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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Paternal Family Tree: Capet
On 10th October 1846 two Spanish Princesses were married...
[her future father-in-law] Francisco de Asís King Consort Spain [aged 24] and [her aunt] Isabella II Queen Spain [aged 16] were married. They were double first cousins. She was forced to marry by the Moderare Party. She, apparently commented, "what shall I tell you about a man whom I saw wearing more lace than I was wearing on our wedding night?". She the daughter of Ferdinand VII King Spain and Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain [aged 40]. They were first cousins.
Antoine Orléans Duke Montpensier [aged 22] and Infanta Luisa Fernanda Duchess of Montpensier [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Ferdinand VII King Spain. He the son of King Louis Philippe I of France [aged 73]. They were fifth cousins.
On 24th June 1860 Maria de las Mercedes Queen Consort Spain was born to Antoine Orléans Duke Montpensier [aged 35] and Infanta Luisa Fernanda Duchess of Montpensier [aged 28].
In 1874 [her future husband] Alfonso XII King Spain [aged 16] succeeded XII King Spain.
1878. Manuel Cabral Aguado-Bejarano [aged 51]. Portrait of Maria de las Mercedes Queen Consort Spain [aged 17].
On 23rd January 1878 Alfonso XII King Spain [aged 20] and Maria de las Mercedes Queen Consort Spain [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. She the daughter of Antoine Orléans Duke Montpensier [aged 53] and Infanta Luisa Fernanda Duchess of Montpensier [aged 45]. He the son of Francisco de Asís King Consort Spain [aged 55] and Isabella II Queen Spain [aged 47]. They were half first cousins.
On 26th June 1878 Maria de las Mercedes Queen Consort Spain [aged 18] died of typhoid.
On 29th November 1879 [her former husband] Alfonso XII King Spain [aged 22] and Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [aged 21] were married at Madrid [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Francisco de Asís King Consort Spain [aged 57] and [her aunt] Isabella II Queen Spain [aged 49]. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 25th November 1885 [her former husband] Alfonso XII King Spain [aged 27] died. On 17th May 1886 His son Alfonso succeeded posthumously XIII King Spain when he was born some seven months later.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Kings France: Grand Daughter of King Louis Philippe I of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Grand Daughter of Ferdinand VII King Spain
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans 
Grand Son of Louis XIII King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Duke Orléans Grand Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans Daughter of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Philippe "The Fat" Bourbon I Duke Orléans Great Grand Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margravine Johanna Baden Baden Duchess Orléans
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Philippe II Duke of Orléans 2 x Great Grand Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
GrandFather: King Louis Philippe I of France 3 x Great Grand Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Father: Antoine Orléans Duke Montpensier Son of King Louis Philippe I of France
Maria de las Mercedes Queen Consort Spain Grand Daughter of King Louis Philippe I of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain Grand Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 
Great Grand Daughter of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles III King Spain Son of Philippe V King Spain
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles IV King Spain Son of Charles III King Spain
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Augutus Elector Saxony King of Poland 7 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus III King Poland 8 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Amalia of Saxony Queen Consort Spain Great Grand Daughter of Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor Son of Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Josepha of Austria Grand Daughter of Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
GrandFather: Ferdinand VII King Spain Son of Charles IV King Spain
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philippe V King Spain Grand Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy Great Grand Daughter of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Infante Philip of Spain Son of Philippe V King Spain
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Luisa of Parma Grand Daughter of Louis XV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Duke Burgundy Grand Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis XV King France Great Grand Son of Louis "Sun King" XIV King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Adelaide Savoy Great Grand Daughter of Louis XIII King France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Elisabeth of France Daughter of Louis XV King France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France
Mother: Infanta Luisa Fernanda Duchess of Montpensier Daughter of Ferdinand VII King Spain