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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin 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 1617 [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 20th November 1629 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg was born to [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg.
On 12th April 1641 [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg died. [his brother] Christian Ludwig Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
In 1643 [his brother-in-law] Frederick III King Denmark and [his sister] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark were married. She the daughter of [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg. He the son of Christian IV King Denmark.
On 28th February 1648 Christian IV King Denmark died. [his brother-in-law] Frederick III King Denmark succeeded III King Denmark. [his sister] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.
On 30th September 1658 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern were married. She the daughter of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia. He the son of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg.
On 6th May 1659 [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg died.
On 28th May 1660 [his son] King George I was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern. He married (1) 21st November 1682 Sophia Dorothea of Celle, daughter of George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg, and had issue.
In 1661 [his son] Frederick Augustus Hanover was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern.
In 1665 [his brother] Christian Ludwig Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg died. [his brother] George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 3rd June 1665 at the Battle of Lowestoft an English fleet commanded by King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, [his brother-in-law] Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland and Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich defeated a Dutch Fleet.
Richard Boyle was killed.
Charles Maccarthy Viscount Muskerry was killed.
Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth was killed by a cannonball aboard the Royal Charles. Earl Falmouth extinct, Baron Botetourt Langport in Somerset extinct. Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge succeeded 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry. Penelope Godolphin Viscountess Fitzhardinge by marriage Viscountess Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry. Possibly the only occasion when a father has succeeded his son.
Charles Weston 3rd Earl of Portland was killed by a cannon shot. On 13th June 1665 Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland succeeded 4th Earl of Portland, 4th Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.
Thomas Allin 1st Baronet was present.
Admiral Jeremy Smith commanded the Mary.
Captain George Batts fought. He was assigned to Sir George Ayscue's division in the Blue Squadron.
James Ley 3rd Earl Marlborough was killed at the Battle of Lowestoft commanding Old James attempting to recover a captured ship. William Ley 4th Earl Marlborough succeeded 4th Earl Marlborough.
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In 1666 [his son] Maximilian Hanover was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern.
Before 1668 James Hayes was appointed Secretary to [his brother-in-law] Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland.
On 30th October 1668 [his daughter] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern. She married before 1685 Frederick I King Prussia and had issue.
In 1669 [his son] Charles Philip Hanover was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern.
In 1671 [his son] Christian Henry Hanover was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern.
On 17th September 1674 [his son] Ernest Augustus Hanover 1st Duke of York and Albany was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern.
In 1675 [his illegitimate daughter] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Countess of Darlington and Leinster was born illegitimately to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg. She married 1701 Johan Adolf Von Kielmansegg and had issue.
On 2nd April 1676 [his brother] George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his sister-in-law] Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg. He the son of [his father] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his mother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg.
On 21st November 1682 [his son] George Louis of Hanover and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Dorothea of Celle were married. The marriage had been arranged by their respective fathers Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his brother] George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg, and his mother [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern. She the illegitmate daughter of George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his sister-in-law] Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg. He the son of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern.
On 29th November 1682 [his brother-in-law] Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland died without legitimate issue at Westminster. Duke Cumberland and Earl Holderness extinct. He was buried in the Crypt, Westminster Abbey.
Before 1685 [his son-in-law] Frederick I King Prussia and [his daughter] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern. He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau.
In 20th February 1685 [his sister] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark died.
In 1690 [his son] Charles Philip Hanover died.
In 1690 [his son] Frederick Augustus Hanover died.
In 1690 [his brother] George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg was appointed 500th Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland and Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland.
On 19th December 1692 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg was elected Elector Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 28th December 1694 the marriage of the future [his son] King George I and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Dorothea of Celle was dissolved. Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her husband". She was forbidden to remarry or to see her children again; her name was removed from official documents, she was stripped of her title of Electoral Princess. She was imprisoned for life.
On 23rd January 1698 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg died.
On 8th June 1714 [his former wife] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern died.