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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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Biography of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland 1271-1305

Paternal Family Tree: Bohemia

On 25th October 1251 [his father] Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 18) and [his mother] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna (age 6) were married.

On 11th February 1252 [his father] Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 19) and Margarete von Babenberg (age 48) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

On 17th September 1271 King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland was born to [his father] Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 38) and [his mother] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna (age 26).

On 26th August 1278 [his father] Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 45) died. His son Wenceslaus (age 6) succeeded II King Bohemia.

On 24th January 1285 King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (age 13) and Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland (age 13) were married. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans (age 66) and Gertrude Hohenburg. He the son of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna (age 40).

On 9th September 1285 [his mother] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna (age 40) died.

In 1289 [his brother-in-law] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria (age 19) and [his sister] Agnes Přemyslid Duchess Austria (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of [his father] Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and [his mother] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna. He the son of [his father-in-law] Rudolph I King Romans (age 70) and Gertrude Hohenburg.

On 6th October 1289 [his son] King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Hungary and Poland was born to King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (age 18) and [his wife] Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland (age 18).

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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.

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On 15th July 1291 [his father-in-law] Rudolph I King Romans (age 73) died at Speyer. He was buried at Speyer Cathedral. His son [his brother-in-law] Albert (age 36) succeeded I Duke Austria.

On 20th January 1292 [his daughter] Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia was born to King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (age 20) and [his wife] Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland (age 20). She married before 8th July 1313 King John I of Bohemia, son of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur, and had issue.

On 17th May 1296 [his sister] Agnes Přemyslid Duchess Austria (age 26) died.

On 18th June 1297 [his wife] Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland (age 26) died at Prague.

On 21st June 1305 King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (age 33) died.