(n)youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216), Syn.John Lackland, King John
[大宪章 / 大憲章, dà xiàn zhāng, ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤ]Magna Carta, contract forced on Norman king John of England in 1215 by his barons, subsequently viewed as a basis of constitutional government and human rights[Add to Longdo]