Prince John refers most commonly to the following:
- John, King of England (1167-1216), who was known as Prince John during the reigns of his father and older brother (Richard the Lionheart)
- Prince John, a primary villain in the Robin Hood stories, who is an exaggerated and fictionalized version of the above. See also Prince John (Disney)
- Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905-1919), the youngest son of King George V, a fragile boy who suffered from epilepsy and was possibly autistic.
Other members of the British royalty known as Prince John include:
- John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316-1336), second son of Edward II
- John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399), third son of Edward III
- John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389-1435), second son of Henry IV
- Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), third son and youngest child of Edward VII who died shortly after birth
Other uses:
- Nickname of Confederate general John B. Magruder
- The Prince John was a former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway passenger steamship that was transferred to the Canadian National Railway
- Prince John (horse) - Champion racehorse
Famous quotes containing the words prince and/or john:
“When Prince William [later King William IV] was at Cork in 1787, an old officer ... dined with him, and happened to say he had been forty years in the service. The Prince with a sneer asked what he had learnt in those forty years. The old gentleman justly offended, said, “Sir, I have learnt, when I am no longer fit to fight, to make as good a retreat as I can” —and walked out of the room.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans.
Spare their women for Thy Sake,
And if that is not too easy
We will pardon Thy Mistake.
But gracious Lord, whate’er shall be,
Don’t let anyone bomb me.”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)