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Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilda of Tubingen
Around 3rd July 1361 [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 22) and Mary Plantagenet Duchess Brittany (age 16) were married. She the daughter of King Edward III of England (age 48) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 47). They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In May 1366 [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 27) and Joan Holland Duchess Brittany (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 37). They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 2nd October 1386 [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 47) and [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 16) were married at Saillé [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux, Countess Richmond. His third marriage, her first. The marriage proceeded when her father [his grandfather] Charles "Bad" II King Navarre (age 53) agreed to give his daughter 120,000 gold francs and to pay 6,000 francs owed to John, duke of Brittany, for the rent of certain lands. He, John, gave her the cities of Nantes [Map] and Guerrand [Map]. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and [his grandmother] Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 24th August 1393 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany was born to John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 54) and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 23). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 1st November 1399 [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 60) died. His son [his brother] John (age 9) succeeded V Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux. His son Arthur (age 6) succeeded 7th Earl Richmond.
On 7th February 1403 [his step-father] King Henry IV of England (age 35) and [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 33) were married at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. His third marriage, her second. She had eight children with her first husband but, despite ten years of marriage, none with Henry. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and [his grandmother] Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. He the son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 10th October 1423 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany (age 30) and Margaret Valois (age 29) were married at Dijon. She the daughter of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. He the son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 53). They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 30th November 1424 [his brother-in-law] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy (age 28) and Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Philip Artois Count of Eu and Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge (age 49). He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and 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 brother-in-law] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy (age 33) and Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy (age 32) were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of King John I of Portugal (age 78) and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and 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 16th December 1431 Henry VI (age 10) was crowned II King France: Lancaster at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map] by Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 56). A somewhat futile exercise; the last gasps of the Hundred Years War. The ceremony had been arranged by John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 42). His wife [his sister-in-law] Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford (age 27) attended.
Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 53) was appointed Carver.
Thomas Harrington (age 31), Richard Archer (age 44), Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon and his son Thomas (age 17) attended.
On 14th November 1432 [his sister-in-law] Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford (age 28) died at Paris [Map].
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 10th June 1437 [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 67) died at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map].
In February 1442 [his wife] Margaret Valois (age 48) died.
On 29th August 1442 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany (age 49) and Jeanne Albret were married at Nérac. He the son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 2nd July 1445 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany (age 51) and Catherine Luxemburg were married. She the daughter of Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Margherita Baux (age 51). He the son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 9th May 1448 Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 43) was created 1st Baron Rivers by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 26). [his sister-in-law] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 33) by marriage Baroness Rivers.
On 15th April 1450 the Battle of Formigny was a decisive victory for the French that destroyed the England's last army in France bringing to end English control of Normandy.
Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon (age 49) and Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany (age 56) commanded the French. The English commander Thomas Kyriell (age 54) was captured.
The battle is considered to be one of the first where cannon played a decisive role.
In 1457 Peter Montfort II Duke Brittany (age 39) died. His uncle Arthur (age 63) succeeded III Duke Brittany.
On 26th December 1458 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany (age 65) died. Earl Richmond extinct.
In 1492 [his former wife] Catherine Luxemburg died.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Louis Valois and Margaret Valois were married. She the daughter of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 7 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Son of Louis X King France I Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Capet II Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald IV King Navarre 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Capet Duke Brittany Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Plantagenet Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
GrandFather: John Montfort IV Duke Brittany Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet IV Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Dampierre Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Montluçon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean Montfort 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrix Viennois
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun VI Viscount Châteaudun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun
Great x 4 Grandmother: Clemence Roches Countess Blois
Father: John Montfort V Duke Brittany 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dampierre II Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert VII Lord Bethune
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Bethune
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archambaud "Young" Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Dampierre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Chatillon
GrandMother: Joanna Dampierre Duchess Brittany 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Rethel II Count Rethel
Great x 3 Grandfather: Manasses V Count Rethel
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh IV Count Rethel
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel
Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis I Count Évreux 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant 2 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip "Noble" III King Navarre 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Artois II Count Artois 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Artois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Countenay Countess Artois 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Artois Countess Évreux Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Capet II Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Plantagenet Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: Charles "Bad" II King Navarre 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis X King France I Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Capet II Queen Navarre 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Mother: Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 1 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
GrandMother: Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Brabant
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna
Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg