men of Aquitaine, Geoffrey by the interests and feelings of the men of Brittany. John, the fourth son, who was named Lackland from having no territory assigned to him, was, as yet, too young to be troublesome.[12] Both Richard and Geoffrey had taken part with their brother Henry in the great revolt of =1173=. In =1177= they were again quarrelling with their father and with each other. "Dost thou not know," was the message which Geoffrey sent to his father, "that it is our proper nature, planted in us by inheritance from our ancestors, that none of us should love the other, but that ever brother should strive with brother and son against father? I would not that thou shouldst deprive us of our hereditary right nor vainly seek to rob us of our nature." Henry loved his children, and could never bring himself to make war very seriously against them. Henry died young in =1183=, and Geoffrey in =1185=. Richard was now the heir of all his father's lands, from the Tweed to the Pyrenees. Henry made an effort to provide for John in Ireland, and in =1185= he sent the youth--now eighteen years old--to Dublin to rule as king of Ireland. John soon showed his incompetence. He was rude to the English barons, and still ruder to the Irish chiefs, amusing himself by laughing at their dress and pulling the hairs out of their beards. Before the end of the year his father was obliged to recall him. [Footnote 12: Genealogy of the sons and grandchildren of Henry II.:-- HENRY II. 1154-1189 | --------------------------------------------------- | | | | Henry RICHARD Geoffrey JOHN = (1) Avice of _m._ Margaret 1189-1199 _m._ Constance 1199-1216| Gloucester of France _m._ Berengaria of Brittany | (2) Isabella of of Navarre | | Angouleme | | Arthur HENRY III. 1216-1272]