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: Stewart
On 3rd September 1719 [his father] James "Old Pretender" Stewart [aged 31] and [his mother] Maria Clementina Sobieska [aged 17] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his grandmother] Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland.
On 31st December 1720 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart was born to [his father] James "Old Pretender" Stewart [aged 32] and [his mother] Maria Clementina Sobieska [aged 18] at Palazzo Muti, via del Corso. He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 18th January 1735 [his mother] Maria Clementina Sobieska [aged 32] died.
On 9th July 1745 the ship 'Du Teillay' aboard which Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 24] was travelling to Scotland, and the 'L'Elisabeth' were fired upon by HMS Lion.
On 23rd July 1745 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 24] landed with seven men from the 'Du Teillay', a French privateer, accompanied by 'L'Elisabeth' at Eriskay Island to start the "Forty-Five Jacobite Rising".
On 21st September 1745 the army of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 24] defeated the only government army in Scotland at the Battle of Prestonpans, led by General Sir John Cope [aged 57].
Colonel James Gardiner [aged 57] was killed in action. He was mortally wounded by the Highlanders after his dragoons had fled the field and he was attempting to rally some foot soldiers. He received a mortal blow whilst wounded on the ground and was stripped to the waist as his possessions were looted by the Highlanders. After the battle he was carried from the field by a servant to nearby Tranent where he soon died.
On 16th April 1746 an English army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland [aged 24] and John Mordaunt [aged 37] defeated the Scottish army of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 25] at the Battle of Culloden bring to an end the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Bluett Wallop [aged 19] fought.
Robert Kerr was killed.
William Boyd 4th Earl Kilmarnock [aged 40] was captured.
Alexander Bannerman 3rd Baronet fought and escapted to France where he died a year later.
On 29th October 1753 [his illegitimate daughter] Charlotte Stuart Duchess of Albany was born illegitimately to Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 32] and Clementina Walkinshaw [aged 33]. She a great granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 1st January 1766 [his father] James "Old Pretender" Stewart [aged 77] died.
On 28th March 1772 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 51] and Louise Stolberg Gedern [aged 19] were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.
Around 1785. Hugh Douglas Hamilton [aged 45]. Portrait of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 64].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 30th September 1785 James Fitz James 3rd Duke Berwick 10th Duke Veragua [aged 66] died at Valencia. His son Carlos [aged 33] succeeded 10th Duke Veragua, 4th Duke of Liria, 4th Duke of Jérica, 4th Duke Berwick. [his sister-in-law] Caroline Stolberg Gedern Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick [aged 30].
On 31st January 1788 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 67] died.
On 29th January 1824 [his former wife] Louise Stolberg Gedern [aged 71] died at Florence, Tuscany.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
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 2 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox 
Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King James V of Scotland 
Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland 
Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian III King of Denmark 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick II King of Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: King James II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cosimo I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Father: James "Old Pretender" Stewart Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cesare Este Duke Modena
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Este IV Duke Modena
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francesco Este I Duke Modena
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso Este IV Duke Modena
GrandMother: Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Girolamo Martinozzi Count da Fano
Great x 1 Grandmother: Laura Martinozzi Duchess Modena
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pietro Mazzarino
Great x 2 Grandmother: Laura Mazarin
Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John III Sobieski King Poland
GrandFather: James Louis Sobieski
Mother: Maria Clementina Sobieska