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.
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 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