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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Count Flanders is in Count.
On 10th September 918 Baldwin "Bald" II Margrave Flanders died. Arnulf "Great" I Count Flanders succeeded I Count Flanders.
In 934 Arnulf "Great" I Count Flanders and Adela Vermandois Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux and Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux. He the son of Baldwin "Bald" II Margrave Flanders and Aelfthryth Wessex Margrave Flanders.
In 962 Baldwin III Count Flanders died. Arnulf II Count Flanders succeeded II Count Flanders.
Before 30th March 987 Arnulf II Count Flanders and Rozala of Italy were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. He the son of Baldwin III Count Flanders and Matilda Billung Countess Flanders.
On 30th March 987 Arnulf II Count Flanders died. Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders succeeded IV Count Flanders.
In 1012 Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders and Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. He the son of Arnulf II Count Flanders and Rozala of Italy.
Before 1055 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainaut and Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders, Countess Hainault. He the son of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy.
On 1st September 1067 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainaut succeeded VI Count Flanders.
On 20th February 1071 Battle of Cassel was fought between uncle Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and nephew Arnulf III Count Flanders, supported by his mother Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault and Philip I King of the Franks, over the succession of Flanders.
Arnulf III Count Flanders was killed. Baldwin II Count Hainaut succeeded II Count Hainault. Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders was appointed I Count Flanders.
William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford was killed. Roger de Breteuil Fitzosbern 2nd Earl Hereford succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford.
Eustace II Count Boulogne and his son Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne fought for Robert. During the battle Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault were captured, and subsequently exchanged for each other.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1070. Earl Baldwin also died, and his son Arnulf succeeded to the earldom. Earl William, in conjunction with the king of the Franks, was to be his guardian; but Earl Robert came and slew his kinsman Arnulf and the earl, put the king to flight, and slew many thousands of his men.
On 17th July 1070 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainaut died. Arnulf III Count Flanders succeeded III Count Flanders.
In 1093 Robert II Count Flanders succeeded II Count Flanders. Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders by marriage Countess Flanders.
On 5th October 1111 Robert II Count Flanders was killed. Baldwin VII Count Flanders succeeded VII Count Flanders.
On 17th July 1119 at the Battle of Bures-en-Bray King Henry I "Beauclerc" England fought against the army of Louis VI King of the Franks.
Baldwin VII Count Flanders who was killed. Charles I Count Flanders succeeded I Count Flanders. Marguerite Clermont Countess Flanders by marriage Countess Flanders.
On 2nd March 1127 Charles I Count Flanders was murdered at Church of St Donatian. William Clito Count Flanders succeeded Count Flanders. Joanna Monferrat Countess Essex and Flanders by marriage Countess Flanders.
In 1128 Thierry Count Flanders succeeded Count Flanders. Swanhilde Countess Flanders by marriage Countess Flanders.
After 1132 Thierry Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. She the daughter of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou. He the son of Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine and Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine.
In 1195 Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut succeeded 4th Count Flanders.
In 1223 William Dampierre II Count Flanders and Margaret II Countess Flanders were married. He by marriage II Count Flanders. She the daughter of Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut and Marie Blois Countess Flanders.
On 3rd September 1231 William Dampierre II Count Flanders died. William Dampierre III Count Flanders succeeded III Count Flanders.
On 5th December 1244 Joan I Countess Flanders died. Margaret II Countess Flanders succeeded II Countess Flanders. John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland succeeded II Count Hainault, II Count Holland.
In June 1246 Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Mathilde Bethune were married. He by marriage Count Flanders. He the son of William Dampierre II Count Flanders and Margaret II Countess Flanders.
On 6th June 1251 William Dampierre III Count Flanders died. Guy Dampierre Count Flanders succeeded Count Flanders.
In 1265 Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders and Blanche Capet Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. He the son of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Mathilde Bethune.
In March 1265 Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur and Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of William Dampierre II Count Flanders and Margaret II Countess Flanders.
On 7th March 1305 Guy Dampierre Count Flanders died. Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders succeeded III Count Flanders.
In 1320 Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders and Margaret Capet Countess Nevers amd Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Nevers, Countess Flanders. She the daughter of Philip V King France I King Navarre and Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France. He the son of Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers and Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel.
On 17th September 1322 Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders died. Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders succeeded I Count Flanders.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince", Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick, William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick.
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield, Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Bernard Brocas, Thomas Felton, James Audley, Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh, Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh, Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham, John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth, Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton, William Scrope, Stephen Scrope, William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby, John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle, Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle, Nicholas Longford, Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh, Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings, Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk, John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford, Thomas West, John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby, John Wingfield, Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy, Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux, John Devereux, Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos, Richard Pembridge and John Sully.
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France was wounded. William de Coucy and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy and were killed.
Charles II Count Alençon was killed. Charles Valois Archbishop of Lyons succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. Louis Chatillon III Count Blois Count Soissons succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders was killed. Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia was killed. Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg succeeded IV King Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine was killed. John Metz I Duke Lorraine succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt was killed.
On 1st July 1347 Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders and Margaret of Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Nevers, Countess Flanders. She the daughter of John Brabant III Duke Brabant and Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant. He the son of Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders and Margaret Capet Countess Nevers amd Flanders.
On 30th January 1384 Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders died. Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy succeeded III Countess Flanders.
Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders and Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. He the son of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Mathilde Bethune.
Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders succeeded V Count Flanders. Adela Capet Duchess Normandy by marriage Countess Flanders.
Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders succeeded I Countess Flanders.
Baldwin VII Count Flanders and Hawise Canhiart Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. She the daughter of Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany and Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine. He the son of Robert II Count Flanders and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders.
Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut and Marie Blois Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders, Countess Flanders. She the daughter of Henry Blois I Count Champagne and Marie Capet Countess Champagne. He the son of Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut and Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders.
Baldwin III Count Flanders succeeded III Count Flanders.
Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders and Matilda Normandy Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy. He the son of Arnulf II Count Flanders and Rozala of Italy.
Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders was appointed II Count Flanders.
Thomas Savoy III Count Flanders was appointed III Count Flanders.
Baldwin III Count Flanders and Matilda Billung Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. She the daughter of Hermmann Billung Margrave Billung March and Hildegard Westerburg Margrave Billung March. He the son of Arnulf "Great" I Count Flanders and Adela Vermandois Countess Flanders.
William Dampierre III Count Flanders and Beatrix Reginar Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. She the daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of William Dampierre II Count Flanders and Margaret II Countess Flanders.