King john play william shakespeare summary biography

William Shakespeare's historical play King John is believed to have been written sometime in the 's, though it did not appear in publication until the First Folio was released in

Like his other historical plays, King John is rooted in factual events and explores, with some liberty for creative expression, the reign of King John of England who ruled from John was the son of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II, and fathered Henry III of England.

The play begins as a French ambassador enters King John's court.

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His request is dramatic, the ambassador demands on behalf of King Philip of France that John renounce his throne. King Philip believes his nephew Arthur has claim to the throne that King John occupies.

While John presides over a dispute over inheritance between Robert Faulconbridge and Philip the Bastard, his older brother, it becomes evident that Philip the Bastard is the first illegitimate