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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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Paternal Family Tree: Wettin
On 7th October 1548 [his father] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 22) and [his mother] Anna Oldenburg (age 15) were married at Torgau. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Christian III King of Denmark (age 45) and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 37). They were third cousin once removed.
On 29th October 1560 Christian Wettin I was born to [his father] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 34) and [his mother] Anna Oldenburg (age 27).
On 25th April 1582 Christian Wettin I (age 21) and Sophie of Brandenburg (age 13) were married. He the son of Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 55) and Anna Oldenburg (age 49). They were third cousins.
On 5th March 1585 [his son] John George Wettin Elector Saxony was born to Christian Wettin I (age 24) and [his wife] Sophie of Brandenburg (age 16). He married (1) 1604 his third cousin once removed Sibylla Elisabeth of Württemberg, daughter of Frederick I (2) 1607 his second cousin once removed Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia and Marie Eleonore La Marck, and had issue.
On 1st October 1585 [his mother] Anna Oldenburg (age 52) died.
On 11th February 1586 [his father] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 59) died. His son Christian (age 25) succeeded Elector Saxony.
On 25th September 1591 Christian Wettin I (age 30) died. His son John (age 6) succeeded Elector Saxony.
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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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On 7th December 1622 [his former wife] Sophie of Brandenburg (age 54) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick II Duke Saxony 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Siemowit IV Duke of Masovia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alexandra of Lithuania
GrandFather: Henry IV Duke Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of
Father: Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke of Mecklenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg
GrandMother: Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony
Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
GrandFather: Christian III King of Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 3 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Mother: Anna Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway