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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Paternal Family Tree: Savoy
On 11th July 1643 [her father] Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours [aged 19] and [her mother] Élisabeth Bourbon Vendôme [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Nemours. She the daughter of [her grandfather] César Bourbon Vendôme 1st Duke Vendôme [aged 49] and [her grandmother] Françoise Lorraine Duchess Vendôme [aged 50]. He the son of Henri I Duke of Nemours. They were second cousin once removed.
On 21st June 1646 Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal was born to [her father] Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours [aged 22] and [her mother] Élisabeth Bourbon Vendôme [aged 31].
On 30th July 1652 [her father] Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours [aged 28] died.
On 6th November 1656 John IV King Portugal [aged 52] died. His son [her future husband] Alfonso [aged 13] succeeded King Portuagal.
On 19th May 1664 [her mother] Élisabeth Bourbon Vendôme [aged 49] died.
On 2nd August 1666 Alfonso VI King Portugal [aged 22] and Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [aged 20] were married. She had arrived in Portugal on the same day. The marriage was not consummated. She subsequently married her brother-in-law Peter II King Portugal [aged 17] when he took control of the Portuguese throne; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours and Élisabeth Bourbon Vendôme. He the son of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal.
On 2nd April 1668 Peter II King Portugal [aged 18] and Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [aged 21] were married. She had, two years before, married his older brother Alfonso VI King Portugal [aged 24] who he, Peter, had deposed; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours and Élisabeth Bourbon Vendôme. He the son of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal.
On 6th January 1669 [her daughter] Infanta Isabel Luísa of Portugal was born to [her husband] Peter II King Portugal [aged 19] and Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [aged 22].
In 12th September 1683 [her husband] Alfonso VI King Portugal [aged 40] died. His brother Peter [aged 34] succeeded King Portugal. Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [aged 37] by marriage Queen Consort Portugal for a second time albeit for three months only.
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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On 27th December 1683 Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [aged 37] died.
In 1687 [her former husband] Peter II King Portugal [aged 37] and Maria Sophia of Neuburg Queen Consort Portugal [aged 20] were married. He the son of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal.
On 9th December 1706 [her former husband] Peter II King Portugal [aged 57] died. His son John [aged 17] succeeded King Portugal.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Landless" Savoy II Duke Savoy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip of Savoy Duke Nemours 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean II Brosse 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Claudine Brosse 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Nicole Countess of Penthièvre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jacques of Savoy 2nd Duke of Nemours 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: François Valois Duke Longueville 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Longueville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnès de Savoy Duchess Longueville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Valois 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Hochberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Johanna Hochberg Duchess Longueville
GrandFather: Henri I Duke of Nemours 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pope Alexander VI aka Roderic Borgia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucrezia Borgia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna d'Este 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois Duke Orléans 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis XII King France 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary de la Marck Duchess Orléans 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Montfort II Duke Brittany 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Foix Duchess Brittany 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Father: Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rene Valois Duke Alençon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean III King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louise of Savoy Countess Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: César Bourbon Vendôme 1st Duke Vendôme 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean d'Estrées Count of Orbec and Marquis of Cœuvres
Great x 2 Grandfather: Antoine d'Estrées 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jacques Bourbon Governor of Valois 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine de Bourbon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gabrielle d'Estrées 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Mother: Élisabeth Bourbon Vendôme 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Antoine Lorraine II Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philippe Emmanuel Duke of Mercœur 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Landless" Savoy II Duke Savoy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip of Savoy Duke Nemours 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Claudine Brosse 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Joanna of Savoy Nemours 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Longueville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Valois 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Johanna Hochberg Duchess Longueville
GrandMother: Françoise Lorraine Duchess Vendôme 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: François de Luxembourg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sébastien de Luxembourg Duke of Penthièvre 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: René de Brosse 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte de Brosse 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie de Luxembourg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean de Beaucaire Sieur de Puyguillon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie de Beaucaire