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: Capet
Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of Raymond V Count Barcelona. He the son of Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. They were fifth cousins.
In 1146 [his father] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [age 36] and [his mother] Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [age 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy [age 51] and [his grandmother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy. He the son of Henry Burgundy Count Portugal and Teresa Alfónsez Jiménez.
On 11th November 1154 Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal was born to Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [age 45] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [age 29]. His nickname "Populator" not a consequence of the number of children he fathered, over sixty apparently, but his policy of populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal.
On 3rd December 1157 [his mother] Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [age 32] died.
Before 15th August 1171 [his brother-in-law] Ferdinand II King Leon [age 34] and [his sister] Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [age 23] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of [his father] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [age 62] and [his mother] Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. They were half second cousins.
In 1176 [his daughter] Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 21] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. She married 1191 her first cousin Alfonso IX King Leon, son of Ferdinand II King Leon and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon, and had issue.
In 1180 [his daughter] Sancha Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 25] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.
In May 1182 [his son] Constanza Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 27] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.
On 23rd April 1185 [his son] Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 30] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal at Coimbra. He married 1206 his second cousin once removed Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal, daughter of Alfonso VIII King Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile, and had issue.
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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On 6th December 1185 [his father] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [age 76] died. His son Sancho [age 31] succeeded I King Portugal and reigned for twenty six years.
In 1188 [his son] Raymond Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 33] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He died aged less than one years old.
On 23rd February 1188 [his son] Peter Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 33] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.
On 9th March 1188 [his son] Raymond Burgundy died.
On 24th March 1188 [his son] Ferdinand Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 33] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He married January 1212 his third cousin once removed Joan I Countess Flanders, daughter of Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut and Marie Blois Countess Flanders.
In March 1189 [his son] Henry Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 34] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He died the same year.
In 1191 [his son-in-law] Alfonso IX King Leon [age 19] and Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon [age 15] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 36] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Ferdinand II King Leon and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [age 43]. They were first cousins.
In 1194 [his brother-in-law] Odo III Duke Burgundy [age 28] and [his sister] Theresa Burgundy Duchess Burgundy [age 43] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of [his father] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal and [his mother] Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Hugh III Duke Burgundy and Alice Metz Duchess Burgundy. They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1196 [his daughter] Mafalda Burgundy Queen Consort Castile was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 41] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. She married 1215 her second cousin once removed Henry I King Castile, son of Alfonso VIII King Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile.
In 1198 [his daughter] Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 43] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. She married 1214 King Valdemar II of Denmark and had issue.
In 1198 [his daughter] Branca Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 43] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.
On 3rd August 1202 [his son] Constanza Burgundy [age 20] died.
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 1206 Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal [age 20] and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal [age 18] were married. She the daughter of Alfonso VIII King Castile [age 50] and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile [age 44]. He the son of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 51] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. They were second cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1211 [his sister] Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [age 63] died.
On 26th March 1211 Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [age 56] died. His son Alfonso [age 25] succeeded II King Portugal. Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal [age 23] by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 8 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh I King of the Franks 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert I Duke Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Liberator" Arles 1st Count Provence 1st Count Arles
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Gallant" Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy
GrandFather: Henry Burgundy Count Portugal
Father: Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal 
Great x 4 Grandfather: García Sánchez "Tremulous" II King Pamplona
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sancho "Great" III King Pamplona
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jimena Fernández Bermúdez Queen Consort Pamplona
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho García
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muniadona García Queen Consort Pamplona
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bermudo "Gouty" II King Galicia II King Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso "Noble" V King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elviro Garcia Queen Galicia
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sancha Astur Leonese
Great x 4 Grandfather: Menendo González
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elvira González Queen Consort Leon
GrandMother: Teresa Alfónsez Jiménez
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jimena Munoz
Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "White Handed" Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy
GrandFather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandfather: William I Count Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy
Mother: Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal
GrandMother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy