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.
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On 16th August 1284 [his father] King Philip IV of France (age 16) and [his mother] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 11) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry I King Navarre and [his grandmother] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 36). He the son of [his grandfather] King Philip III of France (age 39) and [his grandmother] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 19th June 1294 Charles IV King France I King Navarre was born to [his father] King Philip IV of France (age 26) and [his mother] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 21). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.11%.
On 2nd April 1305 [his mother] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 32) died.
On 21st September 1305 [his brother] Louis X King France I Navarre (age 15) and [his sister-in-law] Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Robert II Duke Burgundy (age 57) and Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy (age 45). He the son of [his father] King Philip IV of France (age 37) and [his mother] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1307 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 12) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy and Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy (age 39). He the son of King Philip IV of France (age 38) and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 28th January 1308 [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England (age 23) and [his sister] Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 13) were married at Boulogne sur Mer [Map]. She the daughter of [his father] King Philip IV of France (age 39) and [his mother] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. He the son of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 25th February 1308 [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England (age 23) was crowned II King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester. [his sister] Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 13) was crowned Queen Consort England.
Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 24) carried the Royal Crown.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 30) carried the Gilt Spurs.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 32) carried the Royal Sceptre.
Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel (age 22) was Chief Butler, a heriditary office.
[his uncle] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 27) carried the Royal Rod.
[his uncle] Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 30) carried the sword Curtana.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 20) carried the table bearing the Royal Robes.
Thomas Grey (age 28) and Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 61) attended.
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In January 1314 [his daughter] Philip Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 19) and [his wife] Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 17). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.29%. She died aged eight in 1322.
On 29th November 1314 [his father] King Philip IV of France (age 46) died. His son [his brother] Louis (age 25) succeeded X King France: Capet. [his sister-in-law] Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 24) by marriage Queen Consort of France although she was in prison for adultery at the time and died four months later.
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.
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In 1315 [his daughter] Joan Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 20) and [his wife] Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.29%. She died aged six in 1321.
On 5th June 1316 [his brother] Louis X King France I Navarre (age 26) died. On 15th November 1316 His son [his nephew] John succeeded posthumously I King France: Capet.
On 20th November 1316 [his nephew] John "The Posthumous" I King France died. His uncle [his brother] Philip (age 23) succeeded V King France: Capet. He also claimed the Kingdom of Navarre although he had no hereditary right to do so since the Kingdom of Navarre was subject to inheritance by the female as well as male line meaning the four year old [his niece] Joan Capet II Queen Navarre (age 4) was successor by right. The Navarese didn't recognise his claim.
On 17th May 1321 [his daughter] Joan Capet (age 6) died.
On 3rd January 1322 [his brother] Philip V King France I King Navarre (age 29) died. His brother Charles (age 27) succeeded IV King France: Capet, I King Navarre although his niece was by right successor to the Kingdom of Navarre.
In March 1322 [his daughter] Philip Capet (age 8) died.
On 19th May 1322 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 25) marriage annulled as a consequence of her adultery. In 1313 Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 27) gave gifts of coin-purses to her sisters-in-law Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. The coin-purses were subsequently seen by Isabella to be in the possession of the Norman knights Gautier and Philippe d'Aunay. When Isabella visited her father King Philip IV of France again in 1314 she informed him she suspected the two sisters to be having affairs with the two knights. The two knights were arrested, confessed to adultery under torture, and were executed. The two women were sentenced to life imprisonment at Château Gaillard [Map]. Margaret's husband Louis X King France I Navarre became King in Nov 1314 whilst she was in prison; she became Queen of France by marriage. Somewhat conveniently she died five months later. Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France remained in prison until her husband Charles IV King France I King Navarre became King in 1322 at which time he had their marriage annulled.
After 19th May 1322 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In March 1324 [his daughter] Louis Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 29) and [his wife] Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20). She died aged less than one years old.
In March 1324 [his daughter] Louis Capet died.
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On 26th March 1324 [his wife] Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20) died at Issoudun [Map].
On 5th July 1324 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 30) and Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Louis I Count Évreux and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were half first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1326 [his former wife] Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 29) died.
In May 1326 [his daughter] Jeanne Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 31) and [his wife] Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 16). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.79%. She died aged less than one years old.
In 1327 [his daughter] Marie Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 32) and [his wife] Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 17). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.79%.
In January 1327 [his daughter] Jeanne Capet died.
On 1st February 1328 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 33) died. On 1st April 1328 His first cousin Philip (age 34) succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois. The succession somewhat complicated by Charles' wife [his former wife] Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France being pregnant. The child [his daughter] Blanche Capet was born two months later on 1st April 1328. A girl child therefore excluded from the succession confirming Philip's as King. Charles the last of the House of Capet. Philip the first of the House of Valois. His niece [his niece] Joan (age 16) succeeded II Queen Navarre. Her husband [his brother-in-law] Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 21) by marriage III King Navarre.
On 1st April 1328 [his daughter] Blanche Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre and [his former wife] Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 18). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.79%.
On 4th March 1371 [his former wife] Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 61) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King of the Franks 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adèle Queen of the Franks 
Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England 
Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
GrandFather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: William I Count Geneva
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Father: King Philip IV of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond V Count Barcelona
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: James I King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon
GrandMother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Géza II of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary
Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphrosyne of Kiev
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raynald of Châtillon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes of Antioch
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Constance of Antioch
Great x 1 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
Charles IV King France I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Champagne 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald IV King Navarre 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sancho "Wise" King Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
GrandFather: Henry I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dampierre 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre
Great x 2 Grandfather: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archambaud Bouron
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alix Forez
Mother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adèle Queen of the Franks Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
GrandMother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Metz Count Boulogne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Swabia
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant