John, King of England Winter", set in 1183, commonly present him as an "effete weakling", in this instance contrasted with the more masculine Henry II, or as a tyrant, as in A. A. Milne's poem for children, "King John's Christmas". John, King of England John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland, was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. John 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
John E. King and Homer D. King John E. King and Homer D. King John E. King (1870-1938) and Homer D. King (1897-1961) were father-and-son publishers of the newspaper "Hemet News" in Riverside County, California, between 1912 and 1961. John E. King was born in 1870 in Minnesota to Daniel and Mary M. Grisso King. He had a sister, Alice. He was married in 1895 to Georgia Duncan, and they had a son, Homer D. (below), and a daughter, Florence Helen. His death on November 26, 1938, was attributed to a "chronic heart and kidney disorder, aggravated by pneumonia." At the age of 11 John E. King