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Around 1150 Cardinal Guala Bicchieri was born.
Annals of Margam. 1216. King John died at Newark [Map]; he was succeeded by his son Henry III, who was crowned at Gloucester by the legate1 of the Apostolic See, Walonem.
MCCXVI. Obiit Johannes rex Angliæ apud Newerke; cui successit Henricus tertius filius suus, coronatus Gloucestriæ per Walonem legatum sedis Apostolicæ.
Note 1. The exact date of John's death is cited by the Annals of Waverley as 19th October 1216, the Annals of Tewkesbury as the 16th October 1216 and the Chronicle of Ralph of Coggeshall as the 18th October 1216.
Note 2. Cardinal Guala Bicchieri.
Before 28th October 1216 Cardinal Guala Bicchieri was appointed Cardinal.
Before 28th October 1216 Cardinal Guala Bicchieri was appointed Papal Legate.
On 28th October 1216 King Henry III of England (age 9) was crowned III King of England at Gloucester Cathedral [Map] during the Gloucester Coronation of Henry III at which Cardinal Guala Bicchieri presided, Bishop Sylvester and Bishop Simon Apulia anointed the King. The coronation took place in Gloucester since London was at the time held by rebels. John Monmouth (age 34) was present.
In 1227 Cardinal Guala Bicchieri died.