to either of these two rulers as Normans. [14] Recent re-tellings of the story retain Scott's emphasis on the Norman-Saxon conflict.
John was the subject of a Shakespearean play, King John (written c. 1595, and published in 1623). [3] Prince John is a central figure in the 1819 historical romance Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott, and is depicted in subsequent adaptations. Ivanhoe helped popularize the image of King John as cruel and villainous. [5]
The Sheriff is often depicted as assisting Prince John in usurping the rightful but absent King Richard, to whom Robin Hood remains loyal. He became a popular folk figure in the Late Middle Ages , and his partisanship of the common people and opposition to the Sheriff are some of the earliest-recorded features of the legend, whereas his ...
While King Richard I ("the Lionheart") was away on the Third Crusade, along with a great number of English noblemen, Nottingham Castle was occupied by supporters of Prince John, including the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the legends of Robin Hood, Nottingham Castle is the scene of the final showdown between the sheriff and the heroic outlaw. [4]