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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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Paternal Family Tree: Obertenghi aka Welf
On 21st July 1476 Alfonso Este I , Modena and Reggio was born to [his father] Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 44).
In 1480 [his father] Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 48) was appointed 219th Knight of the Garter by King Edward IV of England (age 37).
In January 1491 Alfonso Este I , Modena and Reggio (age 14) and Anne Sforza (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and Bona of Savoy (age 41). He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 59).
On 12th January 1491 a double wedding ceremony was held between the Este and Visconti families of Milan. Leonardo da Vinci orchestrated the celebrations.
Alfonso Este I , Modena and Reggio (age 14) and Anne Sforza (age 14) were married fourteen years after their bethrothal. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and Bona of Savoy (age 41). He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 59).
Ludovico Sforza Duke Milan (age 38) and Beatrice Este (age 15) were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara. He the son of Francesco Sforza I Duke Milan and Bianca Maria Visconti.
In 1494 Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress (age 22) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and [his mother-in-law] Bona of Savoy (age 44). He the son of Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 21st October 1494 [his brother-in-law] Gian Galeazzo Sforza 6th Duke Milan (age 25) died. His uncle Ludovico (age 42) succeeded Duke Milan.
On 30th November 1497 [his wife] Anne Sforza (age 21) died in childbirth. Some sources reported that her child, a son, died immediately after being baptised; others, say that he survived and was named Alessandro, dying in 1514 aged 17. She was buried in the monastery of San Vito.
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 1501 Alfonso Este I , Modena and Reggio (age 24) and Lucrezia Borgia (age 20) were married. He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 69).
On 15th June 1505 [his father] Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 73) died. His son Alfonso (age 28) succeeded I Duke Ferrara.
On 5th April 1508 [his son] Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara was born to Alfonso Este I , Modena and Reggio (age 31) and [his wife] Lucrezia Borgia (age 27). He married April 1528 Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara, daughter of Louis XII King France and Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France, and had issue.
On 24th June 1519 [his wife] Lucrezia Borgia (age 39) died.
On 10th March 1527 [his illegitimate son] Alfonso Este Lord Montecchio was born illegitimately to Alfonso Este I , Modena and Reggio (age 50).
In April 1528 [his son] Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara (age 19) and [his daughter-in-law] Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Louis XII King France and Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France (age 51). He the son of Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 51) and [his former wife] Lucrezia Borgia.
1534. Dosso Dossi (age 45). Portrait of Alfonso Este I , Modena and Reggio (age 57) as a Knight of the Order of Saint Michael.
On 31st October 1534 Alfonso Este I , Modena and Reggio (age 58) died. His son Ercole (age 26) succeeded II Duke Ferrara. [his daughter-in-law] Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 24) by marriage Duchess Ferrara.
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Obizzo Este II Marquis of Ferrara
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aldobrandino Este II Marquis of Ferrara
Great x 2 Grandfather: Obizzo Este III Marquis of Ferrara
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alberto Este Marquis of Ferrara
GrandFather: Niccolò Este III Marquis of Ferrara
Father: Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara