The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Paternal Family Tree: Brugge
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
On 28th February 1607 [his father] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos [aged 27] and [his mother] Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and [his grandmother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 57]. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 9th August 1620 George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos was born to Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos [aged 40] and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven [aged 40]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 10th August 1621 [his father] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos [aged 41] died. His son George [aged 1] succeeded 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley.
On 22nd July 1624 [his step-father] Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven [aged 31] and [his mother] Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven [aged 44] were married at Harefield. She by marriage Countess Castlehaven. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and [his grandmother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 75]. He the son of George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven and Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 14th December 1637 George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos [aged 17] and Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos were married at Toteridge, Hertfordshire. She by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley. She the daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester [aged 74] and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester [aged 32]. He the son of Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven [aged 57]. They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 7th November 1642 [his father-in-law] Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester [aged 79] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Earl Manchester, 2nd Viscount Mandeville, 2nd Baron Montagu of Kimbolton.
On 20th December 1642 [his brother-in-law] Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester [aged 40] and Essex Cheeke Countess Manchester were married. She by marriage Countess Manchester. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester [deceased] and Catherine Spencer.
Around 8th October 1647 [his mother] Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven [aged 67] died.
Before 25th March 1651 [his daughter] Elizabeth Brydges Countess Inchiquin was born to George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos [aged 30] and [his wife] Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos. She married (1) 20th August 1673 her second cousin Edward Herbert 3rd Baron Herbert of Cherbury, son of Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert of Cherbury and Mary Egerton Baroness Herbert of Cherbury (2) in or after 1684 William O'Brien 2nd Earl Inchiquin, son of Murdough O'Brien 1st Earl Inchiquin and Elizabeth St Leger Countess Inchiquin (3) August 1694 her fifth cousin once removed Charles Howard 4th Baron Howard, son of William Howard 3rd Baron Howard Escrick.
In or before 1652 [his daughter] Lucy Brydges Viscountess Loftus was born to George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos [aged 31] and [his wife] Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos. She married in or before 1670 Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Lisburne and had issue.
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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Around 1652 [his wife] Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos died.
Around 1652 [his daughter] Catherine Briydges was born to George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos [aged 31] and [his wife] Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos. She married 14th October 1681 Richard Parsons 1st Viscount Rosse.
On 13th May 1652 Henry Compton was killed in a duel with George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos [aged 31] at Putney, Surrey [Map].
On 17th January 1653 George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos [aged 32] and Jane Savage Baroness Chandos [aged 27] were married at Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire. She by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley. She the daughter of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 49] and Catherine Parker. He the son of Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 10th October 1654 [his father-in-law] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 51] died at Frodsham Castle [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 26] succeeded 3rd Earl Rivers, 3rd Viscount Colchester, 3rd Viscount Savage, 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche, 4th Baronet Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire. Elizabeth Scrope Countess Rivers [aged 27] by marriage Countess Rivers.
In February 1655 George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos [aged 34] died of smallpox. His brother William [aged 34] succeeded 7th Baron Chandos of Sudeley.
Before 1663 George Pitt [aged 37] and [his former wife] Jane Savage Baroness Chandos [aged 36] were married. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker.
On 6th June 1676 [his former wife] Jane Savage Baroness Chandos [aged 50] died.
[his daughter] Margaret Brydges was born to George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos and Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos. She married (1) 9th July 1668 William Brownlow, son of William Brownlow 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Duncombe (2) after 1675 Thomas Skipwith 2nd Baronet, son of Thomas Skipwith 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Lathom.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 24 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brugge 5th Baron Chandos
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos
Great x 4 Grandmother: Florence Darrell Baroness Chandos
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Baynham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Baynham Baroness Chandos
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 8th Baron Grey of Wilton 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Grey 9th Baron Grey of Wilton 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Grey Baroness Grey Wilton 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Chandos 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Hastings 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Florence Hastings Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Tattershall
GrandFather: William Brydges 4th Baron Chandos 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bray of Eaton Bray 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John IV Norbury 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Norbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hopton
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hopton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wentworth 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Hopton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Owen Hopton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owen Tudor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Owen 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Owen 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bohun of Midhurst 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bohun 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Arderne
GrandMother: Mary Hopton Baroness Chandos 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Echingham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Echingham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joane Pigot
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Echingham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wingfield 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Wingfield 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzlewis
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Echingham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Strange 9th Baroness Strange of Knockin 5th Baroness Dunster 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Derby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Howard Countess Derby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk
GrandFather: Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St John Baroness Clifford 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Clifford Countess Derby Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brandon 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruyn 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Tudor Queen Consort France Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Mother: Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knightley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Knightley
GrandMother: Alice Spencer Countess Derby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath