Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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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 (age 30) and [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg (age 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 (age 31) and [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg (age 15).
On 3rd May 1514 [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg (age 26) died.
On 9th October 1518 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark (age 47) and [his step-mother] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 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 (age 41) Abdicated following pressure from his nobility. His uncle [his father] Frederick (age 51) succeeded I King of Denmark.
On 29th October 1525 Christian III King of Denmark (age 22) and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 14) were married. He the son of King Frederick I of Denmark (age 54) and Anna of Brandenburg.
On 22nd November 1532 [his daughter] Anna Oldenburg was born to Christian III King of Denmark (age 29) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 21). She married 7th October 1548 her third cousin once removed Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony and had issue.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 10th April 1533 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark (age 61) died. His son Christian (age 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 (age 30) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 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 (age 37) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 29)..
On 25th March 1545 [his son] John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg was born to Christian III King of Denmark (age 41) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 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 (age 42) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 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 (age 22) and Anna Oldenburg (age 15) were married at Torgau. She the daughter of Christian III King of Denmark (age 45) and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 37). They were third cousin once removed.
On 1st January 1559 Christian III King of Denmark (age 55) died. His son Frederick (age 24) succeeded II King of Denmark.
On 7th October 1571 [his former wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 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