The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex was born to Oslac.
In or before 838 King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Wessex. He the son of King Egbert of Wessex [aged 64].
Around 838 [her daughter] Æthelswith Wessex Queen Consort Mercia was born to [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex. She married May 853 King Burgred of Mercia.
Around 847 [her son] King Æthelred of Wessex was born to [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex. He married Wulfthryth Unknown Queen Anglo Saxons and had issue.
In 849 [her son] King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex was born to [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex at Wantage, Berkshire. He married 868 Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England, daughter of Æthelred Mucel Mercia Earldorman Gaini and Eadburh of Mercia, and had issue.
In 856 [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex and [her future daughter-in-law] Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Wessex. She the daughter of Charles "Bald" I King West Francia [aged 32] and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of [her father-in-law] King Egbert of Wessex.
On 13th January 858 [her husband] King Æthelwulf of Wessex died. His son Æthelbald succeeded King Wessex.
[her son] King Æthelbald of Wessex was born to King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex. He married 858 Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex, daughter of Charles "Bald" I King West Francia and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.
King Æthelstan of Kent was born to King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex. There is some confusion as to whether he was Æthelwulf's son with some versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle stating he was Æthelwulf's brother.
[her son] King Æthelberht of Wessex was born to King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex.