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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Paternal Family Tree: Oisingas
In 580 [her father] King Æthelberht of Kent (age 30) and [her mother] Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charibert King Paris Merovingian and [her grandmother] Ingoberga Unknown Queen Consort Paris (age 60). He the son of [her grandfather] Eormenric King of Kent.
In 605 Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria was born to [her father] King Æthelberht of Kent (age 55) and [her mother] Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent (age 40).
After 605 [her mother] Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent (deceased) died.
On 24th February 616 [her father] King Æthelberht of Kent (age 66) died. His son [her brother] Eadbald succeeded King of Kent. Emma Austrasia Queen Consort Kent by marriage Queen Consort Kent.
Before 25th October 625 Boniface V Pope sent letters to King Edwin of Northumbria (age 39) urging him to embrace the Christian faith, and to Edwin's Christian wife, Æthelburg of Kent (age 20), exhorting her to use her best endeavours for the conversion of her husband.
On 19th April 626 [her daughter] Eanflæd Queen Consort Bernicia was born to King Edwin of Northumbria (age 40) and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria (age 21). She was baptised on 8th June 626. She married 645 her half first cousin King Oswiu of Northumbria, son of Æthelfrith King Northumbrians and Acha Queen Consort Northumbria, and had issue.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 633. This year King Edwin (age 47) was slain by Cadwalla and Penda, on Hatfield moor, on the fourteenth of October [Note. Some sources say 12th October 633]. He reigned seventeen years. His son Osfrid was also slain with him. After this Cadwalla and Penda went and ravaged all the land of the Northumbrians; which when Paulinus saw, he took Ethelburga (age 28), the relict of Edwin, and went by ship to Kent. [her brother] Eadbald and Honorius received him very honourably, and gave him the bishopric of Rochester, where he continued to his death.
On 20th January 640 [her brother] King Eadbald of Kent died. His son [her nephew] Eorcenberht succeeded King of Kent. Seaxburh Wuffingas Queen Consort Kent by marriage Queen Consort Kent.
Around 645 [her son-in-law] King Oswiu of Northumbria (age 33) and [her daughter] Eanflæd Queen Consort Bernicia (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bernicia. She the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria (age 40). He the son of Æthelfrith King Northumbrians and Acha Queen Consort Northumbria. They were half first cousins.
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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Around 647 Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria (age 42) died at Lyminge, Kent.
[her daughter] Unknown Name Deira Queen Consort Strathclyde aka Alt Clut was born to King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria. She married Beli King Strathclyde aka Alt Clut and had issue.
[her daughter] St Edwen was born to King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria. Her parentage is uncertain. Possibly a niece of King Edwin of Northumbria.
[her son] Wuscfrea Deira was born to King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria.
King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bernicia, Queen Consort Deira. She the daughter of King Æthelberht of Kent and Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent. He the son of Aella King Deira.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Octa King of Kent
GrandFather: Eormenric King of Kent
Father: King Æthelberht of Kent
Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria
Great x 1 Grandfather: Clothar "The Old" I King Paris Merovingian King Franks
GrandFather: Charibert King Paris Merovingian
Mother: Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent
GrandMother: Ingoberga Unknown Queen Consort Paris