The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Nathaniel Jocelyn is in Painters.
On 31st January 1796 Nathaniel Jocelyn was born.
1825. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 28). Portrait of William C. Leffingwell.
1839. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 42). Portrait of Joseph Cinqué.
1840. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 43). Portrait of Reverend Edward Elias Atwater.
1846. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 49). Portrait of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt (age 51).
Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt: On 27th May 1794 he was born to Cornelius van Derbilt and Phebe Hand at Staten Island. On 19th December 1813 Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt and Sophia Johnson were married after which they lived at a boarding house on Broad Street Manhattan. They were half first cousins. On 21st August 1869 Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt and Frank Armstrong Crawford were married. She signed a pre-nuptial agreement, agreeing to receive $500,000 in bonds after his death. Confederate Generals Braxton Bragg and his brother, Thomas Bragg, both attended the wedding. The difference in their ages was 44 years. On 4th January 1877 Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt died at his home 10 Washington Place. He left 95% of his $105 million estate to his son William Henry Vanderbilt, who becme the rishest Amercican, and his four sons, with the remainder being divided between his other children. Litigation ensued.
1847. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 50). Portrait of Clarissa W. Munger Badger.
On 13th January 1881 Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 84) died.