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Paternal Family Tree: Welf
In 929 [her future husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 16) and Eadgyth Wessex Queen Consort Germany were married. She the daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons (age 59). He the son of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 53) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
In 931 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress was born to [her father] Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy (age 51) and [her mother] Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy.
On 2nd July 936 Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 60) died. His son [her future husband] Otto (age 23) succeeded I King Germany, I Duke Saxony. Eadgyth Wessex Queen Consort Germany by marriage Queen Consort Germany.
On 11th July 937 [her father] Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy (age 57) died. His son [her brother] Conrad (age 12) succeeded I King Burgundy.
In 951 Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) and Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 20) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Germany. She the daughter of Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy. He the son of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
In 953 [her brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne (age 27) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.
On 18th November 953 [her step-daughter] Liutgarde Saxon Ottonian (age 22) died.
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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 954 [her brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne (age 28) was appointed Duke Lorraine.
On 17th December 954 [her step-son] William Saxon Ottonian Archbishop of Mainz (age 25) was appointed Archbishop of Mainz.
In 955 [her son] Otto "Red" II King Germany II Holy Roman Emperor II King Italy was born to [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 42) and Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 24). He married Theophanu Unknown Holy Roman Empress and had issue.
On 1st November 955 [her brother-in-law] Henry Saxon Ottonian I Duke Bavaria (age 35) died. His son Henry (age 4) succeeded II Duke Bavaria.
In December 955 [her daughter] Matilda Saxon Ottonian Abbess Quedlinburg was born to [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 24).
On 6th September 957 [her step-son] Liudolf Duke Swabia (age 27) died.
On 25th December 961 [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 49) was appointed I King Italy. Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 30) by marriage Queen Consort Italy.
On 2nd February 962 [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 49) was created Holy Roman Emperor. Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 31) by marriage Holy Roman Empress.
In 964 [her brother] Conrad I King Burgundy (age 39) and [her sister-in-law] Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Burgundy. She the daughter of Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia and Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of [her father] Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and [her mother] Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 11th October 965 [her brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne (age 40) died.
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The 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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On 2nd March 968 [her step-son] William Saxon Ottonian Archbishop of Mainz (age 39) died.
On 7th May 973 [her husband] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 60) died. His son [her son] Otto (age 18) succeeded II King Germany.
On 7th December 983 [her son] Otto "Red" II King Germany II Holy Roman Emperor II King Italy (age 28) died following a malaria outbreak. His son [her grandson] Otto (age 3) succeeded III King Germany.
On 19th October 993 [her brother] Conrad I King Burgundy (age 68) died. His son [her nephew] Rudolph (age 22) succeeded III King Burgundy.
In 999 [her daughter] Matilda Saxon Ottonian Abbess Quedlinburg (age 43) died.
On 16th December 999 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 68) died.
[her father] Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and [her mother] Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Italy. He the son of [her grandfather] Rudolph I King Burgundy.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Welf
Great x 2 Grandfather: Conrad Welf I Count Auxerre
Great x 4 Grandfather: Isambart "The Saxon" Saxony
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxony
Great x 1 Grandfather: Conrad Welf II Count Auxerre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Tours
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Tours Countess Auxerre
GrandFather: Rudolph I King Burgundy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Waldrada Worms Countess Auxerre
Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress
Mother: Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy