Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Fitzmaurice
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Sheppard 1617
On 3rd February 1765 [his father] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 27] and Sophia Carteret Countess Shelburne [aged 19] were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Countess Shelburne in County Wexford. She the daughter of John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville and Sophia Fermor Countess Granville. He the son of [his grandfather] John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne and [his grandmother] Mary Fitzmaurice Countess Shelburne.
After 5th January 1771 [his father] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 33] and [his mother] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Shelburne in County Wexford. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory and [his grandmother] Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory. He the son of John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne and Mary Fitzmaurice Countess Shelburne.
On 2nd July 1780 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne was born to William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 43] and Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 25].
In 1784 [his father] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 46] was created 1st Marquess Lansdowne. [his mother] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 29] by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.
On 7th August 1789 [his mother] Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 34] died.
On 7th May 1805 [his father] William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne [aged 68] died. His son [his half-brother] John [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Marquess Lansdowne, 3rd Earl Shelburne in County Wexford and inherited Bowood House, Wiltshire [Map].
In 1808 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 27] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester. He the son of William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne and Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne.
On 15th November 1809 [his half-brother] John Petty 2nd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 44] died. His half brother Henry [aged 29] succeeded 3rd Marquess Lansdowne, 4th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford and inherited Bowood House, Wiltshire [Map]. [his wife] Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 24] by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.
On 30th March 1811 [his son] William Petty-Fitzmaurice was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 30] and [his wife] Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 25] at Lansdowne House Mayfair. He married 1834 his sixth cousin Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby, daughter of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough and Maria Fane, and had issue.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In 1812 [his brother-in-law] Henry Fox-Strangways 3rd Earl of Ilchester [aged 24] and Caroline Leonora Murray Countess Ilchester were married. She by marriage Countess Ilchester. She the daughter of Bishop George Murray. He the son of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester.
On 7th January 1816 [his son] Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 35] and [his wife] Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 30]. He married (1) 18th August 1840 Georgiana Herbert, daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (2) 1st November 1843 Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne, daughter of Charles Joseph Comte de Flahaut and Margaret Mercer Elphinstone Countess Flahaut and 2nd Baroness Keith, and had issue.
On 4th July 1818 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry [aged 77] died. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] in the same tomb as his wife Anastasia Daly Countess Kerry. His first cousin once removed Henry [aged 38] succeeded 4th Earl Kerry.
In 1834 William Petty-Fitzmaurice [aged 22] and Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough [aged 52] and Maria Fane [aged 47]. He the son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 53] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 48]. They were sixth cousins.
In 1836 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 55] was appointed 678th Knight of the Garter by King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 70].
On 21st August 1836 [his son] William Petty-Fitzmaurice [aged 25] died at Lansdowne House Mayfair.
On 18th August 1840 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne [aged 24] and Georgiana Herbert [aged 23] were married. She died six months later. She the daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 55]. He the son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 60] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 55].
On 1st November 1843 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne [aged 27] and Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 24] were married at the British Embassy Vienna. He the son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 63] and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 58].
On 3rd April 1851 [his wife] Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne [aged 65] died.
Blackburn Standard 11 May 1853. Marriage in High Life.—The marriage of Lord Ribblesdale [aged 25] with Miss Emma Mure [aged 20], youngest daughter of Colonel Mure, M.P., of Caldwell, was solemnised on Saturday, at St. James's Church, in the presence of a distinguished circle of the friends of both families. Among the company present at the church, we remarked—His Excellency the Prussian Minister, Lord and Lady John Russell and family, the Marquis of Lansdowne [aged 72], the Earl [aged 53] and Countess [aged 43] of Clarendon, the Countess of Mansfield [aged 79]1, and the Ladies Murray and Miss Barnett, the Countess Howe, Lord Colville, Lord and Lady De Tabley, Mr. G. C. Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis, Captain the Hon W. J. Colville, Mr. David Mure, Mr. James Mure, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Mure, Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Currie, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. B. Currie, the Hon. Mrs. Cradock, Mr. M. Drummond and the Hon. Mrs. Drummond, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk and Lady Clerk, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Stansfield, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wickham, Mr. Hallam, Lieut.-Col. Hunter Blair, M.P., and Mrs. Hunter Blair, Mr. C. L. Coming Bruce, M.P., Mr. Villiers Lister, Mr. Arthur Russell, Col. Broke, Q.A.D.C., and Mrs. Broke, Mr. Horace Broke, Mr. Campbell of Bltkewood, Mr. Markham, Mr. Edwin Markham, Mr. W. Warburton, Mr. Archibald Swinton, Mr. James Swinton, and Captain Birch, R.N. The bride was attended to the altar by the following young ladies: —The Misses Mure, the Hon. Elizabeth Lister, Miss Russell, Miss Lister, the Hon. Georgiana Colville, Miss H. Armytage, Miss Boyle, Miss Fraser, Miss Currie, Miss Markham, and Miss Wickham. The ceremony was very impressively performed by the Rev. E. H. Cradock. The bride was given away by her father. After the service bad been concluded, the bride and bridegroom with their friends returned to the Burlington Hotel, where a splendid déjeuner was served to a party of nearly seventy guests. At the breakfast, the health of the newly-wedded pair was proposed by Lord John Russell, and very warmly responded to. Early in the afternoon, Lord and Lady Ribblesdale left town in a carriage and four for the Marquis of Lansdowue's villa at Richmond, where they will pass the few first days of the honeymoon.— Morning Post.
Note 1. This appears to be a reference to the Dowager Countess of Mansfield since the wife of the incumbent Earl, Louisa Ellison, died in 1837.
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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On 31st January 1863 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 82] died. His son Henry [aged 47] succeeded 4th Marquess Lansdowne, 5th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 5th Earl Kerry. Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 43] by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 28 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzmaurice 20th Baron Kerry
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry
GrandFather: John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Petty
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Petty Countess Kerry
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Waller
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hardress Waller
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne
Father: William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzmaurice 20th Baron Kerry
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fitzmaurice
GrandMother: Mary Fitzmaurice Countess Shelburne
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Brookes of York
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Brookes 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Deborah Brookes
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Waller
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hardress Waller
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Waller
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Gowran
GrandFather: John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Robinson 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Robinson Baroness Gowran
Mother: Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Granville 1st Earl Bath
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Wyche
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 2 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coxe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth 