Paternal Family Tree: Carolingian
Maternal Family Tree: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia
Before 930 Gilbert I Duke Lorraine [aged 39] and [his mother] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 16] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia [aged 53] and [his grandmother] Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. He the son of Reginar "Longneck" I Duke Lorraine.
In 939 [his father] Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 19] and [his mother] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort West Francia. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and [his grandmother] Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. He the son of Charles "Simple" III King West Francia and Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia.
In 941 Lothair III King West Francia was born to Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 21] and Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 28].
On 10th September 954 [his father] Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 34] died. His son Lothair [aged 13] succeeded III King West Francia.
In 964 [his brother-in-law] Conrad I King Burgundy [aged 39] and [his sister] Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Burgundy. She the daughter of [his father] Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia and [his mother] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 51]. He the son of Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 965 Lothair III King West Francia [aged 24] and Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort France. She the daughter of Lothair II King of Italy and Adelaide of Italy Holy Roman Empress [aged 34]. He the son of Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia and Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 52]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
In 967 [his son] Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia was born to Lothair III King West Francia [aged 26] and [his wife] Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [aged 19]. He married (1) 982 Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia, daughter of Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou and Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou.
On 5th May 969 or 984 [his mother] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 56] died.
Around 970 [his son] Otto Carolingian was born to Lothair III King West Francia [aged 29] and [his wife] Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [aged 22].
In 970 [his brother] Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine [aged 16] and [his sister-in-law] Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Lorraine. She the daughter of Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons. He the son of [his father] Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia and [his mother] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia. They were fifth cousin once removed.
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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In 973 [his brother-in-law] Otto "Red" II King Germany II Holy Roman Emperor II King Italy [aged 18] succeeded II Holy Roman Emperor. Theophanu Unknown Holy Roman Empress by marriage Holy Roman Empress.
On 7th May 973 [his uncle] Otto I Holy Roman Emperor King Italy and East Francia [aged 60] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Otto [aged 18] succeeded II King Germany.
In 977 [his brother] Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine [aged 23] was appointed Duke Lower Lorraine.
After 7th September 978 [his half-sister] Gerberge of Lothingaria Countess Vermandois [deceased] died.
In 982 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia [aged 15] and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 42] were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou and Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou. He the son of Lothair III King West Francia [aged 41] and Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [aged 34].
On 7th December 983 [his brother-in-law] Otto "Red" II King Germany II Holy Roman Emperor II King Italy [aged 28] died following a malaria outbreak. His son Otto [aged 3] succeeded III King Germany.
In 984 [his son] Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia [aged 17] and [his daughter-in-law] Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 44] marriage annulled.
On 2nd March 986 Lothair III King West Francia [aged 45] died. His son Louis [aged 19] succeeded V King West Francia. Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 46] by marriage Queen Consort West Francia.
After 987 [his former wife] Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [deceased] died.
Kings Wessex: Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor -2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine and the Franks son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles "Bald" I King West Francia Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Welf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith of Bavaria Queen Consort of Aquitaine and the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxony
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odi Orléans 1st Count Orléans
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia
Grandfather: Charles "Simple" III King West Francia 2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adalard Count of Paris
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia
father: Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Egbert of Wessex 7 x Great Grandson of Ceawlin King Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Æthelwulf of Wessex son of King Egbert of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oslac
Great x 3 Grandmother: Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Æthelred Mucel Mercia Earldorman Gaini
Great x 2 Grandmother: Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eadburh of Mercia
Grandmother: Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: Æthelhelm Earldorman Wiltshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons
Lothair III King West Francia Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia
mother: Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia
Grandmother: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia