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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252
On 27th May 1234 [his father] King Louis IX of France (age 20) and [his mother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence (age 36) and [his grandmother] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence (age 36). He the son of [his grandfather] King Louis VIII of France and [his grandmother] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 46). They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 30th April 1245 King Philip III of France was born to [his father] King Louis IX of France (age 31) and [his mother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 8th February 1250 the Battle of Mansoura was fought between Crusaders led by [his father] King Louis IX of France (age 35) commanded by [his uncle] Robert Capet Count of Artois (age 33) and Ayyubid forces.
Robert Capet Count of Artois and William Longespée (age 42) were killed.
Alexander Giffard fought; possibly killed.
On 28th May 1262 King Philip III of France (age 17) and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She the daughter of James I King Aragon (age 54) and 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.
In 1268 [his brother] Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont (age 12) was created 1st Count Clermont.
In June 1268 [his son] King Philip IV of France was born to King Philip III of France (age 23) and [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 20). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 16th August 1284 his second cousin Joan Blois I Queen Navarre, daughter of Henry I King Navarre and Blanche Capet Queen Navarre, and had issue.
In 1269 [his brother] Peter Capet Count Alençon (age 18) was created Count Alençon.
On 12th March 1270 [his son] Charles Valois I Count Valois was born to King Philip III of France (age 24) and [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married (1) 16th August 1290 his second cousin Margaret Capet Countess Valois and had issue (2) 1302 his third cousin once removed Catherine Courtenay Countess Valois and had issue (3) 1308 his second cousin once removed Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois, daughter of Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol and Marie Capet, and had issue.
On 3rd August 1270 [his brother] John Tristan Capet Count Valois (age 20) died.
On 25th August 1270 [his father] King Louis IX of France (age 56) died. His son Philip (age 25) succeeded III King France: Capet. [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22) by marriage Queen Consort France.
On 28th January 1271 [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 23) died.
On 13th March 1271 Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 35) was murdered while attending mass at the Chiesa di San Silvestro, Viterbo by his cousins Simon "Younger" Montfort and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 27) in revenge for the deaths of their father Simon and older brother Henry at the Battle of Evesham.
The murder was carried out in the presence of the Cardinals, who were conducting a papal Election, King Philip III of France (age 25), and [his uncle] King Charles of Sicily (age 43). The Montfort brothers were excommunicated.
Henry "Almain" Cornwall was buried in Hailes Abbey [Map].
The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri some forty years after in the Divine Comedy who placed Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell.
In 1272 [his brother] Peter Capet Count Alençon (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Joan Chatillon I Countess Blois (age 19) were married. She the daughter of John Chatillon I Count Saint Pol and Alix Capet Countess Saint Pol (age 29). He the son of [his father] King Louis IX of France and [his mother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 51). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
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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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In 1272 [his brother] Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont (age 16) and [his sister-in-law] Beatrice Burgundy (age 15) were married. She the daughter of John Burgundy Count Charolais and Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais (age 35). He the son of [his father] King Louis IX of France and [his mother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 51). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
After April 1273 [his future son-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 33) travelled to Paris [Map] to pay homage to King Philip III of France (age 27) for his lands in Gascony.
On 21st August 1274 King Philip III of France (age 29) and 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 King Louis IX of France and 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.
On 3rd May 1276 [his son] Louis I Count Évreux was born to King Philip III of France (age 31) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 20). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married in or before 1303 his second cousin once removed Margaret Artois Countess Évreux and had issue.
Around 1278 [his daughter] Blanche Capet Duchess Austria was born to King Philip III of France (age 32) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 22). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married 25th May 1300 Rudolph Habsburg III Duke Austria, son of Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria and Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria.
In 1279 [his brother] Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont (age 23) by marriage Lord Bourbon.
In 1279 [his daughter] Margaret of France Queen Consort England was born to King Philip III of France (age 33) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 23). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married 10th September 1299 her first cousin once removed King Edward I of England, son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England, and had issue.
In 1279 [his brother-in-law] Robert II Duke Burgundy (age 31) and [his sister] Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of [his father] King Louis IX of France and [his mother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 58). He the son of Hugh IV Duke Burgundy and Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 6th April 1284 [his brother] Peter Capet Count Alençon (age 33) was killed at Salerno by Aragonese mercenaries. He had no issue; Count Alençon extinct.
On 16th August 1284 [his son] King Philip IV of France (age 16) and [his daughter-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 King Philip III of France (age 39) and [his former wife] 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 King Philip III of France (age 40) died of dysentery; see Annals of Dunstable. His son Philip (age 17) succeeded IV King France: Capet. [his daughter-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 12) by marriage Queen Consort of France.
Annals of Dunstable. [5th October 1285] Philip (age 40), king of France, during the siege of Girona, contracted dysentery and died. And his son Philip, cousin of Peter of Aragon, succeeded him.
Philippus, rex Franciæ, in obsidione de Gerundes incurrit dissentiriam et obiit. Et successit ei Philippus, filius ejus, consobrinus Petri de Aragun.
On 12th January 1321 [his former wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 65) died.
[his son] Robert Capet was born to King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 2 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 11 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre [1]
Margaret of France Queen Consort England [1]
King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France [1]
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [1]
Joan Évreux Queen Consort France [1]
Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress [1]
Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England [1]
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [1]
Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France [1]
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France [1]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [1]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [1]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [3]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [3]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [3]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [6]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [5]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [9]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [9]
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [1]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [1]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [4]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [5]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [10]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [4]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [10]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [12]
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 [6]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [6]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [4]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [4]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [4]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [4]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [4]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [8]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [4]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [12]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [8]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [8]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [4]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [24]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [24]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [8]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [16]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [24]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [24]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [28]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [28]
Carl XVI King Sweden [52]
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip I of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adèle Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
GrandFather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders III Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Guelders Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou
Father: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
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 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona
Great x 3 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramiro Jiménez
Great x 3 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cristina Rodríguez Vivar
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Aigle Lord Aigle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliette du Perche Chateaudun
GrandMother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault
King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona 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: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
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: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Mother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
GrandMother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 2 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy