Henry III (1207-1272), was critically important to the history of Magna Carta. Following King John’s death in 1216 Henry, just a young boy aged 9, inherited the throne in the midst of civil war and on the verge of defeat to the French Prince Louis (later King Louis IX). The ‘minority government’ led by William Marshal, attempted to tempt the rebel barons back to Henry’s side by a re-issue of Magna Carta conceding the rights the rebel barons had been fighting for. On 11 February 1225 King Henry III issued what became the final and definitive version of Magna Carta.
Henry III (1207-1272), was critically important to the history of Magna Carta. Following King John’s death in 1216 Henry, who was just a young boy aged 9, inherited the throne in difficult circumstances. England was in the midst of civil war and on the verge of defeat to the French Prince Louis (later King Louis IX). The ‘minority government’ (ruling on young Henry III’s behalf) led by William Marshal, attempted to tempt supporters of Prince Louis back to Henry’s side by a re-issue of Magna Carta conceding the rights the rebel barons had been fighting for. In 1217, following the end of the civil war and Prince Louis’ peace settlement, Magna Carta was again issued in Henry’s name, together with an entirely new charter dealing with the royal forest. On 11 February 1225 King Henry III issued what became the final and definitive version of Magna Carta. It is clauses of the 1225 charter, not the charter of 1215, which are on the Statute Book of the United Kingdom today.
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