Paternal Family Tree: Wettin
Maternal Family Tree: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence 1180-1242
1840 Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
1858 Marriage of the future King Frederick III King Prussia and Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha
1863 Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra
1874 Wedding of Prince Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
On 10th February 1840 [his father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 20] and [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 20] were married by Archbishop Charles Longley [aged 45] at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn and [his grandmother] Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 53]. He the son of Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 56] and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg. They were first cousins. She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 1st May 1850 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn was born to Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 30] and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 30] at Buckingham Palace [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.26%.
On 25th January 1858 [his brother-in-law] Frederick III King Prussia [aged 26] and [his sister] Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [aged 17] were married in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of [his father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 38] and [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 38]. He the son of William I King Prussia [aged 60]. They were third cousins.
On 28th September 1858 James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan [aged 60] and Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan [aged 33] were married; she had been his mistress since 1857. She by marriage Countess Cardigan. The marriage something of a scandal since James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan had left his first wife; [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 39] refused to have Adeline at court. See My Recollections by Adeline Horsey. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan.
On 14th December 1861 [his father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 42] died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His wife, [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 42] never recovered from his death spending, more or less, the remainder of her life in mourning.
The Times. 24th December 1861. Yesterday, with little of the pomp and pageantry of a State ceremonial, but with every outward mark of respect, and with all the solemnity which befitted his high station and his public virties, the [his father] mortal remains of the husband [deceased] of our [his mother] Queen [aged 42] were interred in the last resting-place of England's Sovereigns-the Chapel Royal of St. George's, Windsor [Map]. By the express desire of his Royal Highness the funeral was of the plainest and most private character; but in the Chapel, to do honour to his obsequies, were assembled all the chiefest men of the State, and throughout England, by every sign of sorrow and imourning, the nation manifested its sense of the loss wlhich it has sustaiined. Windsor itself wore an aspect of the most profound gloom. Every shop was closed and every blind drawn down. The streets were silent and almost deserted, and all wvho appeared abroad were dressed in the deepest mourning. The great bell of Windsor Castle [Map] clanged out: its doleful sound at intervals from an early hour, and minute bells were tolled also at St. John's Church. At the parish church of Cleover and at St. John's there were services in the morning and: aternoon, and the day was observed throughout the Royal borough in the strictest manner. The weather was in character with the occasion, a chill, damp air, with a dull leaden sky above, increased the gloom which hung over all. There were but few visitors in the town, for the procession did not pass beyond the immediate precincts of the Chapel and Castle, and none were admitted except those connected with the Castle andi their friends. At 11 o'clock a strong force of the A division took possession of the avenues leading to the Chapel Royal, and from that time only the guests specially invited and those who were to take part in the ceremonial were allowed to pass. Shortly afterwards a of honour of the Grenadier Guards, of which regiment his Royal Highness was Colonel, with the colonrs of the regiment shrouded in crape, marched in and took up its position before the principal entrance to the Chapel Royal. Another guard of honour from the same regiment was also on duty in the Quadrangle at the entrance to the State apartments. They were speedily followed by a squadron of the 2nd Life Guards dismounted, and by two companies of the Fusileer Guards, who were drawn uip in single file along each side of the road by which the procession was to pass, from the Norman gateway to the Chapel door. The officers wore the deepest military mourning-scarves, sword-knots, and rosettes of crape. In the Rome Park was stationed a troop of Horse Artillery, which commenced firing minute guns at the end of the Long Walk, advancing slowly until it reached the Castle gates just at the close of the ceremony. The Ministers, the officers of the Queen's Household, and other distinguished personages who had been honoured with an invitation to attend the ceremonial, reached Windsor a special train from Paddington. They were met by carriages provided for them at the station, and began to arrive at the Chapel Royal soon after 11 o'clock. The Earl of Derby [aged 62], the Archbishop of Canterbury [aged 81], Earl Russell [aged 69], and the Duke of Buccleuch were among the first to make their appearance, and as they alighted at the door of the Chapel they were received by the proper officials and conducted to the seats appointed for them in the Choir. In the Great Quadrangle were drawn up the hearse and the mourning coaches, and, all the preparations having been completed within the Castle, the procession began to be formed shortly before 12 o'clock. It had been originally intended that it should leave the Castle by the St. George's gate, and, proceeding down Castle-hill, approach the Chapel through Henry VII.'s gateway, but at a late hour this arrangement was changed, and the shorter route by the Norman gatewvay was chosen.
