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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Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence 1180-1242
1514 Death of Anne Duchess of Brittany
1514 Marriage of Mary Tudor and Louis XII of France
1515 Louis XII King France succeeded by Francis I
1547 Death of King Francis I of France Accession of Henry II
In 1476 [her father] Louis XII King France [aged 13] and [her step-mother] [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of King Louis XI of France [aged 52] and Queen Charlotte of Savoy 1441-1483 [aged 34]. He the son of [her grandfather] Charles Valois Duke Orléans and [her grandmother] Mary de la Marck Duchess Orléans. They were second cousin once removed.
Before 11th October 1492 Charles VIII King France [aged 22] and [her mother] Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. He the son of King Louis XI of France and Queen Charlotte of Savoy 1441-1483. They were third cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 8th January 1499 [her father] Louis XII King France [aged 36] and [her mother] Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [aged 21] were married at Nantes [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. Her second marriage to a King of France having been first married to Charles VIII King France. The French Crown was determined to acquire Brittany. Louis and Anne's daughter Claude married [her future husband] King Francis I of France [aged 4] by which Brittany was later merged with the Crown of France when he became King. He the son of [her grandfather] Charles Valois Duke Orléans and [her grandmother] Mary de la Marck Duchess Orléans. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 14th October 1499 Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France was born to Louis XII King France [aged 37] and Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [aged 22]. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.00%.
On 9th January 1514 [her mother] Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [aged 36] died. She the last of the de Montfort family to hold the title (the Montfort family is a scion the Capet family; her father was descended from Louis VII King of the Franks. Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 14] succeeded I Duchess Brittany.
On 18th May 1514 King Francis I of France [aged 19] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 14] were married. He by marriage Duke Brittany. She the daughter of Louis XII King France [aged 51] and Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [aged 37]. He the son of Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême and Louise of Savoy Countess Angoulême [aged 37]. They were second cousins.
On 9th October 1514 [her father] Louis XII King France [aged 52] and [her step-mother] Mary Tudor Queen Consort France [aged 18] were married at Abbeville [Map], Somme. She by marriage Queen Consort France. Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 37], Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 57], Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 44] and his son George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham [aged 17], Bishop Thomas Ruthall [aged 42] and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset [aged 27] attended. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of [her grandfather] Charles Valois Duke Orléans and [her grandmother] Mary de la Marck Duchess Orléans. They were second cousin twice removed.
In 1515 Giuliano Medici Duke Nemours [aged 35] was created 1st Duke Nemours by [her husband] King Francis I of France [aged 20]. Giuliano had married into the Savoy family that had previously held the title.
On 1st January 1515 [her father] Louis XII King France [aged 52] died. His first cousin once removed [her husband] Francis [aged 20] succeeded I King France: Capet Valois Angoulême. Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 15] by marriage Queen Consort of France. Brittany merged with the Crown of France.
In May 1515 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 31] and [her step-mother] Mary Tudor Queen Consort France [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Suffolk. She had married [her father] Louis XII King France in Oct 1514; he had died on 01 Jan 1515. Around this time he surrendered the title Viscount Lisle which he had been created in anticipation of this marriage to Elizabeth Grey Countess Devon [aged 10] which never took place. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were fifth cousins.
On 19th August 1515 [her daughter] Louise Valois was born to [her husband] King Francis I of France [aged 20] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 15]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.52%. She died aged two in 1517.
On 23rd October 1516 [her daughter] Charlotte Valois was born to [her husband] King Francis I of France [aged 22] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 17]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.52%. She died aged seven in 1524.
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 12th September 1517 [her daughter] Louise Valois [aged 2] died.
On 28th February 1518 [her son] Francis Valois was born to [her husband] King Francis I of France [aged 23] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 18]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.52%.
On 31st March 1519 [her son] King Henry II of France was born to [her husband] King Francis I of France [aged 24] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 19]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.52%. He married 28th October 1533 his sixth cousin Catherine Medici Queen Consort France and had issue.
On 10th August 1520 [her daughter] Madeleine Valois was born to [her husband] King Francis I of France [aged 25] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 20]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.52%. She married 1st January 1537 her third cousin once removed King James V of Scotland, son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland.
On 22nd January 1522 [her son] Charles Valois was born to [her husband] King Francis I of France [aged 27] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 22]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.52%.
On 5th June 1523 [her daughter] Margaret Valois Duchess Berry and Savoy was born to [her husband] King Francis I of France [aged 28] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 23]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.52%. She married 1559 her half first cousin once removed Emmanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy, son of Charles 3rd Duke Savoy and Beatrice Aviz Duchess Savoy, and had issue.
On 20th July 1524 Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France [aged 24] died.
On 4th July 1530 [her former husband] King Francis I of France [aged 35] and Eleanor of Austria Queen Consort France Queen Consort Portugal [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile [aged 51]. He the son of Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême and [her former mother-in-law] Louise of Savoy Countess Angoulême [aged 53]. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 31st March 1547 [her former husband] King Francis I of France [aged 52] died. His son Henry [aged 28] succeeded II King France: Capet Valois Angoulême.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Daughter of Louis XII King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 
Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France Son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 1293-1349 Grand Daughter of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Charles V of France Son of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 
5 x Great Grand Son of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1315-1349 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans Son of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon Grand Son of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon Great Grand Son of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France 1338-1378 Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: Charles Valois Duke Orléans Grand Son of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephano Visconti
Great x 3 Grandfather: Galeazzo II Visconti
Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Doria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan 18 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aymon "Peaceful" Savoy Count Savoy 16 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bianca Savoy 17 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Palaeologina Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans Grand Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France Son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 1293-1349 Grand Daughter of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Valois Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 5 x Great Grand Son of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1315-1349 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Father: Louis XII King France Great Grand Son of King Charles V of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adolph II Count de la Marck
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adolph de la Marck 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves 5 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jülich V Duke Jülich 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerhard Jülich VI Count Berg and Ravensberg 5 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
GrandMother: Mary de la Marck Duchess Orléans 2 x Great Grand Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France Son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy Son of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1315-1349 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy Grand Son of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 
Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy Great Grand Daughter of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves Great Grand Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria 2 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria
Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France 1499-1524 Daughter of Louis XII King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur II Duke Brittany Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montfort IV Duke Brittany Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande of Dreux Queen of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Montfort V Duke Brittany 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers 5 x Great Grand Son of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna of Flanders Duchess Brittany 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Montfort Great Grand Son of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Noble" III King Navarre Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles "Bad" II King Navarre Grand Son of Louis X King France I Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Capet II Queen Navarre Daughter of Louis X King France I Navarre
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England Grand Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France Son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1315-1349 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
GrandFather: Francis Montfort II Duke Brittany Great Grand Son of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France Son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles V of France Son of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1315-1349 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans Son of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon Great Grand Son of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France 1338-1378 Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Valois Grand Daughter of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Galeazzo II Visconti
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan 18 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bianca Savoy 17 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans Grand Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France Son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Valois Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 1315-1349 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Mother: Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Grailly
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archambaud Grailly Count Foix
Great x 2 Grandfather: John I Count Foix
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Countess Foix
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Albret
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret Countess Foix
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie d Louis and Isabel Craon Sully
GrandMother: Marguerite Foix Duchess Brittany 3 x Great Grand Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I King Castile 
3 x Great Grand Son of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand I King Aragon 4 x Great Grand Son of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Castile 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: John II King Aragon 5 x Great Grand Son of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho Alfonso Ivrea 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Alberquerque Queen Consort Aragon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Burgundy 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Bad" II King Navarre Grand Son of Louis X King France I Navarre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles III King Navarre Grand Son of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Évreux Queen Consort Aragon Great Grand Daughter of Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juana Manuel Queen of Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of Margaret Provence Queen Consort France