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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Around 857 Odo I King West Franks was born to [his father] Robert "Strong" (age 27).
On 2nd July 866 Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine (age 46) and [his father] Robert "Strong" (age 36) were killed fighting the joint Breton-Viking army at the Battle of Brissarthe at Brissarthe.
Assers Life of Alfred 887. 887. 85. Division of the Empire.216 In that same year Charles217, King of the Franks, went the way of all flesh; but Arnolf, his brother's son, six weeks before he died, had expelled him from the kingdom. Immediately after his death five kings were ordained, and the kingdom was split into five parts; but the principal seat of the kingdom justly and deservedly fell to Arnolf, were it not that he had shamefully sinned against his uncle. The other four kings promised fidelity and obedience to Arnolf, as was meet; for none of these four kings was heir to the kingdom on his father's side, as was Arnolf; therefore, though the five kings were ordained immediately upon the death of Charles, yet the Empire remained to Arnolf. Such, then, was the division of that realm; Arnolf received the countries to the east of the river Rhine; Rudolf (age 28) the inner part of the kingdom218; Odo (age 30) the western part; Berengar and Wido, Lombardy, and those countries which are on that side of the mountain. But they did not keep such and so great dominions in peace among themselves, for they twice fought a pitched battle, and often mutually ravaged those kingdoms, and drove one another out of their dominions.
Note 216. From the Chronicle.
Note 217. Charles the Fat (age 47).
Note 218. Burgundy.
In 888 Odo I King West Franks (age 31) was elected King of the Franks.
Around 890 [his brother] Robert I King West Francia (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Beatrice Vermandois (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois (age 41).
On 1st January 898 Odo I King West Franks (age 41) died. Charles "Simple" III King West Francia (age 18) succeeded III King West Francia.