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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Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg
Maternal Family Tree: Anna Schaunberg 1370-1396
On 10th April 1502 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 30] and [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg and [his grandmother] Margaret of Thuringia. He the son of Christian I King of Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg. They were half second cousins.
On 12th August 1503 Christian III King of Denmark was born to [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 31] and [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg [aged 15].
On 3rd May 1514 [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg [aged 26] died.
On 9th October 1518 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 47] and [his step-mother] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden [aged 20] were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Christian I King of Denmark and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Brandenburg.
In 1523 Christian II King of Denmark II King Norway [aged 41] Abdicated following pressure from his nobility. His uncle [his father] Frederick [aged 51] succeeded I King of Denmark.
On 29th October 1525 Christian III King of Denmark [aged 22] and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 14] were married. He the son of King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 54] and Anna of Brandenburg.
On 22nd November 1532 [his daughter] Anna Oldenburg was born to Christian III King of Denmark [aged 29] and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 21]. She married 7th October 1548 her third cousin once removed Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony and had issue.
On 10th April 1533 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 61] died. His son Christian [aged 29] succeeded III King of Denmark.
On 1st July 1534 [his son] Frederick II King of Denmark was born to Christian III King of Denmark [aged 30] and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 23]. He married 20th July 1572 his second cousin once removed Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark and had issue.
On 26th August 1540 [his daughter] Magnus Oldenburg was born to Christian III King of Denmark [aged 37] and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 29]..
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 25th March 1545 [his son] John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg was born to Christian III King of Denmark [aged 41] and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 33].. He married (1) 19th August 1568 his sixth cousin Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and had issue (2) 14th February 1588 Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt and had issue.
On 29th June 1546 [his daughter] Dorothea Oldenburg Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg was born to Christian III King of Denmark [aged 42] and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 35] at Kolding. She married 12th October 1561 her half sixth cousin William "Younger" Welf Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg.
On 7th October 1548 [his son-in-law] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 22] and Anna Oldenburg [aged 15] were married at Torgau. She the daughter of Christian III King of Denmark [aged 45] and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 37]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 1st January 1559 Christian III King of Denmark [aged 55] died. His son Frederick [aged 24] succeeded II King of Denmark.
On 7th October 1571 [his former wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 60] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Frederick II King of Denmark [1]
Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony [1]
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [2]
King Christian IX of Denmark [3]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [1]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [1]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [1]
Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [2]
Great x 1 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg 
GrandFather: Christian I King of Denmark
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg
Father: King Frederick I of Denmark
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hohenzollern II Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
GrandMother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
Christian III King of Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hohenzollern II Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert "Achilles" Elector Brandenburg
GrandFather: John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Mother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 1 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Magnus "Pious" Welf II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wartislaw Griffins VI Duke Pomerania
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins
GrandMother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrix Hohenzollern Duchess Austria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg 
7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hermann II Count of Celje
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Schaunberg