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Paternal Family Tree: Egmont
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria 1342-1386
On 23rd July 1423 [his father] Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders (age 13) and [his mother] Catherine La Marck (age 6) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves (age 49) and [his grandmother] Marie Valois Duchess Cleves (age 30).
On 12th February 1438 Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders was born to [his father] Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders (age 27) and [his mother] Catherine La Marck (age 20) at Grave.
On 3rd July 1449 [his sister] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland (age 15) was crowned Queen Consort Scotland.
On 3rd July 1449 [his brother-in-law] King James II of Scotland (age 18) and [his sister] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland (age 15) were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. She the daughter of [his father] Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders (age 38) and [his mother] Catherine La Marck (age 32). He the son of King James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1463 Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders (age 24) and Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders (age 23) were married. She by marriage Duchess Guelders. She the daughter of Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon (age 56). He the son of Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders (age 52) and Catherine La Marck (age 45). They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 1st December 1463 [his sister] Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland (age 29) died at Roxburgh Castle. She was buried at Holyrood Abbey [Map].
In 1465 Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders (age 26) was appointed Count Zutphen.
In 1467 [his son] Charles Egmont 3rd Duchess Guelders was born to Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders (age 28) and [his wife] Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders (age 27). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.51%.
In 1467 [his daughter] Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine was born to Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders (age 28) and [his wife] Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders (age 27). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.51%. She married 1485 her fourth cousin René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar, son of Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont and Yolande Valois Anjou, and had issue.
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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On 21st May 1469 [his wife] Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders (age 29) died.
On 23rd February 1473 [his father] Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders (age 62) died. His son Adolf (age 35) succeeded 2nd Duke Guelders.
On 27th June 1477 Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders (age 39) died at Tournai [Map]. He was buried at Tournai Cathedral [Map]. His son Charles (age 10) succeeded 3rd Duke Guelders.
Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders was appointed Order of the Golden Fleece.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [1]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [1]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [1]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [1]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [1]
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egmont
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont
GrandFather: John Egmont
Father: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders
Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adolph II Count La Marck
Great x 1 Grandfather: Adolph de la Marck 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cleves Countess de la Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald I Count Guelders 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
GrandFather: Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Jülich V Duke Jülich 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gerhard Jülich VI Count Berg and Ravensberg 5 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Mother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 
6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 1 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Nevers amd Flanders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brabant III Duke Brabant Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria