Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Paternal Family Tree: Capet
On 28th January 1405 [his father] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 8] and [his step-mother] Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 36] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 35]. He the son of [his grandfather] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and [his grandmother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 42]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1421 Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" was born to [his father] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 24].
On 30th November 1424 [his father] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 28] and [his step-mother] Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Philip Artois Count of Eu and Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge [aged 49]. He the son of [his grandfather] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and [his grandmother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 7th January 1430 [his father] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and [his step-mother] Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of King John I of Portugal [aged 78] and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of [his grandfather] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and [his grandmother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 19th May 1440 [his half-brother] Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 6] and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Valois [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 37] and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France [aged 35]. He the son of [his father] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 43] and [his step-mother] Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 43]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 30th October 1454 [his half-brother] Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 20] and [his sister-in-law] Isabella Bourbon [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon [aged 53] and [his aunt] Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon [aged 47]. He the son of [his father] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 58] and [his step-mother] Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 57]. They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 23rd May 1467 Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" [aged 46] arrived at Greenwich, Kent [Map] with a retinue of 400 people to take part in a great Tournament. He was greeted by John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 40].
On 29th May 1467 King Edward IV of England [aged 25] and Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" [aged 46] met at Chelsea. William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 36], Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 63], Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham [aged 12], Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 27], James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale [aged 41] and Thomas Montgomery accompanied Edward.
On 30th May 1467 George York 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 17] and John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 40] visited Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" [aged 46] at his lodgings in Chelsea.
On 11th June 1467 the fighting on horseback took place witnessed by King Edward IV of England [aged 25]. John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 40] was Master of the Ceremonies accompanied by John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 42]. The day ended with the Bastard's [aged 46] horse having being accidentally fatally injured by Lord Scales' [aged 11] saddle.
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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On 16th June 1467 a great banquet was hosted by the King's older sister Anne York Duchess Exeter [aged 27] and, in the absence of her husband Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 36] who remained, her future husband Thomas St Leger [aged 27]. King Edward IV of England [aged 25] and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 30] attended as did Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" [aged 46].
On 23rd June 1467 the Tournament was brought to a premature close following the announcement of the death of the Bastard's [aged 46] father Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [deceased].
On 15th June 1467 [his father] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 70] died. His son [his half-brother] Charles [aged 33] succeeded Duke Burgundy.
On 3rd July 1468 [his half-brother] Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 34] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret of York Duchess of Burgundy [aged 22] were married at Bruges [Map]. She the daughter of Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York and Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York [aged 53]. He the son of [his father] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy and [his step-mother] Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 71]. They were half second cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
John Paston [aged 24] and John Scott [aged 45] travelled with Margaret. The marriage re-enforced King Edward IV's connection with the Low Countries.
On 5th January 1477 [his half-brother] Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 43] was killed at the Battle of Nancy. His daughter [his niece] Mary [aged 19] succeeded Duchess Burgundy.
On 5th May 1504 Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" [aged 83] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland
GrandFather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers 
6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip V King France I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Nevers amd Flanders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Peaceful" Reginar II Duke Brabant 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Brabant III Duke Brabant Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant 
Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis I Count Évreux 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Artois Countess Évreux Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Father: Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria
Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England