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
When I Was King and Other Verses When I Was King and Other Verses When I Was King and Other Verses (1905) is a collection of poetry by Australian poet and author Henry Lawson. The original edition consisted of 76 poems, representing work that Lawson had published in the years since his previous major collection, "Verses, Popular and Humorous" was published in 1900. The book's publisher, Angus and Robertson, also released the collection in two volumes later the same year, titled "The Elder Son" and "When I Was King". These volumes were released under the publisher's Commonwealth Series of poetry collections and contain roughly half the original