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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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Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Bethune 1264
In 1332 [his father] Adolph II Count de la Marck and [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck were married. She by marriage Countess de la Marck. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 41) and [his grandmother] Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves.
Around 1334 Adolph de la Marck was born to [his father] Adolph II Count de la Marck and [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck.
In 1341 [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck died.
On 20th October 1347 [his father] Adolph II Count de la Marck died. His son [his brother] Engelbert (age 14) succeeded III Count de la Marck.
In 1354 [his brother] Engelbert de la Marck III Count de la Marck (age 20) and [his sister-in-law] Richardis Jülich Countess Mark were married. She by marriage Countess de la Marck. She the daughter of William Jülich V Duke Jülich (age 55) and Joanna Hainaut Duchess Guelders (age 39). He the son of [his father] Adolph II Count de la Marck and [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 16th November 1357 Adolph de la Marck (age 23) was appointed Bishop Münster.
On 13th June 1363 Adolph de la Marck (age 29) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.
In 1368 Adolph de la Marck (age 34) succeeded I Count Cleves.
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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In 1369 Adolph de la Marck (age 35) and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Adolph II Count de la Marck and Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck. They were fourth cousins.
On 2nd August 1373 [his son] Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves was born to Adolph de la Marck (age 39) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 23). He married (1) before March 1400 Agnes Wittelsbach (2) before 23rd February 1416 his half third cousin twice removed Marie Valois Duchess Cleves, daughter of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy, and had issue.
In 1374 [his son] Dietrich de la Marck was born to Adolph de la Marck (age 40) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 24).
In 1375 [his daughter] Margaret de la Marck Duchess Bavaria was born to Adolph de la Marck (age 41) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 25). She married 1394 her half fourth cousin once removed Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria, son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress.
In 1378 [his daughter] Elisabeth de la Marck Duchess Bavaria was born to Adolph de la Marck (age 44) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 28). She married 16th January 1401 Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria, son of Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria.
In 1381 [his brother] Engelbert de la Marck III Count de la Marck (age 47) and [his sister-in-law] Elisabeth Sponheim Countess Mark were married. She by marriage Countess de la Marck. He the son of [his father] Adolph II Count de la Marck and [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck.
In 1389 [his brother] Dietrich de la Marck Bishop of Liège was appointed Bishop of Liège.
On 22nd December 1391 [his brother] Engelbert de la Marck III Count de la Marck (age 58) died. His brother Adolph (age 57) succeeded III Count de la Marck. [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 41) by marriage Countess de la Marck.
In 1394 [his son-in-law] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria (age 57) and [his daughter] Margaret de la Marck Duchess Bavaria (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Adolph de la Marck (age 60) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 44). He the son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
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 7th September 1394 Adolph de la Marck (age 60) died.
On 10th October 1425 [his former wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 75) died.
[his daughter] Engelberta de la Marck was born to Adolph de la Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark.
[his son] Gerhard de la Marck was born to Adolph de la Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [1]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [1]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [1]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [1]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [1]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [1]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [1]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [2]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [2]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [2]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [1]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [1]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [2]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [1]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [3]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [2]
Frederick William III King Prussia [1]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [2]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [2]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [3]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [2]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [5]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [6]
King Christian IX of Denmark [3]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [4]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [5]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [11]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [11]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [3]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [6]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [6]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [8]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [14]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [17]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [13]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [20]
Carl XVI King Sweden [27]
Father: Adolph II Count de la Marck
Adolph de la Marck 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theodoric I Margrave of Meissen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Meissen Countess Cleves
Great x 1 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves
GrandFather: Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves
Great x 2 Grandfather: Everhard I Kiburg Laufenburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves
Mother: Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard III Count Guelders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto II Count Guelders 2 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reginald I Count Guelders 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu 
GrandMother: Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dampierre II Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Red" Béthune II Lord Bethune
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert VII Lord Bethune
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Bethune