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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Count Cleves is in Count.
In 1119 Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves succeeded I Count Cleves.
In 1147 Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves (age 28) died. His son Dietrich succeeded II Count Cleves.
In 1172 Dietrich Cleves II Count Cleves died. His son Dietrich succeeded III and IV Count Cleves.
In 1188 Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves died. His son Dietrich succeeded V Count Cleves.
In 1188 Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves was appointed VIII Count Cleves.
Around 1215 Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves and Mathilda Dinslaken Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves and Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves.
Before 1226 Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves and Hedwig Meissen Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves and Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves.
Before 1256 Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves (age 29) and Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves and Hedwig Meissen Countess Cleves.
In 1260 Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves died. His son Dietrich (age 34) succeeded VI Count Cleves.
In 1275 Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves (age 49) died. His son Dietrich (age 19) succeeded VII Count Cleves.
On 4th October 1305 Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves (age 49) died. His son Otto (age 27) succeeded Count Cleves.
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 1310 Otto Cleves Count Cleves (age 32) died. His half brother Dietrich (age 19) succeeded VIII Count Cleves. Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves by marriage Countess Cleves.
In 1340 Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 49) and Maria Jülich Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich and Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 7th June 1347 Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 56) died. His brother Johann (age 54) succeeded Count Cleves. Mathilde Guelders Countess Blois and Cleves (age 22) by marriage Countess Cleves.
In 1368 Adolph de la Marck (age 34) succeeded I Count Cleves.
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.
Otto Cleves Count Cleves and Mechteld von Virneburg Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves.
Otto Cleves Count Cleves and Adelheid Mark Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Engelbert Mark 1st Count Mark. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves.
Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves and Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves.
Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Otto II Count Guelders and Margaretha Cleves Countess of Gulders. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves and Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves. They were half first cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves and Ida Reginar Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Dietrich Cleves II Count Cleves and Adelaide Sulzbach Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves and Ida Reginar Countess Cleves.
Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves and Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland and Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland. He the son of Dietrich Cleves II Count Cleves and Adelaide Sulzbach Countess Cleves. They were fifth cousin once removed.