John, King of England Normandy and Anjou until 1259, but John's continental losses and the consequent growth of Capetian power in the 13th century proved to mark a "turning point in European history". 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. John had five legitimate children, all by Isabella. His eldest son, Henry III, ruled as King of England for the
The Man Who Would Be King (film) which he had to walk to the middle of the bridge. The cinematic version of "The Man Who Would be King" (1975) is a generally faithful adaptation of the novella "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888), by Rudyard Kipling, yet there are narrative differences: John Simon of "New York" magazine considered the film to be Huston's best work since "The African Queen", 23 years earlier. Jay Cocks of "Time" commented "John Huston has been wanting to make this movie for more than 20 years. It was worth the wait." Roger Ebert gave the film 4 stars and wrote: "It's