Paternal Family Tree: Orange
Maternal Family Tree: Antoinette Polignac 1460
On 6th July 1551 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 18) and Anna Egmond Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 25th August 1561 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 28) and [her step-mother] Anna of Saxony (age 16) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange. They had two sons, one of which died in infancy, and three daughters.
On 24th June 1575 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 28) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 31st March 1576 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine was born to [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 29).
On 5th May 1582 [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 35) died.
On 24th April 1583 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 50) and Louise Coligny Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 22nd October 1583 Louis VI Elector Palatine (age 44) died. His son [her future husband] Frederick (age 9) succeeded IV Elector Palatine Rhine.
On 10th July 1584 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 51) died. His son [her half-brother] Philip (age 29) succeeded William I Prince Orange.
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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Before 16th July 1594 Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 20) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 18) were married. She by marriage Electress Palatine Rhine. He the son of Louis VI Elector Palatine.
On 16th July 1594 [her daughter] Luise Juliane Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 20) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 18).
On 10th June 1595 [her daughter] Katharina Sofie Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 21) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 19).
On 26th August 1596 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 22) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 20). He married 14th February 1613 his fourth cousin once removed Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia, daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland, and had issue.
After 1597 [her brother-in-law] Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars (age 31) and [her sister] Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau (age 17) were married. She by marriage Duchess Thouars. He the son of Louis III de La Tremoille 1st Duke Thouars and Jeanne Montmorency.
On 19th November 1597 [her daughter] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 23) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 21). She married 1616 George William Hohenzollern and had issue.
On 4th January 1599 [her daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 24) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 22). She died aged one in 1600.
On 5th August 1600 [her son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 26) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 24). He died aged less than one years old.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 10th October 1600 [her son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine died.
On 10th October 1600 [her daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern (age 1) died .
On 18th September 1601 [her son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 27) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 25). He died aged three in 1605.
On 23rd November 1602 [her son] Louis Philip Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 28) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 26).
On 28th March 1605 [her son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern (age 3) died.
On 19th September 1610 [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 36) died.
On 14th February 1613 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 16) were married at Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. She the daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 46) and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 38). He the son of [her former husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 36). They were fourth cousin once removed.
A grand occasion that saw more royalty than ever visit the court of England. The marriage was an enormously popular match and was the occasion for an outpouring of public affection with the ceremony described as "a wonder of ceremonial and magnificence even for that extravagant age".
It was celebrated with lavish and sophisticated festivities both in London and Heidelberg, including mass feasts and lavish furnishings that cost nearly £50,000, and nearly bankrupted King James. Among many celebratory writings of the events was John Donne's (age 41) "Epithalamion, Or Marriage Song on the Lady Elizabeth, and Count Palatine being married on St Valentine's Day".
In 1616 [her son-in-law] George William Hohenzollern (age 20) and [her daughter] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 39).
On 28th June 1626 [her daughter] Katharina Sofie Palatinate Simmern (age 31) died.
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.
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On 29th November 1632 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 36) died.
On 16th April 1640 [her sister] Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau (age 60) died.
On 28th April 1640 [her daughter] Luise Juliane Palatinate Simmern (age 45) died.
On 15th March 1644 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 67) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [1]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [2]
King Christian IX of Denmark [2]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [2]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [2]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [4]
GrandFather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Vendome
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Montfort Baron Laval
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne 13th de Laval Baroness Laval 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme
GrandFather: Louis Duke of Montpensier
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bertrand V of La Tour
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gabrielle La Tour
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquette du Peschin Dame de Banassat
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ludovico III Marquis of Mantua
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Brandenburg Marquise of Mantua
Great x 2 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy Seigneur de Givry
GrandMother: Jacqueline de Longwy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois Orléans
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Rohan
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Valois
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Antoinette Polignac