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In 1485 [his father] René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar (age 33) and [his mother] Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine (age 18) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bar, Duchess Lorraine. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders and [his grandmother] Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders. He the son of [his grandfather] Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont and [his grandmother] Yolande Valois Anjou. They were fourth cousins.
On 20th October 1496 Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise was born to René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar (age 45) and Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine (age 29).
On 10th December 1508 [his father] René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar (age 57) died at Fains, Eure, Haute Normandie. His son [his brother] Antoine (age 19) succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
On 9th June 1513 Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 16) and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons. He the son of René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar and Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine (age 46). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 22nd November 1515 [his daughter] Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland was born to Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 19) and [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 22) at Bar le Duc.
On 17th February 1519 [his son] Francis II Duke Guise was born to Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 22) and [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 26) at Bar le Duc.
On 17th February 1524 [his son] Cardinal Charles of Guise was born to Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 27) and [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 31).
On 18th August 1526 [his son] Claude Duke of Aumale was born to Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 29) and [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 33).
In 1527 Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 30) was created 1st Duke Guise. [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 34) by marriage Duchess Guise.
The Maner of the Triumphe at Caleys and Bulleyn. 11th October 1532. I1 will certyfye you of our newes in the partyes of Calais. Fyrst the xj. day of October whiche was Fryday in the mornyng at. v. of the clocke the kynges grace toke his Shyppe called the Swallowe and so came to Caleys by. x. of the clocke. And there he was receyved with processyon and with the mayre and the lorde delite and all the speres [knights] and the sowdyours in araye with a greate peale of gonnes and laye in Caleys tyll the Sondaye seuenyght after. And on the. xvj. day of October my lorde of Norffolke (age 59) accompanyed with my lord of Darby (age 23) and a great nombre of gentilmen besydes mette with the great mayster of Fraunce vj. myles fro Calays at the englysshe pale the sayd great mayster hauynge two greate lordes in his company of theyr ordre and a hondred gentylmen attendynge vpon them. And there my lorde of Norffolke and the greate mayster deuysed the place where the two kynges sholde mete whiche was at Sandyngfelde. And that done they wente bothe to Caleys with theyr companyes. And the sayd greate mayster with dyuerse other straungers dyned that daye with ye Kynge. And after dyner my lorde of Norffolke brought them forth on theyr way a myle or two and so departed for that tyme.
Note 1. In the Second Edition, the text begins with:
The names of the noble men of Fraunce.
Fyrst the frensshe Kynge.
The kynge of Nauerne [Henry d'Albret, King of Navarre (age 29)]
The Dolphyn Duke of Brytayne Frauncys (age 14).
The duke of Orlyaunce Henry (age 13).
The duke of Angoulesme Charles (age 10).
The duke of Vendosme [his brother-in-law] Charles (age 43).
The duke of Guyse (age 35).
The [his future son-in-law] duke of Longouille (age 22).
The cardynall of Burbon.
The [his brother] cardynall of Lorrayne (age 34)
The Legate and cardynall chaunceler of Fraunce Antony de prayt (age 69).
The cardynal tournon.
The cardynal gramond (age 46).
The marques of Lorayne de pont.
The marques of Rochelyne.
The two sonnes of the duke of Vendosme.
The sone of the duke of Guyse conte damualle. [D'Aumale]
The conte of saynt Poule Frauncys ile Burbon.
The conte of Neuers.
The conute [sic] Loys de Neuers conte danseore.
The lorde marshal! seigneur de Floraynge.
The lorde myrepois marshall de la foy. [A descendant of Guy de Lews, -who -was elected marshall of the Crusaders "who marched against the jilbigenses; hence his successors -were all called Marec/iaux de la Foi. He received the lands of Afire foix, in Languedoc, in return for hit services. The family became very illustrious, and tve refer readers ivho have the time and patience to study a very curious piece of family history, to the turnings of Carrier and Lognac.]
The conte de porsean.
The conte de bresne.
The conte de tonnore. [The Comte de Tonnerre.]
The conte de sensare.
The conte de grant pre.
The conte d'apremont.
The lorde greate mayster Anne de Momerancy (age 39).
The lorde admarald Philyp Schabbot (age 40).
The lorde grand esquyer Galliot.
The prynce of molse.
