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.'
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1299 Marriage of King Edward I and Margaret of France
On 28th May 1262 [his father] King Philip III of France (age 17) and [his mother] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James I King Aragon (age 54) and [his grandmother] Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of King Louis IX of France (age 48) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 41). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 12th March 1270 Charles Valois I Count Valois was born to [his father] King Philip III of France (age 24) and [his mother] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 25th August 1270 [his grandfather] King Louis IX of France (age 56) died. His son [his father] Philip (age 25) succeeded III King France: Capet. [his mother] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22) by marriage Queen Consort France.
On 28th January 1271 [his mother] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 23) died.
On 21st August 1274 [his father] King Philip III of France (age 29) and [his step-mother] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant. He the son of [his grandfather] King Louis IX of France and [his grandmother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 53). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
In 1284 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 13) was created I Count Valois.
On 16th August 1284 [his brother] King Philip IV of France (age 16) and [his sister-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 11) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry I King Navarre and Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 36). He the son of [his father] King Philip III of France (age 39) and [his mother] 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 5th October 1285 [his father] King Philip III of France (age 40) died of dysentery; see Annals of Dunstable. His son [his brother] Philip (age 17) succeeded IV King France: Capet. [his sister-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 12) by marriage Queen Consort of France.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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On 16th August 1290 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 20) and Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Valois. She the daughter of Charles II King Naples (age 36) and Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 33). He the son of King Philip III of France and 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.
In 1292 [his daughter] Isabelle Valois Duchess Brittany was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 21) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 19). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.86%. She married 1297 her third cousin John III Duke Brittany.
On 17th November 1293 [his son] King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 23) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 20). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.86%. He married (1) his first cousin once removed Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France, daughter of Robert II Duke Burgundy and Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy, and had issue (2) 11th January 1350 his half first cousin once removed Blanche Évreux Queen Consort France, daughter of Philip "Noble" III King Navarre and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre.
Around 1294 [his daughter] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 23) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 21). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.86%. She married (1) 19th May 1305 her fourth cousin once removed William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland, son of John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland and Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland, and had issue (2) 1320 her third cousin Robert III Artois and had issue.
In 1295 [his daughter] Margaret Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 24) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 22). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.86%. She married 1310 her fourth cousin once removed Guy Chatillon I Count Blois, son of Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois and Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois, and had issue.
On 12th August 1295 [his brother-in-law] Charles Martel King Hungary (age 23) died at Naples [Map]. He was buried at Naples Cathedral [Map].
In 1297 [his son-in-law] John III Duke Brittany (age 10) and Isabelle Valois Duchess Brittany (age 5) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 26) and Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 24). They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1297 [his son] Charles II Count Alençon was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 26) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 24). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.86%. He married (1) April 1314 Jeanne Joigny (2) December 1336 his second cousin Maria de la Cerda Y Lara Countess Alençon and had issue.
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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In 1298 [his half-brother] Louis I Count Évreux (age 21) was created I Count Évreux.
On 19th August 1298 [his brother-in-law] Saint Louis Capet Bishop Toulouse (age 24) died.
In 1299 [his daughter] Catherine Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 28) and [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 26). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.86%. She died aged less than one years old.
In 1299 [his daughter] Catherine Valois died.
On 10th September 1299 [his brother-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 60) and [his half-sister] Margaret of France Queen Consort England (age 20) were married at Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. The difference in their ages was 39 years. She the daughter of [his father] King Philip III of France and [his step-mother] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 43). He the son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 27) was present.
On 31st December 1299 [his wife] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 26) died.
On 25th May 1300 [his brother-in-law] Rudolph Habsburg III Duke Austria (age 18) and [his half-sister] Blanche Capet Duchess Austria (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of [his father] King Philip III of France and [his step-mother] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 44). He the son of Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria (age 44) and Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria.
