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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Paternal Family Tree: Luxemburg
On 9th July 1292 [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 17) and [her mother] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur were married at Tervuren. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg and [her grandmother] Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg.
In 1304 Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and [her mother] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.
In 1307 [her future husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 12) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy and Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy (age 39). He the son of King Philip IV of France (age 38) and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1310 [her brother] King John I of Bohemia (age 13) was created I King Bohemia.
In 1312 [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 37) was created VII Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. [her mother] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur by marriage Countess Luxemburg, Countess Namur.
Before 8th July 1313 [her brother] King John I of Bohemia (age 16) and [her sister-in-law] Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Bohemia. She the daughter of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland and Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland. He the son of [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) and [her mother] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.
On 24th August 1313 [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) died. He was buried at Pisa Duomo. His half fourth cousin Louis (age 31) succeeded IV Holy Roman Emperor.
On 3rd January 1322 Philip V King France I King Navarre (age 29) died. His brother [her future husband] Charles (age 27) succeeded IV King France: Capet, I King Navarre although his niece was by right successor to the Kingdom of Navarre.
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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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On 19th May 1322 [her future husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 25) marriage annulled as a consequence of her adultery. In 1313 [her future sister-in-law] Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 27) gave gifts of coin-purses to her sisters-in-law Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. The coin-purses were subsequently seen by Isabella to be in the possession of the Norman knights Gautier and Philippe d'Aunay. When Isabella visited her father King Philip IV of France again in 1314 she informed him she suspected the two sisters to be having affairs with the two knights. The two knights were arrested, confessed to adultery under torture, and were executed. The two women were sentenced to life imprisonment at Château Gaillard [Map]. Margaret's husband Louis X King France I Navarre became King in Nov 1314 whilst she was in prison; she became Queen of France by marriage. Somewhat conveniently she died five months later. Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France remained in prison until her husband Charles IV King France I King Navarre became King in 1322 at which time he had their marriage annulled.
After 19th May 1322 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In March 1324 [her daughter] Louis Capet was born to [her husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 29) and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20). She died aged less than one years old.
In March 1324 [her daughter] Louis Capet died.
On 5th July 1324 [her former husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 30) and Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Louis I Count Évreux and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were half first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 1st February 1328 [her former husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 33) died. On 1st April 1328 His first cousin Philip (age 34) succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois. The succession somewhat complicated by Charles' wife Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France being pregnant. The child Blanche Capet was born two months later on 1st April 1328. A girl child therefore excluded from the succession confirming Philip's as King. Charles the last of the House of Capet. Philip the first of the House of Valois. His niece Joan (age 16) succeeded II Queen Navarre. Her husband Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 21) by marriage III King Navarre.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders
GrandFather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Blois 
Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders
Father: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Avesnes
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Guise
GrandMother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: John I Brabant
Mother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur