 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo hondo neFrance yakatangazve muna 1202, John akawana kukunda kwokutanga, asi kushayikwa kwezvinhu zvechiuto uye kubata kwake vakuru vakuru veNorman, Breton, uye Anjou kwakaguma nokuputsika kweumambo hwake kuchamhembe kweFrance muna 1204. Akapedza makore gumi akatevera achiedza kuwanazve nyika idzi, achiwana mari yakawanda, achigadzirisa mauto ake uye achivakazve masangano enyika dzakawanda. Kugadziridza kwaakaita matare kwakabatsira zvikuru hurongwa hweEngland hwekodzero dzevanhu, uyewo kwakaunza mari yakawanda. Kukakavadzana naPapa Innocent III kwakatungamirira kukudzingwa kwaJohane muchechi muna 1209, gakava iro pakupedzisira akagadzirisa muna 1213. Kuedza kwaJohn kukunda Philip muna 1214 kwakakundikana nemhaka yokukunda kweFrance pamusoro pevabatsiri vaJohn muhondo yeBouvines. Paakadzokera kuEngland, John akatarisana nokupandukira kwavazhinji vavabati vake, avo vakanga vasingagutsikane nemitemo yake yemari uye kubata kwake vazhinji vevakuru vakuru veEngland vane simba zvikuru. Kunyange zvazvo vose vari vaviri John namambo vakabvumirana nechibvumirano che rugare muna 1215, hapana rutivi rwakateerera migariro yarwo. Hondo yevagari vemokwakatanga nokukurumidza pashure pacho, namabharoni aibetserwa naLouis VIII weFrance. Nenguva isipi yakava mumhanyi-mhanyi. John akafa nechirwere chedysentery chaakatambura paaiita mushandirapamwe kumabvazuva kweEngland mukupera kwa1216; vatsigiri vemwanakomana wake Henry III vakapfuurira kukunda Louis nemabharooni akapanduka gore rakatevera racho. 