In 1302 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 31) and Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Valois. He the son of King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. When the king's brother [Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 31)], who had received the count on his honour, saw this, and could not manage to set him free, he went away from his brother in anger, hastening to the papal court to obtain the benefit of absolution from the broken oath. There, Pope Boniface anointed him king of Sicily, so that he might pursue the cause and interests of the Roman Church against the king of Aragon. He spent much in the venture afterwards, but achieved little, and at last returned to his brother without a kingdom. Meanwhile, with the count still held in custody, his sons rose up on his behalf, and their cause prospered in their hands, as has been stated above. A few years later, when Pope Boniface arranged, for the sake of peace, the marriage of the king of England to the sister of the king of France, and of the pope's own said son to the king's daughter, whom he did not love, the aforesaid daughter of the count died in the king of France's household, and, as it was said, was killed by poison, so that she would not afterwards be married to the son of the king of England, who had loved her.
Quod videns frater regis, qui eum in fide susceperat, nec liberare eum valens, perrexit iratus a fratre suo ad curiam properans, ut absolutionis beneficium de juramento fracto" consequi mereretur, ubi a papa Bonifacio unctus est in regem Siciliæ, ut contra regem Aragonum causam et statum Romanæ ecclesiæ prosequeretur. Qui multa expendit in posterum; sed parum profecit, et demum reversus est ad fratrem sine regno. Retento itaque comite, filii ejus insurrexerunt pro eo, et prosperatum est negotium in manibus eorum, sicut supra patet. Et post annos paucos, cum ordinasset papa Bonifacius pro bono pacis maritagium regis Angliæ cum sorore regis Franciæ, et filii sui prædicti cum filia regis quam non dilexit, mortua est prædicta filia comitis in domo regis Franciæ, et, ut dicebatur, veneno extincta, neduceretur in posterum a filio regis Angliæ qui dilexit eam.
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In 1302 [his son] John Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 31) and [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 27). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He died aged six in 1308.
In or before 1303 [his half-brother] Louis I Count Évreux (age 26) and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Artois Countess Évreux (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Évreux. He the son of [his father] King Philip III of France and [his step-mother] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 46). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Before 15th April 1303 [his daughter] Catherine Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 33) and [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 28). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
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.
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In 1304 [his daughter] Joan Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 33) and [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 29). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the same year Pope Benedict XI died, in the month of July [7th July 1304]. The papal see was vacant for some time because of dissension among the cardinals, for there were eighteen of them, and they divided their votes equally. At length, after a long period of confinement in the conclave, they elected as pope, in the following year [1305], the Archbishop of Bordeaux,1 who received the papal crown at Lyons that same year, on the Sunday next after the feast of Saint Martin, many of his cardinals being present there for that occasion. But on that very day, when he was being led on horseback to the church of Saint Martin after being crowned, a stone wall beside the road, upon which many had climbed to see him, collapsed, crushing many beneath it. Among the dead was the Count of Brittany (age 65)2; Charles3, the king of France's brother, was injured. The pope remained in Bordeaux for a long time and created there nearly eighteen new cardinals, because some of the older cardinals had returned to Rome; he continually excused himself, saying he could not come. When Roman nobles sent envoys to him and then sent them again, the pope always gave the same excuse for not coming; and because he refused to go to his own see, they judged him unworthy to enjoy the patrimony of Peter. Nevertheless, he lived off money extorted from bishops confirmed at the curia. For example, from William, Archbishop of York, confirmed there, besides the great expenses he had freely made, he took within the first year nine thousand five hundred marks of silver. And the archbishop, returning so impoverished, within that same first year received from his religious subjects and rectors, first under the name of a "gift for goodwill and favour," and second under the name of a "loan", an immense sum of money. The pope also sent his envoy, named Testa, into England with papal bulls reserving to himself the "primi fructus4" [first fruit] of all churches falling vacant at any time and in any manner within the kingdoms of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and likewise the first year's income of all abbeys and priories vacant in the same period. Because of this, the lord king, together with his magnates in his parliament at Carlisle, opposed him, saying that it was not reasonable that from monasteries founded by his own ancestors or by the magnates of the land in honour of God's service, and for the maintenance of certain alms and hospitality, the pope should thus exact the primi fructus, thereby letting the worship of God and the work of hospitality perish. And so the pope changed his plan as regarded abbeys; but having granted to the king from the English churches a two-year tithe, he still obtained the primi fructus of churches, as said above.
Eodem anno obiit papa Benedictus XI mense Julii, vacavitque sedes propter dissensionem cardinalium, erant enim octodecim, et æqualiter diviserunt vota sua; tandem vero post longam carceris inclusionem, elegerunt in papam in anno Clement V scquenti archiepiscopum Burdegalensem, qui diadema suscepit apud Lugdunum in eodem anno, scilicet MCCCV, die Dominica proxima post festum Sancti Martini, præsentibus multis cardinalibus Sunday, suis, qui ob eandem causam ibidem venerant. Eodem autem die, cum ad ecclesiam beati Martini Fatal accisic diadematus in equo duceretur, corruit quidam coronation. murus lapideus a latere viæ, super quem multi ascenderant ut viderent eum, et oppressit multos, inter quos mortuus est comes Britanniæ, et Carolus frater regis Franciæ læsus est. Mansitque papa Burdegalis longo tempore, et creavit ibi novos cardinales quasi XVIII, pro eo quod quidam ex antiquis cardinalibus reversi fuerant Romam, ipso se semper excusante quod venire non poterat. Missisque a Romanis principibus He removes nunciis et remissis, semper excusavit se papa de the pontifi non veniendo. Et quia ad propriam sedem venire Rome. contempsit, censuerunt eum indignum Petri patrimonio frui; vixitque sic de pecunia extorta a confirmatis episcopis in curia. Quoniam ab archiepiscopo Eborum Willelmo, ibidem confirmato, præter expensas quas ibi largissime fecerat, infra primum suum annum habuit novies mille marcas argenti et quingentas, et ipse sic pauper reversus, infra eundem annum primum habuit a subditis suis religiosis et rectoribus, primo nomine curialitatis et gratiæ, et secundo nomine mutui, immensam pecuniæ summam. Misitque papa nuncium suum in Angliam nomine Testa cum bullis suis, in quibus reservavit sibi primos fructus primi anni omnium ecclesiarum vacantium quocunque tempore vel modo infra regna Angliæ, Scotia, Walliæ et Hiberniæ, et fructus similiter omnium abbatiarum et prioratuum vacantium eodem tempore: propter quod opposuit se dominus rex cum magnatibus suis in parliamento suo apud Carliolum, dicens, non esse rationi consonum, quod a monasteriis, a prædecessoribus suis vel a magnatibus terræ fundatis in honore servitii Dei, certæ eleemosinæ et hospitalitatis sustinendæ, papa sic primos fructus exigeret, et cultus Dei et hospitalitas deperirent. Et sic mutavit papa propositum quantum ad abbatias; sed concessa domino regi ab ecclesiis Anglicanis decima biennali, obtinuit primos fructus ecclesiarum, ut prædictum est.
Note 1. Clement V. (Bertrand de Goth, Archbishop of Bordeaux) was elected Pope by the influence of Philip le Bel, at Pérouse, on Tuesday, June 15, 1305, and crowned at Lyons on Sunday, November the 14th following.
Note 2. Jean Capet, Duke of Brittany, 1239-1305.
Note 3. Charles, Duke of Valois, 1270-1325 (age 34).
Note 4. These first-fruits continued to form part of the papal revenue until the time of Henry VIII.
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In 1305 [his daughter] Isabelle Valois Abbess Fontevraud was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 34) and [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 30). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 1st March 1305 [his half-sister] Blanche Capet Duchess Austria (age 27) died.
On 19th May 1305 [his son-in-law] William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 19) and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut (age 11) were married. She by marriage Countess Zeeland, Countess Holland, Countess Avesnes, Countess Hainault. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 35) and Margaret Capet Countess Valois. He the son of John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland and Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland (age 53). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 11th October 1307 [his wife] Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois (age 32) died.
In 1308 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 37) and Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Valois. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol (age 54) and Marie Capet (age 40). He the son of King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1308 [his son] John Valois (age 6) died.
Thomas Walsingham [~1422]. In the year of grace 1308, which is the second year from the Conquest of the reign of King Edward, not yet crowned, the second, the king kept Christmas at Wye, a manor of the Abbot of Battle, with a very large household. A few days after Christmas had passed, he crossed over into France to take as his wife Isabella, daughter of the King of France, who was a little over twelve years old. He entrusted the custody of the kingdom to the aforesaid Piers [Gaveston]; for which cause excessive murmuring arose among the magnates of the realm. The marriage in France at Boulogne-sur-Mer [28th January 1308], at which four kings were present, namely, the King of France (age 39), the son of the King of France (age 18), the King of Germany, and the King of Sicily, was solemnly celebrated. Then he returned to the kingdom of England with his wife. The magnates went out to meet their king and his new queen, and all strove to see who could show them greater honour. Among them came Piers himself, whom the king at once admitted into a most special embrace and regarded with the greatest familiarity. The magnates grew envious, but they put off their vengeance for another time.
Note 1. The four kings being King Philip IV of France, his son Louis, King of Navarre, Albert (age 52), King of Germany and Philip IV's brother Charles (age 37), King of Sicily.
Anno gratiæ millesimo trecentesimo octavo, qui est annus regni Regis Edwardi, nondum coronati, a Conquæstu Secundi, secundus, tenuit idem rex Natale apud Wy, manerium Abbatis de Bello, cum familia multa nimis. Paucis post Natale diebus transactis, transfretavit in Franciam, ut Regis Francorum filiam in uxorem duceret, nomine Isabellam, qua paulo plus annis duodecim habuit in ætate. Commisit autem regni custodiam Petro præfato; ob quam causam murmur immodicus inter proceres regni succrevit. Nuptiis in Francia apud Boloniam supra Mare, quibus quatuor Reges interfuerunt, videlicet Rex Franciæ, filius Regis Franciæ, Rex Alemanniæ, et Rex Siciliæ, celebratis solemniter, ad regnum Angliæ revertitur cum uxore. Igitur proceres occurrunt regi suo conjugique novæ; et a cunctis elaboratur, quis propensiorem honorem impendere possit illis. Occurrit inter cæteros ipse Petrus, quem mox Rex in amplexus specialius admittebat, et familiarins respiciebat. Invidebant ergo proceres, sed vindictam in tempus aliud differebant.
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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 1309 [his daughter] Marie Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 38) and [his wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 16). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married 1316 Charles Duke of Calabria and had issue.
In 1309 [his daughter] Isabelle Valois Duchess Brittany (age 17) died.
In 1310 [his son-in-law] Guy Chatillon I Count Blois and Margaret Valois (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 39) and Margaret Capet Countess Valois. He the son of Hugh Chatillon II Count Blois and Beatrix Dampierre Countess Blois. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1313 [his daughter] Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 42) and [his wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 20). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married her second cousin Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon, son of Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon, and had issue.
In April 1314 Charles II Count Alençon (age 17) and Jeanne Joigny were married. She by marriage Countess Alençon. He the son of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 44) and Margaret Capet Countess Valois.
On 29th November 1314 [his brother] King Philip IV of France (age 46) died. His son [his nephew] Louis (age 25) succeeded X King France: Capet. 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.
On 30th April 1315 Enguerrand de Marigny (age 55) was hanged. He had been arrested on the orders of [his nephew] Louis X King France I Navarre (age 25) at the instigation of Charles of Valois (age 45). Twenty-eight articles of accusation including charges of receiving bribes were brought against him but none could be found to be true. Charles then brought forward a charge of sorcery which was more effectual. He was condemned at once and hanged on the public gibbet of Montfaucon.
In 1316 [his son-in-law] Charles Duke of Calabria (age 18) and Marie Valois (age 7) were married. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 45) and Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 23).
In 1317 [his daughter] Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 46) and [his wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 24). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married 1335 her fourth cousin once removed Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg, son of King John I of Bohemia and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia, and had issue.
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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On 6th April 1317 [his father-in-law] Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol (age 63) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Jean (age 25) succeeded Count Saint Pol.
In 1318 [his son] Louis Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 47) and [his wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 25). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. He died aged ten in 1328.
On 14th February 1318 [his half-sister] Margaret of France Queen Consort England (age 39) died at Marlborough Castle [Map]. She was buried at Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map]. Her tomb was destroyed during the Reformation.
On 19th May 1319 [his half-brother] Louis I Count Évreux (age 43) died. His son [his nephew] Philip (age 13) succeeded Count Évreux.
In 1320 [his son-in-law] Robert III Artois (age 33) and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 49) and Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1321 Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 46) and [his sister-in-law] Marie Chatillon Countess Pembroke (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and [his mother-in-law] Marie Capet (age 53). He the son of William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke and Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke. They were half first cousin twice removed. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 19th May 1322 [his nephew] 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 [his niece] 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 [his brother] 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.
In 1325 [his daughter] Theresa Valois was born to Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 54). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Chronique des règnes de Jean II et de Charles V Book 1. 16th December 1325. In the month of December, Sir Charles, Count of Valois (age 55), fell gravely ill; the sickness was so severe that he lost the use of half his body, and many believed that during this illness he felt pangs of conscience over the death of Enguerrand de Marigny, who, as some say, was hanged at his instigation, as was discovered afterward. When his sickness worsened, he ordered alms to be given throughout the city of Paris; and those who distributed the alms to the poor said: 'Pray for Sir Enguerrand de Marigny and for Sir Charles of Valois.' And because they mentioned Sir Enguerrand's name before that of Sir Charles, many judged that Charles was burdened by guilt for Enguerrand's death. After a long illness, he died at Le Perray, which is in the diocese of Chartres, on the tenth day before Christmas, and his body was buried in Paris with the Dominican Friars, and his heart with the Friars Minor.
Ou moys de decembre acoucha malade griefment messire Charles conte de Valois; si fu la maladie si grieve qu'il perdi la moitié de lui, et cuidierent plusseurs que en celle maladie il feist conscience de la mort Engorran de Marigni, lequel fu pendu, si comme aucunes gens dient, à son pourchaz par ce que on apperceust après. Quant sa maladie l'engrega, il fist donner une aumosne parmi la ville de Paris; et disoient ceulz qui donnoient Taumosne aus pouvres: "Priez pour messire Engerran de Marigni et pour messire Charles de Valoys." Et pour ce qu'il nommoient avant le nom de messire Engerran que de messire Charles, plusseurs jugèrent que de la mort messire Engerran il taisoit conscience. Lequel, après la longue maladie il mourut au Perré qui est en la dyocese de Chartres le xejour devant Nouel, et fu son corps enterré à Paris aux Frères Preescheurs et son cuer aus Frères Meneurs.
On 16th December 1325 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 55) died.
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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In 1358 [his former wife] Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 65) died.
. In the year of our Lord 1314, while the apostolic see was vacant, the year always being reckoned from the feast of Saint Michael, and in the eighth year of the reign of the same Edward of Caernarfon, around the feast of Saint Nicholas King Philip of France, called the Fair, died. He was succeeded by his son Louis, who had previously been king of Navarre. He was guided by the counsel of his uncle Charles. By that counsel, soon after Easter, Enguerrand de Marigny, who had been the principal counsellor of Philip, father of the said King Louis, was hanged. Also the queen of Navarre, the wife of the said [his nephew] Lord Louis and daughter of the count of Burgundy, was suffocated1 on account of adultery alleged against her with Lord Philip d’Aunay. That same Louis, later in that same year, took in marriage the daughter of the king of Hungary, named Clemence, both in name and, as was said, in reality.
Anno Domini millesimo CCCXIIII, apostolica sede vacante, semper in festo sancti Michaelis incipiendo, et ipsius regis Edwardi de Carnervans VIIJ, circa festum sancti Nicholai, fuit mortuus rex Franciæ, Philippus, dictus le Bel, et successit sibi Lodowycus filius suus, qui fuit prius rex Navvarræ; qui ducebatur consilio Karoli avunculi sui. Cujus consilio cito post Pascha suspensus fuit Ingeramus de Maremy, qui fuit principalis consiliarius Philippi, patris ipsius regis Lodowyci. ltem regina Navvarræ, uxor ipsius domini Lodowyci et, filia comitis Burgundiæ, propter adulterium sibi impositum cura domino Philippo Daune, fuit suffocata. Qui quidem Lodowycus, eodem anno, postmodum duxit in uxorem filiam regis Hungariæ, Clemenciam nomine et re, ut dicebatur.
Note 1. The Tour de Nesle Affair in the three daughters-in-law of King Philip IV, Margaret and sisters Blanche and Joan were accused of adultery. Chronicle of William Nangis: "Margaret, the young queen of Navarre, and Blanche, wife of Charles, the king of Navarre’s younger brother, for the adultery most shamefully committed and frequently practiced by them with the knight brothers Philip and Walter of Aunay, the former [Margaret] with Philip, the latter [Blanche] with Walter, as their crimes demanded, were repudiated by their own husbands, deprived, not undeservedly, of all temporal honour, and committed to prisons, so that there under strict guard, deprived of all human comfort, they might pass their lives unhappily and end them miserably. The aforesaid two knights, who were not only wicked adulterers but also most vile violators of their lords’ marriages, though those lords had placed especial trust in them as highly intimate members of their household, and they were reckoned among their garments and family in full confidence, and who were the worst of traitors; and who were much more culpable in the deed, since they had enticed those young women, still of tender age and of the weaker sex, by their seductions and flatteries. At Pontoise, on the Friday after Quasimodo Sunday, confessed that they had carried on this crime for nearly three years, in many places and sometimes even at sacred seasons. And for the commission of so great a crime, paying the penalty and manner of an ignominious death, in the common square of the Martroi, in the sight of all, they were flayed alive; their virile members together with their genitals were cut off; and, their heads struck off, they were dragged to the common gallows. Completely stripped of skin, they were hanged by the shoulder blades and joints of their arms. Afterwards, near them, a certain doorkeeper, as one who seemed rightly to have been an accomplice and privy to the aforesaid crime, and many others as well, both noble and ignoble, of either sex, who appeared to have consented to or known of the said offense, were subjected to torture; some were drowned in swift waters; many perished by secret deaths; yet several, found innocent, escaped entirely. Among these especially was a certain Dominican friar, called the Bishop of Saint George, who was said to have been a collaborator and accomplice in the aforesaid crime, whether by sorceries that incited people to illicit acts. Some said he was detained in prison at Paris among the Dominican friars; others that, since the apostolic see was then vacant, he had been sent to the cardinals and left to their judgment. Moreover, although Joan, sister of the said Blanche and wife of Philip, Count of Poitiers, was at first strongly regarded as suspect in the matter and was for some time separated from her husband and kept under guard in the castle of Dourdan, nevertheless, after an inquiry made on this account, she was cleared of the said suspicion and judged blameless and entirely innocent in the Parliament at Paris, in the presence of the Count of Valois, the Count of Évreux, and many other nobles. And thus, before a year had passed, she deserved to be reconciled to her husband, the count."
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Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 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 8 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France [1]
Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [1]
Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [1]
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [1]
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France [1]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [1]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [1]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [1]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [3]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [3]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [6]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [6]
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [1]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [1]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [3]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [3]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [5]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [2]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [2]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [9]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [3]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [2]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [6]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [7]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [4]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [2]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [4]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [4]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [2]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [4]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [6]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [4]
Frederick William III King Prussia [2]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [4]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [4]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [6]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [4]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [10]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [12]
King Christian IX of Denmark [6]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [8]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [10]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [22]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [22]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [6]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [12]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [12]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [16]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [28]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [34]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [26]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [40]
Carl XVI King Sweden [54]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VI King of the Franks 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VII King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I 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 Grandmother: Adèle Queen of the Franks Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex 
GrandFather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda 
Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Father: King Philip III of France 2 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: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
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: Raymond IV Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
GrandMother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 3 Grandfather: William I Count Geneva
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond III Count Barcelona
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond V Count Barcelona
Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Ivrea
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
GrandFather: James I King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon
Mother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Géza II of Hungary
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mstislav I of Kiev
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphrosyne of Kiev
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raynald of Châtillon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes of Antioch
Great x 4 Grandfather: Prince Bohemond II of Antioch
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Constance of Antioch
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice of Antioch
GrandMother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon