Isabella of Angoulême son and heir, named Henry III after the King's father, Henry II. He was quickly followed by another son, Richard, and three daughters, Joan, Isabella, and Eleanor. All five children survived into adulthood and made illustrious marriages; all but Joan produced offspring of their own. When King John died in October 1216, Isabella's first act was to arrange the speedy coronation of her nine-year-old son at the city of Gloucester on 28 October. As the royal crown had recently been lost in The Wash, along with the rest of King John's treasure, she supplied her own golden circlet to be
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