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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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Maternal Family Tree: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence 1180-1242
On 30th April 1884 father and daughter, [his grandfather] Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21), were both married on the same, or near, days, he taking advantage pf his relatives being in Darmstadt for his daughter's wedding. He, apparently, didn't approve of his daughter's choice of his first cousin [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) since they, Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven would live in Britain.
Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and [his grandmother] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In the evening Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 29) were married. She being his former mistress. Apparently, they separated within a week and the marriage was annulled within three months.
On 25th June 1900 Louis Mountbatten 1st was born to [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 46) and [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 37). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.61%.
In 1916 [his brother] George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven (age 23) and [his sister-in-law] Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven (age 19) were married. He the son of [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 61) and [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 52).
On 7th November 1917 [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 63) was created 1st Marquess Milford Haven. [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 54) by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.
On 11th September 1921 [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 67) died. His son [his brother] George (age 28) succeeded 2nd Marquess Milford Haven. [his sister-in-law] Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven (age 25) by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.
On 18th July 1922 Louis Mountbatten 1st (age 22) and Edwina Ashley (age 20) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He the son of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 59).
The wedding, which attracted hugh crowds, was attending by Queen Mary (age 55), Queen Alexandra (age 77) and the Prince of Wales.
Left to right: Mary Ashley (age 15), Princess Margarita Glücksburg (age 17), Joan Esther Sybilla Pakenham (age 18), Sophie Glücksburg (age 8) (seated), Louis Mountbatten 1st , Edwina Ashley, Prince of Wales (age 28), Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper (age 19) (seated), Princess Theodora (age 16) and Princess Cecile (age 11) (seated).
On 3rd November 1923 [his brother-in-law] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 40) and [his sister] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 34) were married. She the daughter of [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 60). He the son of Gustav V King Sweden (age 65). They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 14th February 1924 [his daughter] Patricia Mountbatten 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma was born to Louis Mountbatten 1st (age 23) and [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma (age 22). She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She married 26th October 1946 John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne, son of Michael Knatchbull 5th Baron Brabourne and Doreen Browne Baroness Brabourne, and had issue.
1925. Philip de László (age 55). Portrait of Louis Mountbatten 1st (age 24).
On 8th April 1938 [his brother] George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven (age 45) died. His son [his nephew] David (age 18) succeeded 3rd Marquess Milford Haven.
On 26th October 1946 [his son-in-law] John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne (age 21) and [his daughter] Patricia Mountbatten 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (age 46) and [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma (age 44).
On 28th October 1947 Louis Mountbatten 1st (age 47) was created 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma with a special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male. [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma (age 45) by marriage Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
On 24th September 1950 [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 87) died.
On 29th October 1950 Gustav V King Sweden (age 92) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Gustaf (age 67) succeeded VI King Sweden. [his sister] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 61) by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
On 21st February 1960 [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma (age 58) died.
On 2nd March 1965 [his sister] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 75) died.
On 27th August 1979 Louis Mountbatten 1st (age 79) was killed by an IRA bomb aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo. His daughter [his daughter] Patricia (age 55) succeeded 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma. [his son-in-law] John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne (age 54) by marriage Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
[his grandson] Nicholas Timothy Knatchbull (age 14) was killed.
Pauk Maxwell, a local boy, was killed.
On 28th August 1979 Doreen Browne Baroness Brabourne (age 83) died from wounds in hospital the day after the bombing.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 29 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 24 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great Grand Son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis I Grand Duke of Hesse 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 3 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke 14 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: Alexander Hesse Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Charles Louis of Baden 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Wilhelmine Baden 14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 3 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Father: Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven 16 x Great Grand Son of
GrandMother: Julia Hauke
Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis I Grand Duke of Hesse 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Karl Wilhelm Hesse Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Prince Charles Louis of Baden 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Wilhelmine Baden 14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
GrandFather: Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke 16 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Prussia
Mother: Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 15 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of