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: Metx
Maternal Family Tree: Charlotte Hesse-Kassel 1627-1686
On 13th October 1698 [her father] Leopold Duke of Lorraine [aged 19] and [her mother] Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Philip Bourbon I Duke Orléans [aged 58] and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern Duchess Orléans [aged 46]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 15th October 1711 Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia was born to Leopold Duke of Lorraine [aged 32] and Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine [aged 35]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
Before 1723 [her future husband] Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia [aged 21] and Anne Christine Wittelsbach [aged 18] were married. He the son of Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [aged 56] and [her aunt] Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 53].
On 23rd July 1724 [her future husband] Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia [aged 23] and Polyxena Hesse Rotenburg Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Sardinia. He the son of Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [aged 58] and [her aunt] Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 54].
On 27th March 1729 [her father] Leopold Duke of Lorraine [aged 49] died.
On 31st October 1732 Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [aged 66] died. His son [her future husband] Charles [aged 31] succeeded Duke Savoy, III King Sardinia. His grandson [her future step-son] Victor [aged 6] succeeded III King Sardinia.
On 14th February 1736 [her brother] Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [aged 27] and [her sister-in-law] Maria Theresa Habsburg Spain Holy Roman Empress [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [aged 50] and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Holy Roman Empress [aged 44]. He the son of [her father] Leopold Duke of Lorraine and [her mother] Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine [aged 59]. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 5th March 1737 Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia [aged 35] and Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Sardinia. She the daughter of Leopold Duke of Lorraine and Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine [aged 60]. He the son of Victor Amadeus King Sardinia and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia. They were half first cousins. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
In 1738 [her son] Carlo Francesco Savoy was born to [her husband] Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia [aged 36] and Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 26]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.84%. He died aged seven in 1745.
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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In 1740 [her son] Maria Vittoria Margherita Savoy was born to [her husband] Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia [aged 38] and Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 28]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.84%. He died aged two in 1742.
In 1741 [her son] Benedetto Maria Maurizio Savoy was born to [her husband] Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia [aged 39] and Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 29]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.84%. He married his niece Maria Anna Savoy Duchess Chablais, daughter of Victor Amadeus III King Sardinia and Infanta Maria Antonia Spain.
On 3rd July 1741 Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 29] died.
On 20th February 1773 [her former husband] Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia [aged 71] died at Turin.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great Grand Daughter of Louis XIII King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Lorraine II Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry II of France 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Medici Queen Consort France 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicolas Lorraine II Duke Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Charles V Duke of Lorraine 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: Leopold Duke of Lorraine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis XIII King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cosimo I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Philip Bourbon I Duke Orléans 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles V Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip III King Spain 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna of Austria Queen Consort Spain 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Habsburg Spain II Archduke Austria 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Anna Wittelsbach 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VI Elector Palatine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange
Great x 3 Grandmother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart 
Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia 
Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick II King of Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern Duchess Orléans 
Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William IV Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave William V of Hesse-Kassel 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Hesse-Kassel 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England