King John of England: Difference between revisions

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King John was a British king after the supposed death of Richard I. When he became king, he began to make himself even richer by taxing people until they had nothing left to pay. When he discovered this, he didn't care. Instead, he imprisoned his enemies and sometimes his own people whenever he felt like it. One reason why was he felt that just because he was king, he could do whatever he felt like doing. However, when he signed the Magna Carta, he tried to break his promise, but then died.

In culture

King John is the main antagonist in the 1973 film Robin Hood. In the film, he is not yet a king, but is called "Prince John" and was voiced by the late Peter Ustinov who died four years later. This version is the brother of King Richard and is a coward and a crybabay. Like his real life counterpart, he was very greedy and accompanied byu the Sheriff of Nottingham

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-[[File:Prince John.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The disney version of King John. Prince John]]
+[[File:Prince John.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Disney version of King John known as Prince John]]
-King John was a british king after the supposed death of Richard I. When he became king he began to make himself even richer by taxing people until they had nothing left to pay but he didn't care and he imprisoned his enemies and sometimes his own people whenever he felt like it because he felt that because he was ing he could do whatever he wanted but he signed the Magna Carta and tried to break his promise but died.
+King John was a British king after the supposed death of Richard I. When he became king, he began to make himself even richer by taxing people until they had nothing left to pay. When he discovered this, he didn't care. Instead, he imprisoned his enemies and sometimes his own people whenever he felt like it. One reason why was he felt that just because he was king, he could do whatever he felt like doing. However, when he signed the Magna Carta, he tried to break his promise, but then died.
 ==In culture==
-King John is the main antagonist in the 1973 film Robin Hood. In the film he is not yet a king but is called "Prince John" and was voiced by the late [[wikipedia:Peter Ustinov|Peter Ustinov]] who died four years later. This version is the borhter of King rihcard and is a coward and a crybabay. But was much like his real life counterpart as he was very greedy and accompanied byu the Sheriff of Nottingham
+King John is the main antagonist in the 1973 film Robin Hood. In the film, he is not yet a king, but is called "Prince John" and was voiced by the late [[wikipedia:Peter Ustinov|Peter Ustinov]] who died four years later. This version is the brother of King Richard and is a coward and a crybabay. Like his real life counterpart, he was very greedy and accompanied byu the Sheriff of Nottingham
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 [[Category:Deceased Villains]]
 [[Category:Greedy Villains]]