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Paternal Family Tree: Luxemburg
Around 1165 Waleran Luxemburg III was born to [his father] Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 25) and [his mother] Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.
In August 1167 [his grandfather] Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg (age 56) died. His son [his father] Henry (age 27) succeeded III Duke Limburg.
Before 1190 Waleran Luxemburg III (age 24) and Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg were married. She the daughter of Frederick Metz I Duke Lorraine (age 46) and Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla Greater Poland Duchess Lorraine. He the son of Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 49) and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.
Around 1190 [his daughter] Sophie Luxemburg was born to Waleran Luxemburg III (age 25) and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg.
Around 1192 [his daughter] Matilda Luxemburg Countess Jülich was born to Waleran Luxemburg III (age 27) and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. She married 1210 William Jülich III Count Jülich, son of William Jülich II Count Jülich, and had issue.
In 1195 [his son] Henry Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg was born to Waleran Luxemburg III (age 30) and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. He married Irmgard Berg Duchess Limburg, daughter of Adolph Berg Count Berg, and had issue.
In 1195 Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar (age 35) and [his future wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 8) were married. She by marriage Countess Bar. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 83) and Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg. He the son of Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar and Agnes Blois. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
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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.
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On 14th August 1196 Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 84) died. His daughter [his future wife] Erminsende (age 9) succeeded Countess Luxemburg.
Around 1200 [his son] Waleran Luxemburg was born to Waleran Luxemburg III (age 35) and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. He married his fourth cousin twice removed Elisabeth of Bar, daughter of Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar.
Around 1210 [his son-in-law] William Jülich III Count Jülich and [his daughter] Matilda Luxemburg Countess Jülich (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Jülich. She the daughter of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 45) and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. He the son of William Jülich II Count Jülich.
In 1214 Waleran Luxemburg III (age 49) succeeded III Count Luxemburg. [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg by marriage Countess Luxemburg.
Before 1215 Waleran Luxemburg III (age 49) and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Luxemburg. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur and Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg. He the son of Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 74) and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.
In 1215 [his daughter] Catherine Luxemburg Duchess Lorraine was born to Waleran Luxemburg III (age 50) and [his wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 28). She married 1225 her fourth cousin twice removed Matthias Metz II Duke Lorraine, son of Frederick Metz II Duke Lorraine and Agnes of Bar Duchess Lorraine, and had issue.
In 1216 [his son] Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur was born to Waleran Luxemburg III (age 51) and [his wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 29). He married 1240 his second cousin twice removed Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur, daughter of Henry of Bar II Count of Bar and Philippa Capet Countess of Bar, and had issue.
In 1221 Waleran Luxemburg III (age 56) succeeded III Duke Limburg. [his wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 34) by marriage Duchess Limburg.
On 21st June 1221 [his father] Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 81) died.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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In 1225 [his son-in-law] Matthias Metz II Duke Lorraine (age 32) and [his daughter] Catherine Luxemburg Duchess Lorraine (age 10) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 60) and [his wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 38). He the son of [his brother-in-law] Frederick Metz II Duke Lorraine and Agnes of Bar Duchess Lorraine. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 2nd July 1226 Waleran Luxemburg III (age 61) died. His son Henry (age 31) succeeded IV Duke Limburg, I Count Berg.
On 12th February 1247 [his former wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 60) died. Her son [his son] Henry (age 31) succeeded V Count Luxemburg, III Count Namur.
[his father] Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg and [his mother] Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Limburg. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg and [his grandmother] Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre [1]
Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress [1]
Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England [1]
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [1]
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France [1]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [1]
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [2]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [2]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [1]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [1]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [1]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [9]
Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [1]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [8]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [12]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [12]
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [1]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [3]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [5]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [5]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [7]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [2]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [2]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [13]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [5]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [10]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [11]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [4]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [8]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [2]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [8]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [6]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [4]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [6]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [6]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [6]
Frederick William III King Prussia [2]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [6]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [4]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [10]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [6]
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [2]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [16]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [16]
King Christian IX of Denmark [9]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [12]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [13]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [34]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [34]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [6]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [12]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [16]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [25]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [40]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [46]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [40]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [55]
Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [2]
Constantine II King Hellenes [2]
Carl XVI King Sweden [85]
Great x 3 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg Count Limburg Count Arlon 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg I Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Luxemburg Ardennes Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jutta Luxemburg Ardennes Countess Limburg and Arlon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberga Flanders Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Botho Pottenstein
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Pottenstein Duchess Lower Lorraine
GrandFather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jutta von Wassenberg Wassenburg Duchess Lower Lorraine
Father: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
GrandMother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg
Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Mother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg