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 the Prince of Piedmont [later Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia] was seven years old, his preceptor instructing him in mythology told him all the vices were enclosed in Pandora’s box. “What! all!” said the Prince. “Yes, all.” “No,” said the Prince; “curiosity must have been without.””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“Why don’t you come up sometime ‘n see me ? I’m home every evening ... come on up, I’ll tell your fortune.”
—Harvey Thew, screenwriter, John Bright, screenwriter, and Lowell Sherman. Lady Lou (Mae West)