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Neither side could win so Matilda agreed to let Stephen be king, but her son
Henry would be next. Stephen died the following year and the both countries were united
under one king again. Henry II managed to put together a big empire but he fought a lot with
his sons and wife. He was followed by his son Richard the Lionheart. When he died, the
French king took some parts of Richards French land to himself. Richard was followed by his
brother John who was already very unpopular for being greedy. In1204 he became even
more unpopular because the French king invaded Normandy and the English nobles lost
their land there. He was a failure as a king. He had taken the nobles money but couldn't
protect their lands. In 1215 the nobles made him sign a new agreement Magna Carta.
Magna Carta and the decline of feudalism.
The new agreement was an important symbol of political freedom. Hundreds of years later it
was used by Parliament to protect themselves against the powerful king. It didn't give the
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