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John (24 December 1167 – 19 October 1216) reigned as a King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death. He was a Plantagenet or Angevin king and succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I . John acquired the nickname of "Lackland" for his lack of an inheritance as the youngest son of Henry II, probably while supporting Phillip II against his father alongside Richard, and for his loss of the territory of the duchy of Normandy to Phillip II king of France which occurred with his signing the ill-made Treaty of Le Goulet. He also had the nickname of "Soft-sword" for his alleged military ineptitude in the twelve years long War of Bouvines which followed when he broke his word concluding with the battle of Bouvines in the county of Flanders.