Perhaps not entirely a surprise given his legacy in popular media such as the chronicles of Robin Hood, King John was an incredibly unsuccessful monarch. In less than twenty years, he bankrupted the royal coffers and managed to lose vast swathes of land that England had taken from France in part due to war and in part due to marriage and inheritance. Furthermore, his behaviour towards the nobility and his blatant disrespect towards the men under his command resulted in a successful rebellion in the year of 1215.
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