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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin 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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Biography of Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 1489-1537

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Tomasina Morosini

Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme was appointed Duke Vendôme.

In 1484 Giacomo or Jacques Savoy Count Romont (age 33) and [his mother] Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons and [his grandmother] Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol. He the son of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. They were uncle and niece. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1487 [his father] Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons (age 17) and [his mother] Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Vendôme. He by marriage Count Soissons. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons and [his grandmother] Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol. He the son of [his grandfather] John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme and [his grandmother] Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme.

On 2nd June 1489 Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme was born to Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons (age 19) and Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons.

On 30th October 1495 [his father] Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons (age 25) died. His son Charles (age 6) succeeded Count Vendôme.

On 8th May 1513 Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 23) and Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Vendôme. She the daughter of Rene Valois Duke Alençon and Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon (age 50). He the son of Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1514 [his son] Louis Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 24) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 24). He died in 1516.

On 29th October 1515 [his daughter] Marie Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 26) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 25).

In 1516 [his daughter] Marguerite Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 26) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 26).

On 22nd April 1518 [his son] Antoine King Navarre was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 28) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 28).

On 23rd September 1519 [his son] Francis Bourbon Count of Enghien was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 30) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 29).

In 1521 [his daughter] Abbess Madeleine Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 31) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 31).

In 1522 [his son] Louis Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 32) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 32). He died young in 1525.

On 22nd September 1523 [his son] Cardinal Charles Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 34) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 33).

In 1525 [his daughter] Catherine Bourbon Abbess of Soissons was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 35) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 35).

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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 11th April 1525 [his brother-in-law] Charles Valois IV Duke Alençon (age 35) died.

In 1527 [his daughter] Renee Bourbon Abbess of Chelles was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 37) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 37).

On 6th July 1528 [his son] Jean Bourbon Count Soissons and Enghien was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 39) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 38).

On 7th May 1530 [his son] Louis Bourbon Prince Condé was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 40) and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 40).

Henry VIII and Francis I meet at Calais

The Maner of the Triumphe at Caleys and Bulleyn. 11th October 1532. I1 will certyfye you of our newes in the partyes of Calais. Fyrst the xj. day of October whiche was Fryday in the mornyng at. v. of the clocke the kynges grace toke his Shyppe called the Swallowe and so came to Caleys by. x. of the clocke. And there he was receyved with processyon and with the mayre and the lorde delite and all the speres [knights] and the sowdyours in araye with a greate peale of gonnes and laye in Caleys tyll the Sondaye seuenyght after. And on the. xvj. day of October my lorde of Norffolke (age 59) accompanyed with my lord of Darby (age 23) and a great nombre of gentilmen besydes mette with the great mayster of Fraunce vj. myles fro Calays at the englysshe pale the sayd great mayster hauynge two greate lordes in his company of theyr ordre and a hondred gentylmen attendynge vpon them. And there my lorde of Norffolke and the greate mayster deuysed the place where the two kynges sholde mete whiche was at Sandyngfelde. And that done they wente bothe to Caleys with theyr companyes. And the sayd greate mayster with dyuerse other straungers dyned that daye with ye Kynge. And after dyner my lorde of Norffolke brought them forth on theyr way a myle or two and so departed for that tyme.

Note 1. In the Second Edition, the text begins with:

The names of the noble men of Fraunce.

Fyrst the frensshe Kynge.

The kynge of Nauerne [Henry d'Albret, King of Navarre (age 29)]

The Dolphyn Duke of Brytayne Frauncys (age 14).

The duke of Orlyaunce Henry (age 13).

The duke of Angoulesme Charles (age 10).

The duke of Vendosme Charles (age 43).

The duke of Guyse (age 35).

The duke of Longouille (age 22).

The cardynall of Burbon.

The cardynall of Lorrayne (age 34)

The Legate and cardynall chaunceler of Fraunce Antony de prayt (age 69).

The cardynal tournon.

The cardynal gramond (age 46).

The marques of Lorayne de pont.

The marques of Rochelyne.

The two sonnes of the duke of Vendosme.

The sone of the duke of Guyse conte damualle. [D'Aumale]

The conte of saynt Poule Frauncys ile Burbon.

The conte of Neuers.

The conute [sic] Loys de Neuers conte danseore.

The lorde marshal! seigneur de Floraynge.

The lorde myrepois marshall de la foy. [A descendant of Guy de Lews, -who -was elected marshall of the Crusaders "who marched against the jilbigenses; hence his successors -were all called Marec/iaux de la Foi. He received the lands of Afire foix, in Languedoc, in return for hit services. The family became very illustrious, and tve refer readers ivho have the time and patience to study a very curious piece of family history, to the turnings of Carrier and Lognac.]

The conte de porsean.

The conte de bresne.

The conte de tonnore. [The Comte de Tonnerre.]

The conte de sensare.

The conte de grant pre.

The conte d'apremont.

The lorde greate mayster Anne de Momerancy (age 39).

The lorde admarald Philyp Schabbot (age 40).

The lorde grand esquyer Galliot.

The prynce of molse.

The conte de tande. [This is undoubtedly Honorat, son of Pillars, Comte de Tende, natural son of Philip, duke of Sairoy. Villars had been killed at Pavia in 1525. Honorat's daughter married the great duke de Mayenne.]

The conte de villars. [Andre de Brancas, contte de Villars.]

The conte de estampes Johan de la berre. [Jean de Berri, ccmte d'Etampes,]

The conte de chambre. [Chambery?]

The lorde canamples.

The lorde barbeluiez.

The lorde hummeres. [Probably Henry de Cre'vant d'Humieres, ancestor of the celebrated marechal d' Humiercs.]

The lorde roche piot.

The lorde of saynt Andrews.

The lorde montigeu.

The lorde roche guyon.

The lorde piennes.

The lorde pontremy.

Monsieur de longe.

Monsieur de belley. Probably Martin du Bel/ay, prince a" T-vetot.

The archebysshop of Roan.

The archebysshop of Vienne.

The bysshop of Lyseures.

The bysshop of Langres.

The bysshop of Charttres.

The bysshop of Lymoges.

The bysshop of beauuoys.

The bysshop of Auuergne.

The bysshop of Macon.

The bysshop of Castres.

The bysshop of Paris.

The bysshop of Angoulesme.

And as concernynge the nobles and ryall states of this realme it necleth not to expresse by name.

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On 25th March 1537 Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 47) died. His son [his son] Antoine (age 18) succeeded Duke Vendôme.

On 14th September 1550 [his former wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 60) died.

[his daughter] Leonore Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme and Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 1489-1537

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 1489-1537

Antoine King Navarre

Ancestors of Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 1489-1537

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hainault Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugues Châtillon Seigneur de Leuze 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Vendome

GrandFather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: RAOUL MONTFORT

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Montfort Baron Laval

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy 10th de Laval Baron

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy 12th de Laval Baron 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Montfort Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne 13th de Laval Baroness Laval 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Father: Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme

Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Count of Enghien

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne

Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Orsini Count 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Sabran

GrandFather: Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Bar 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie de Coucy Countess Soissons Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Countess Marle, Soissons and Meaux

Mother: Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus "Red Count" Savoy VII Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Bourbon Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Valois 1st Duke Berry 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonne Valois Countess Armagnac and Savoy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Valois Countess Savoy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandMother: Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Janus of Cyprus

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephano Visconti

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernabò Visconti

Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Doria

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anglesia Visconti

Great x 4 Grandfather: Mastino II della Scala

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Regina della Scala

Great x 4 Grandmother: Taddea da Carrara