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: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659
In 1643 [his father] Frederick III King of Denmark (age 33) and [his mother] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 14) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and [his grandmother] Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 41). He the son of Christian IV King of Denmark (age 65). They were sixth cousins.
On 15th April 1646 Christian V King of Denmark and Norway was born to [his father] Frederick III King of Denmark (age 37) and [his mother] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 18).
On 28th February 1648 [his grandfather] Christian IV King of Denmark (age 70) died. His son [his father] Frederick (age 38) succeeded III King of Denmark. [his mother] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.
In 1662 Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 15) was appointed 466th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23rd April 1663. St. George's day and Coronacion, the King (age 32) and Court being at Windsor, at the installing of the King of Denmark (age 17)1 by proxy and the Duke of Monmouth (age 14).
Note 1. Christian V King of Denmark and Norway didn't become King until 1670.
On 15th June 1667 Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 21) and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 43). He the son of Frederick III King of Denmark (age 58) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 39). They were fourth cousins.
In 1670 [his brother-in-law] William Hesse-Kassel (age 19) died. His brother Charles (age 15) succeeded I Landgrave Hesse Kassel.
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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On 9th February 1670 [his father] Frederick III King of Denmark (age 60) died. His son Christian (age 23) succeeded V King of Denmark and Norway. [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.
On 2nd October 1671 [his son] Frederick IV King of Denmark and Norway was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 25) and [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 21). He married (1) 5th December 1695 his third cousin once removed Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway and had issue (2) 4th April 1721 Anne Sophie Reventlow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.
On 1st December 1672 [his son] Christian Vilhelm Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 26) and [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 22). He died aged less than one years old.
On 25th January 1673 [his son] Christian Vilhelm Oldenburg died.
Before 29th March 1674 [his brother-in-law] Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 19) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 20) were married. She by marriage Landgravine Hesse Kassel. He the son of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and [his mother-in-law] Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 50). They were first cousins.
On 25th March 1675 [his son] Christian Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 28) and [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 24).
On 28th August 1677 [his daughter] Sophie Hedevig Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 31) and [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 27).
On 18th January 1679 [his daughter] Christiane Charlotte Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 32) and [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 28). She died aged ten in 1689.
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 26th October 1680 [his son] Charles Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 34) and [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 30).
On 17th July 1683 [his daughter] Daughter Oldenburg died.
On 17th July 1683 [his daughter] Daughter Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 37) and [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 33). She died aged less than one years old.
John Evelyn's Diary. 25th July 1683. I again saw [his brother] Prince George of Denmark (age 30): he had the Danish countenance, blonde, of few words, spoke French but ill, seemed somewhat heavy, but reported to be valiant, and indeed he had bravely rescued and brought off his brother, the King of Denmark (age 37), in a battle against the Swedes, when both these Kings were engaged very smartly.
On 28th July 1683 [his brother] Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland (age 30) and [his sister-in-law] Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 18) were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York. He the son of [his father] Frederick III King of Denmark and [his mother] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 55). They were second cousin once removed.
On 1st January 1684 [his brother] Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland (age 30) was appointed 487th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 53).
In 20th February 1685 [his mother] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 56) died.
On 21st February 1687 [his son] Vilhelm Oldenburg was born to Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 40) and [his wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 36).
In 1689 [his brother] Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland (age 35) was created 1st Duke Cumberland by his father-in-law King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 55). [his sister-in-law] Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 23) by marriage Duchess Cumberland.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 16th June 1689. Our fleet not yet at sea, through some prodigious sloth, and men minding only their present interest; the French riding masters at sea, taking many great prizes to our wonderful reproach. No certain news from Ireland; various reports of Scotland; discontents at home. The King of Denmark (age 43) at last joins with the Confederates, and the two Northern Powers are reconciled. The East India Company likely to be dissolved by Parliament for many arbitrary actions. Oates acquitted of perjury, to all honest men's admiration.
On 24th August 1689 [his daughter] Christiane Charlotte Oldenburg (age 10) died.
On 27th June 1695 [his son] Christian Oldenburg (age 20) died.
On 5th December 1695 Frederick IV King of Denmark and Norway (age 24) and Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 28) were married. He the son of Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 49) and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 45). They were third cousin once removed.
On 25th August 1699 Christian V King of Denmark and Norway (age 53) died. His son Frederick (age 27) succeeded IV King of Denmark and Norway. Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 31) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.
On 27th March 1714 [his former wife] Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 63) died of scarlet fever.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 25 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian III King of Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick II King of Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
GrandFather: Christian IV King of Denmark 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Frederick III King of Denmark 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Christian V King of Denmark and Norway 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 
Mother: Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William II Landgrave of Hesse 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Philip I of Hesse 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave George I of Hesse Darmstadt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Duke of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christine of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England