The conte de tande. [This is undoubtedly Honorat, son of Pillars, Comte de Tende, natural son of Philip, duke of Sairoy. Villars had been killed at Pavia in 1525. Honorat's daughter married the great duke de Mayenne.]
The conte de villars. [Andre de Brancas, contte de Villars.]
The conte de estampes Johan de la berre. [Jean de Berri, ccmte d'Etampes,]
The conte de chambre. [Chambery?]
The lorde canamples.
The lorde barbeluiez.
The lorde hummeres. [Probably Henry de Cre'vant d'Humieres, ancestor of the celebrated marechal d' Humiercs.]
The lorde roche piot.
The lorde of saynt Andrews.
The lorde montigeu.
The lorde roche guyon.
The lorde piennes.
The lorde pontremy.
Monsieur de longe.
Monsieur de belley. Probably Martin du Bel/ay, prince a" T-vetot.
The archebysshop of Roan.
The archebysshop of Vienne.
The bysshop of Lyseures.
The bysshop of Langres.
The bysshop of Charttres.
The bysshop of Lymoges.
The bysshop of beauuoys.
The bysshop of Auuergne.
The bysshop of Macon.
The bysshop of Castres.
The bysshop of Paris.
The bysshop of Angoulesme.
And as concernynge the nobles and ryall states of this realme it necleth not to expresse by name.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 9th February 1534 [his brother-in-law] Francis Bourbon Duke Estouteville (age 42) and Adrienne Estouteville Duchess Estouteville (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Saint Pol. He by marriage Duke Estouteville. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and [his mother-in-law] Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons.
On 4th August 1534 [his son-in-law] Louis Valois II Duke Longueville (age 24) and [his daughter] Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 18) were married. She by marriage Duchess Longueville. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 37) and [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 41). He the son of Louis Valois I Duke Longueville and Johanna Hochberg Duchess Longueville. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 25th March 1537 [his brother-in-law] Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 47) died. His son Antoine (age 18) succeeded Duke Vendôme.
On 18th June 1538 [his son-in-law] King James V of Scotland (age 26) and [his daughter] Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 22) were married at St Andrew's Cathedral Priory, St Andrew's. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 41) and [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 45). He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 48). They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Before 1541 Jean Clouet (age 55). Portrait of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 44).
On 1st September 1545 [his brother-in-law] Francis Bourbon Duke Estouteville (age 53) died.
In 1547 [his mother] Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine (age 80) died.
On 1st August 1547 [his son] Claude Duke of Aumale (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Louise de Brézé (age 29) were married. He the son of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 50) and [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 54). They were fifth cousins.
On 29th April 1548 [his son] Francis II Duke Guise (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Anna d'Este (age 16) were married in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. They had seven children. She the daughter of Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara (age 40) and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 37). He the son of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 51) and [his wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 55). They were third cousin once removed.
Diary of Edward VI. 9th April 1550. The hostiages delivered on both the sides, for the ratification of the league with Prannce and Scoteland, forbicaus som said to mon. Rochepot, lieutenant, that mon. de Guyse (age 53)1, father to the [his son] marquis of Means (age 31), was ded, and therefor the delivery was put over a day.
Note 1. Claude duc of Guise was dangerously ill: he died on the 12th of April.
On 12th April 1550 Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 53) died. His son [his son] Francis (age 31) succeeded 1st Duke Guise.
In 1583 [his former wife] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 90) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Metz I Duke Lorraine 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Chatillon Duchess Lorraine 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Metz I Count Vaudémont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eberhard II Count of Württemberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Württemberg Duchess Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Countess Elizabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen
Great x 1 Grandfather: Antoine Count of Vaudémont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
GrandFather: Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Countess of Harcourt
Father: René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis of Naples 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Saint" Chatillon Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Capet Countess Penthièvre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter IV King Aragon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John I of Aragon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Aragon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Bar 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Yolande Valois Anjou 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Metz I Duke Lorraine 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Chatillon Duchess Lorraine 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Metz II Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eberhard II Count of Württemberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Württemberg Duchess Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Countess Elizabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egmont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egmont
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders
GrandFather: Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adolph La Marck 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cleves Countess Mark 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerhard Jülich VI Count Berg and Ravensberg 5 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Silesia
Mother: Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon II Duke Bourbon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Beraud II Auvergne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Auvergne Duchess Bourbon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois 1st Duke Berry 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Count Armagnac
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Silesia