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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Botreaux
Before 20 Feb 1389 [his father] William Botreaux 2nd Baron Botreaux (age 22) and [his mother] Elizabeth St Lo Baroness Botreaux (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Botreaux.
On 20 Feb 1389 William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux was born to William Botreaux 2nd Baron Botreaux (age 22) and Elizabeth St Lo Baroness Botreaux (age 25) at Walton, Kilmersdon.
On 14 Sep 1389 [his mother] Elizabeth St Lo Baroness Botreaux (age 25) died.
On 25 May 1395 [his father] William Botreaux 2nd Baron Botreaux (age 28) died. His son William (age 6) succeeded 3rd Baron Botreaux.
Around 1408 [his daughter] Anne Botreaux was born to William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux (age 18) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux.
Around 1408 [his son-in-law] Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford (age 8) and [his daughter] Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford were married. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Before 1411 William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux (age 21) and Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux were married. She by marriage Baroness Botreaux. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 25 Oct 1415 King Henry V of England (age 29) defeated the French army at the Battle of Agincourt. King Henry V of England commanded the Main Battle. Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys (age 64) commanded the Rearguard.
Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford (age 30) commanded. Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester (age 25) was wounded, and was protected by his brother King Henry V of England.
Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle (age 42), commander of the Vanguard, was killed; the most senior English casualty. Duke Albemarle, Earl of Rutland and Earl Cork extinct. Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 4) inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map].
John Fortescue (age 35), Dafydd Gam Brecon (age 35) and Edward Burnell (age 44) and Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine (age 38) were killed.
Michael de la Pole 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 21) was killed. His brother William (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Suffolk, 4th Baron Pole.
The English included: Louis Robbessart (age 25), Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 33), William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux (age 26), William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu (age 41), Thomas Rokeby (age 22), John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke (age 51), Edward Courtenay (age 30), Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 12), Thomas Dutton (age 19), Edmund Ferrers 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 29), Roger Fiennes (age 31), Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh (age 57), John Grey (age 28), John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 31), William Harrington (age 42) as the King's Standard Bearer, Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 37), Piers Legh (age 26) (wounded), Alfred Longford, Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury (age 27), Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley (age 22), John Rodney, Richard Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 22), Robert Strelley (age 18), James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet (age 17), Robert Umfraville (age 52), Thomas West 2nd Baron West (age 35), Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby (age 30). Thomas Erpingham (age 60) commanded the archers. Thomas Rempston (age 26) was present. Thomas Strickland (age 48) carried the Banner of St George.
Thomas Tunstall (age 57) was killed.
The Welsh included: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert (age 35), Walter Sais (age 95), Roger Vaughan (age 70) and his son Roger Vaughan (age 5). Owen Tudor (age 15) is believed to have been present as a squire.
The French army suffered significant casualties. Charles Albret (age 46), Philip Valois II Count Nevers (age 26), John of Bar (age 35), Jacques Chatillon (age 48), David Rambures (age 51) and his three sons: Jean Rambures, Hugues Rambures, Philippe Rambures, Waleran Luxemburg (age 60) and Hector de Chartres were killed.
Charles Valois Duke Orléans (age 20) was captured by Richard Waller (age 20) for which he was knighted on the battlefield by King Henry V of England.
John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon (age 34) and Charles Artois Count of Eu (age 21) were captured.
Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle (age 25) was killed. His daughter Jeanne succeeded Countess Soissons.
Edward of Bar III Duke of Bar (age 38) was killed. His brother Louis (age 38) succeeded I Duke Bar.
John Valois I Duke Alençon was killed. His son John (age 6) succeeded II Duke Alençon.
Frederick Metz I Count Vaudémont (age 47) was killed. His son Antoine (age 15) succeeded Count Vaudémont.
Anthony Valois Duke Brabant (age 31) was killed. His son John (age 12) succeeded IV Duke Brabant. Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester (age 14) by marriage Duchess Brabant.
Jean II Le Maingre "Boucicaut" (age 49) was captured.
Georges de La Trémoille (age 33) was captured.
In 1420 [his son] Reginald Botreaux died. He was buried at Church of St Andrew, Aller, Somerset.
In 1426 [his son-in-law] John Stafford (age 25) and [his daughter] Anne Botreaux (age 18) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1427 [his daughter] Anne Botreaux (age 19) died.
In or before 1433 [his son] William Botreaux was born to William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux (age 43) and [his wife] Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux.
In 1434 [his son] William Botreaux (age 1) died.
Before 1458 William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux (age 68) and Margaret Ros Baroness Botreaux Baroness Burgh (age 27) were married. She by marriage Baroness Botreaux. The difference in their ages was 40 years. She the daughter of Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley and Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 49). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Around Apr 1458 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 37) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. She the daughter of Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset and [his mother-in-law] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 49). He the son of James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After Nov 1459 [his brother-in-law] Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 23) was appointed Captain of Calais.
On 30 Dec 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton at the Battle of Wakefield near Sandal Castle [Map]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 30), [his brother-in-law] Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 24) and Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 39), and included John Courtenay 15th Earl Devon (age 25) and William Gascoigne XIII (age 30), both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 40), John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (age 25), John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 50), [his brother-in-law] Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 33), Henry Roos and Thomas St Leger (age 20).
The Yorkist army was heavily defeated.
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 49) was killed. His son Edward (age 18) succeeded 4th Duke York, 7th Earl March, 9th Earl Ulster, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 9th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
Thomas Neville (age 30), and Edward Bourchier were killed.
Father and son Thomas Harrington (age 60) and John Harrington (age 36) were killed, the former dying of his wounds the day after.
William Bonville 6th Baron Harington (age 18) was killed. His daughter Cecily succeeded 7th Baroness Harington.
Thomas Parr (age 53) fought in the Yorkist army.
Following the battle Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 60) was beheaded by Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland. William Bonville (age 40) was executed.
Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland (age 17) was killed on Wakefield Bridge [Map] by John "Butcher" Clifford. Earl of Rutland extinct.
On 16 May 1462 William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux (age 73) died. He was buried at Church of St Michael North Cadbury, Somerset. His daughter [his daughter] Margaret succeeded 4th Baroness Botreaux.
Before 1463 Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough (age 31) and [his former wife] Margaret Ros Baroness Botreaux Baroness Burgh (age 32) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley and [his former mother-in-law] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 54). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1488 [his former wife] Margaret Ros Baroness Botreaux Baroness Burgh (age 58) died.
[his son] Reginald Botreaux was born to William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux and Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux.
[his daughter] Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford was born to William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux and Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux.
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Botreaux
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Botreaux
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Botreaux
GrandFather: William Botreaux 1st Baron Botreaux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Moels
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Moels 1st Baron Moels
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Moels 4th Baron Moels
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Moels
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Lovel
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lovel 1st Baron Lovel
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Lovel Baroness Maynard
Father: William Botreaux 2nd Baron Botreaux
Great x 2 Grandfather: Elias Daubeney
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Daubeney
GrandMother: Elizabeth Daubeney Baroness Botreaux
William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux
GrandFather: John St Lo
Mother: Elizabeth St Lo Baroness Botreaux