John, King of England of the United Kingdom. John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to inherit significant lands. Following the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, however, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed the Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young; by the time Richard I became king in 1189, John was a potential heir to the throne. John unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's royal
King Johan King Johan King Johan is a sixteenth-century English play. Written by a former Carmelite monk named John Bale, it is considered a possible influence on William Shakespeare's later work "King John". The play was groundbreaking as it was the first English language play to cast a historical English monarch as a character of virtue. The play was written by Bale in 1538 and significantly revised during the reign of Elizabeth I. Considered a piece of Protestant propaganda, the play told the story of John of England, who reigned during the thirteenth century in England. King John is represented as the