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Meinhard Gorizia VI Count Gorizia succeeded VI Count Gorizia.
On 13th December 1239 Albert IV Count of Habsburg (age 51) died. His son Rudolph (age 21) succeeded I Count Habsburg.
On 18th July 1328 Engelbert II Count of La Marck (age 53) died. Adolph II Count La Marck succeeded II Count La Marck.
In 1332 Adolph II Count La Marck and Margaret Cleves Countess La Marck were married. She by marriage Countess La Marck. She the daughter of Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 41) and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves.
On 20th October 1347 Adolph II Count La Marck died. His son Engelbert (age 14) succeeded III Count La Marck.
In 1354 Engelbert La Marck III Count La Marck (age 20) and Richardis Jülich Countess Mark were married. She by marriage Countess La Marck. She the daughter of William Jülich V Duke Jülich (age 55) and Joanna Hainault Duchess Guelders (age 39). He the son of Adolph II Count La Marck and Margaret Cleves Countess La Marck. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
In 1381 Engelbert La Marck III Count La Marck (age 47) and Elisabeth Sponheim Countess Mark were married. She by marriage Countess La Marck. He the son of Adolph II Count La Marck and Margaret Cleves Countess La Marck.
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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 22nd December 1391 Engelbert La Marck III Count La Marck (age 58) died. His brother Adolph (age 57) succeeded III Count La Marck. Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 41) by marriage Countess La Marck.
Engelbert Mark 1st Count Mark was created 1st Count La Marck.
Frederick Unknown Count Langeland was appointed Count Langeland.
Frederick Saarbrücken Count Saarbrücken was appointed Count Saarbrücken.
In 1811 Caroline Countess of Schlotheim (age 45) was created 1st Countess of Hessenstien.
In 1788 Caroline Countess of Schlotheim (age 22) was created 1st Countess of Schlotheim.
John Günther Schwarzburg 1st Count of Schwarzburg Sondershausen was created 1st Count of Schwarzburg Sondershausen.