<P> Richard spent his reign focused on protecting his possessions in France and fighting in the Third Crusade ; his brother , John , inherited England in 1199 but lost Normandy and most of Aquitaine after several years of war with France . John fought successive , increasingly expensive , campaigns in a bid to regain these possessions . John 's efforts to raise revenues , combined with his fractious relationships with many of the English barons , led to confrontation in 1215 , an attempt to restore peace through the signing of the Magna Carta , and finally the outbreak of the First Barons ' War . John died having fought the rebel barons and their French backers to a stalemate , and royal power was re-established by barons loyal to the young Henry III . England 's power structures remained unstable and the outbreak of the Second Barons ' War in 1264 resulted in the king 's capture by Simon de Montfort . Henry 's son , Edward , defeated the rebel factions between 1265 and 1267 , restoring his father to power . </P>
<P> Richard spent his reign focused on protecting his possessions in France and fighting in the Third Crusade ; his brother , John , inherited England in 1199 but lost Normandy and most of Aquitaine after several years of war with France . John fought successive , increasingly expensive , campaigns in a bid to regain these possessions . John 's efforts to raise revenues , combined with his fractious relationships with many of the English barons , led to confrontation in 1215 , an attempt to restore peace through the signing of the Magna Carta , and finally the outbreak of the First Barons ' War . John died having fought the rebel barons and their French backers to a stalemate , and royal power was re-established by barons loyal to the young Henry III . England 's power structures remained unstable and the outbreak of the Second Barons ' War in 1264 resulted in the king 's capture by Simon de Montfort . Henry 's son , Edward , defeated the rebel factions between 1265 and 1267 , restoring his father to power . </P>
who ruled england in the early 1200 's
who ruled england in the early 1200 's
Henry III
Henry III