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John

Type Figure Region England Time 1166–1216 Also known as Lackland

John (1166–1216), youngest surviving son of Henry II and Eleanor, born in Oxford on 24 December 1166, nicknamed Lackland for insufficient lands;…

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  1. 1166–1170Oxford · OxfordshireJohn was born in Oxford on 24 December 1166, the fifth and youngest surviving son of Henry II and Eleanor. Growing up in the English court in the late 1160s, he gradually acquired the nickname Lackland because his brothers were older and his lands limited; his birth changed the Plantagenet pattern of succession and enfeoffment.

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