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  • So as he had none of his own (he was indeed called John Lackland) he took it from the Saxons and gave it to the Normans.

    Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Various

  • The theme of “enemy brothers” dominates, from Cain and Abel, down through Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland, and beyond.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • The theme of “enemy brothers” dominates, from Cain and Abel, down through Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland, and beyond.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • To complicated matters, Clemens is not sole ruler of the society he has named Parolando, but shares power with King John Lackland, the Norman ruler of 12th century England who is every bit as evil as his legend.

    The Fabulous Riverboat adamosf 2010

  • To complicated matters, Clemens is not sole ruler of the society he has named Parolando, but shares power with King John Lackland, the Norman ruler of 12th century England who is every bit as evil as his legend.

    Archive 2010-05-01 adamosf 2010

  • Plessis-lez-Tours 7. This château was built by William the Conqueror in 1080; in 1182, Henry II and his sons Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland held a Christmas celebration there and received more than one thousand knights.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Julianne Douglas 2009

  • Plessis-lez-Tours 7. This château was built by William the Conqueror in 1080; in 1182, Henry II and his sons Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland held a Christmas celebration there and received more than one thousand knights.

    Quiz: Do You Know Your French Châteaux? Julianne Douglas 2009

  • Robert Guiscard or that of John Lackland; both had been excommunicated, both had given their states to St. Peter and became only the farmers of them.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • John Lackland was my father, and I am John Lackland’s son.

    Life's Little Ironies 2006

  • Henry's son, John Lackland, returned to England after a short and inglorious rule as lord of Ireland, but his authority was maintained by his representative, William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, who married the daughter of Richard of Clare.

    3. Ireland 2001

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