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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Paternal Family Tree: Ivrea
In 1249 [his father] Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon [aged 27] and [his mother] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James I King Aragon [aged 40] and [his grandmother] Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon [aged 34]. He the son of Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon [aged 50] and Elisabeth Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 13th May 1258 Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon was born to [his father] Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon [aged 36] and [his mother] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1282 Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 23] and Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon were married. He the son of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon [aged 60] and Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon.
In 1283 [his daughter] Isabella of Castile Queen Consort Aragon was born to Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 24] and [his wife] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married (1) 1st December 1291 her first cousin once removed James "The Just" II King Aragon, son of Peter III King Aragon and Constance Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Aragon (2) 1310 her fourth cousin once removed John III Duke Brittany.
On 2nd April 1284 [his father] Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon [aged 62] died. His son Sancho [aged 25] succeeded IV King Castile, IV King Leon. [his wife] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Leon.
On 6th December 1285 [his son] Ferdinand IV King Castile IV King Leon was born to Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 27] and [his wife] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 23rd January 1302 his half first cousin once removed Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon, daughter of Denis I King Portugal and Elisabeth Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal, and had issue.
In 1286 [his son] Alfonso Ivrea was born to Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 27] and [his wife] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He died aged five in 1291.
In 1288 [his son] Henry Ivrea was born to Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 29] and [his wife] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He died aged eleven in 1299.
In 1290 [his son] Peter Ivrea was born to Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 31] and [his wife] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married his second cousin Maria Barcelona, daughter of James "The Just" II King Aragon and Blanche Capet Queen Consort Aragon.
In 1291 [his son] Alfonso Ivrea [aged 5] died.
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 1st December 1291 [his son-in-law] James "The Just" II King Aragon [aged 24] and Isabella of Castile Queen Consort Aragon [aged 8] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 33] and Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He the son of Peter III King Aragon and Constance Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Aragon [aged 42]. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1292 [his son] Philip Ivrea was born to Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 33] and [his wife] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1293 [his daughter] Beatrice Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal was born to Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 34] and [his wife] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married 12th September 1309 her half first cousin once removed Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal, son of Denis I King Portugal and Elisabeth Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal, and had issue.
On 25th April 1295 Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon [aged 36] died. His son Ferdinand [aged 9] succeeded IV King Castile, IV King Leon.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Ivrea
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond III Count Barcelona
Great x 3 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Burgundy Count Portugal
Great x 3 Grandfather: Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal
Great x 4 Grandmother: Teresa Alfónsez Jiménez
Great x 2 Grandmother: Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy
GrandFather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon
Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 1 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile
Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda
Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile
Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Father: Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick "One Eyed" Hohenstaufen I Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick "Barbarossa" Hohenstaufen I Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Black" Welf IX Duke Bavaria
Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Welf Holy Roman Empress
Great x 4 Grandmother: Wulfhilde of Saxony Duchess Bavaria
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip King Germany
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Ivrea I Count Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Ivrea III Count Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Metz Countess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice of Burgundy Holy Roman Empress
GrandMother: Elisabeth Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond III Count Barcelona
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond V Count Barcelona
Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Ivrea
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
GrandFather: James I King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon
Mother: Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Géza II of Hungary
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mstislav I of Kiev
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphrosyne of Kiev
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raynald of Châtillon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes of Antioch
Great x 4 Grandfather: Prince Bohemond II of Antioch
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Constance of Antioch
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice of Antioch
GrandMother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon