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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Paternal Family Tree: Capet
On 10th October 1846 two Spanish Princesses were married...
[his father] Francisco de Asís King Consort Spain (age 24) and [his mother] Isabella II Queen Spain (age 16) were married. They were double first cousins. She was forced to marry by the Moderare Party. She, apparently commented, "what shall I tell you about a man whom I saw wearing more lace than I was wearing on our wedding night?". She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ferdinand VII King Spain and [his grandmother] Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain (age 40). They were first cousins.
[his future father-in-law] Antoine Orléans Duke Montpensier (age 22) and [his aunt] Infanta Luisa Fernanda Duchess of Montpensier (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Ferdinand VII King Spain. He the son of King Louis Philippe I of France (age 73). They were fifth cousins.
On 28th November 1857 Alfonso XII King Spain was born to [his father] Francisco de Asís King Consort Spain (age 35) and [his mother] Isabella II Queen Spain (age 27). Coefficient of inbreeding 12.16%.
In 1874 Alfonso XII King Spain (age 16) succeeded XII King Spain.
On 23rd January 1878 Alfonso XII King Spain (age 20) and Maria de las Mercedes Queen Consort Spain (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. She the daughter of Antoine Orléans Duke Montpensier (age 53) and Infanta Luisa Fernanda Duchess of Montpensier (age 45). He the son of Francisco de Asís King Consort Spain (age 55) and Isabella II Queen Spain (age 47). They were half first cousins.
On 26th June 1878 [his wife] Maria de las Mercedes Queen Consort Spain (age 18) died of typhoid.
On 29th November 1879 Alfonso XII King Spain (age 22) and Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 21) were married at Madrid [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Francisco de Asís King Consort Spain (age 57) and Isabella II Queen Spain (age 49). They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 28th January 1880 [his illegitimate son] Alfonso Sanz y Martínez de Arizala Bourbon was born illegitimately to Alfonso XII King Spain (age 22) and Elena Armanda Sanz at Madrid [Map].
On 11th September 1880 [his daughter] María de las Mercedes Bourbon was born to Alfonso XII King Spain (age 22) and [his wife] Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.57%.
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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
In 1881 Alfonso XII King Spain (age 23) was appointed 775th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 61).
On 28th February 1881 [his illegitimate son] Fernando Sanz y Martínez de Arizala Bourbon was born illegitimately to Alfonso XII King Spain (age 23) and Elena Armanda Sanz at Madrid [Map].
On 12th November 1882 [his daughter] María Teresa Bourbon was born to Alfonso XII King Spain (age 24) and [his wife] Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 24). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.57%.
On 25th November 1885 Alfonso XII King Spain (age 27) died. On 17th May 1886 His son Alfonso succeeded posthumously XIII King Spain when he was born some seven months later.
On 17th May 1886 [his son] Alfonso XIII King Spain was born to Alfonso XII King Spain and [his former wife] Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 27) at Madrid [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.57%. He married 1906 his fifth cousin once removed Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain and had issue.
On 6th February 1929 [his former wife] Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 70) died.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. There are many features of interest in the old house [Map]. In the Great Hall there is a blocked-up entrance to an underground passage through which despatches were carried in the Civil War; and there is a hiding-place large enough to hold twenty people. Henry VII slept at Deene, when as Earl of Richmond he rode to Bosworth Field; the room is known as "the King's Room", and the Royal arms are sculptured over the fireplace. The Tapestry Room has a fine ceiling, and is the room always reserved for Royal guests, the last visitors who occupied it being the sons of the [his sister] Infanta Eulalia, Don Alphonso and his brother, who stayed at Deene in 1907. They both thoroughly enjoyed the shooting, and used to telegraph the bags to King Alfonso, who wired that he was not having anything like such good sport!
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 30 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Son of Louis XV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles III King Spain 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles IV King Spain 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Augutus Elector Saxony King of Poland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus III King Poland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Amalia of Saxony Queen Consort Spain 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Josepha of Austria 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
GrandFather: Francisco de Paula of Spain 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Infante Philip of Spain 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Luisa of Parma 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Duke Burgundy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis XV King France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Adelaide Savoy Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Elisabeth of France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France
Father: Francisco de Asís King Consort Spain 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Alfonso XII King Spain 7 x Great Grand Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles III King Spain 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles IV King Spain 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Augutus Elector Saxony King of Poland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus III King Poland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Amalia of Saxony Queen Consort Spain 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Josepha of Austria 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
GrandFather: Ferdinand VII King Spain 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Infante Philip of Spain 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Luisa of Parma 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Duke Burgundy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis XV King France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Adelaide Savoy Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Elisabeth of France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France
Mother: Isabella II Queen Spain 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles III King Spain 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus III King Poland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Amalia of Saxony Queen Consort Spain 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Josepha of Austria 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis I of the Two Sicilies 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Leopold Duke of Lorraine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis I Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Caroline of Austria Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Theresa Habsburg Spain Holy Roman Empress 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Holy Roman Empress 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles III King Spain 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles IV King Spain 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus III King Poland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Amalia of Saxony Queen Consort Spain 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Josepha of Austria 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Isabel Queen Consort of the Two Sicilies 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Infante Philip of Spain 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Luisa of Parma 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis XV King France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Elisabeth of France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France