The crowd which had gradually collected at the foot of Castle-hill, owing to this change, saw nothing of the procession but the empty carriages as they returned to the Castle after setting down at the Chapel. The few spectators who were fortunate enough to gain admission to the Lower Ward stood in a narrow fringe along the edge of the flags in front of the houses of the Poor Knights, and their presence was the only exception to the strict privacy of the ceremonial. The [his brother] Prince of Wales [aged 20] and the other Royal mourners assembled in the Oak Room, but did not form part of the procession. They were conveyed to the Chapel in private carriages before the coffin was placed in the hearse, passing through St. George's gatewayinto the Lower Ward. In the first carriage were the Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur [aged 11], and the Duke of Saxe Coburg [aged 8]. The Crown Prince of Prussia [aged 30], the Duke of Brabant [aged 26], and the Count of Flanders [aged 24] followed in the next; and in the others were the Duke de Nemours [aged 47], Prince Louis of Hesse [aged 24], Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar [aged 38], and the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, with the gentlemen of their respective suites. Scarcely had they alighted at the door of Wolsey's Chapel, from which they were conducted through the Chapter Room to the door of the Chapel Royal to be in readiness to meet the coffin, when the first minute gun fired in tlhe distance, and the rattle of the troops reversing arms announced that the procession had started, and exactly at 12 o'clock the first mourning coach moved from under the Norman gateway. First came nine mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, conveying the Physicians, Equerries, and other members of the household of the late Prince. In the last were the Lord Steward [aged 63] (Earl St. Germans), the Lord Chamberlain [aged 56] (Viscount Sidney), and the Master of the Horse [aged 57] (the Marquis of Ailesbury). The carriages and trappings were of the plainest description; the horses had black velvet housings and feathers, but on the carriages there, were no feathers or ornaments of any kind. The mourning coaches were followed by one of the Queen's carriages, drawn by six horses, and attended by servants in State liveries, in which was the Groom of the Stole [aged 26], Earl Spencer, carrying the crown, and a Lord of the Bedchamber, Lord George Lennox, carrying the baton, sword, and hat of his late Royal Highness. Next escorted by a troop of the 2nd Life Guards, came the hearse, drawn by six black horses, which, like the carriages, was quite plain and unornamented. On the housings of the horses and on the sides of the hearse were emblazoned the scutcheons of Her Majesty and of the Prince, each surmounted by a, crown, the Prince's arms being in black and Her Majesty's in white. The procession was closed by four State carriages.
On 10th March 1863 [his brother] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 18] were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 44] and Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 45]. He the son of [his father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 43]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
10th March 1863. William Powell Frith [aged 44]. Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra. The artist has depicted the moment when the [his brother] Prince [aged 21] is about to place the ring on the [his sister-in-law] Princess' [aged 18] finger. The two little boys dressed in tartan are Prince Leopold [aged 9] and Prince Arthur [aged 12], Queen Victoria's youngest sons. At the top right of the painting the Queen [aged 43] herself looks down on the ceremony.
On 24th May 1866 [his brother] Prince Alfred Windsor [aged 21] was created 1st Duke Edinburgh.
In 1867 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 16] was appointed 753rd Knight of the Garter by [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 47].
On 21st May 1871 [his brother-in-law] John Campbell 9th Duke Argyll [aged 25] and [his sister] Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 51]. He the son of George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll [aged 48] and Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll.
On 1st December 1871 George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope 7th Earl Chesterfield [aged 40] died of typhoid unmarried. His third cousin George [aged 49] succeeded 8th Earl Chesterfield, 8th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire. He had been staying at Londesborough Lodge Scarborough with the [his brother] Prince of Wales [aged 30] who also contracted typhoid but survived.
On 23rd January 1874 [his brother] Prince Alfred Windsor [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov [aged 20] were married. He the son of [his father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 54]. They were third cousin once removed.
The Times. 2nd February 1874. THE MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURIG. Jan 31 Yesterday the [his brother] Duke [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Duchess of Edinburgh [aged 20], the Prince [aged 32] and Princess of Wales [aged 29], and Prince Arthur [aged 23] were present with all the Imperial family at the ball given by the Cesarewvitch. The Prince of Wales wore the uniform of the Norfolk Militia and Prince Arthur that of the Rifle Brigade. This evening a grand dinner, to which 400 guests are invited, will be given by the British Ambassador to the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany and Prince Arthur. Later on in the evening all the English Princes will go to the ball given at the Hall of the Nobles at 9:30.
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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On 24th May 1874 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 24] was created 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn. [his future wife] Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 13] by marriage Duchess Connaught and Strathearn.
On 18th February 1878 a double Royal Wedding took place at Berlin. The brides were second-cousins.
Bernhard Saxe Meiningen III Duke Saxe Meiningen [aged 26] and [his niece] Charlotte Hohenzollern [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Prussia [aged 46] and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [aged 37]. He the son of Georg II Duke of Saxe Meiningen [aged 51]. They were third cousin twice removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Frederick Augustus II Grand Duke of Oldenburg [aged 25] and [his future sister-in-law] Elisabeth Anna Hohenzollern [aged 21] were married. They were fifth cousins.
The event was attended by King Leopold II of Belgium [aged 42] and his wife Marie Henriette of Austria, and the Prince of Wales [aged 36] and his brother Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 27].
On 13th March 1879 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 28] and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 18] were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 59]. They were third cousin once removed.
Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [30th April 1881]. And so the tale unfolds. Our [Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke [aged 28] and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 19]] marriage took place in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey, and the newspapers of the day made much of the "most brilliant wedding of a dozen seasons." I remember my surprise as I drove from our house in Carlton Gardens to the Abbey to find the way lined with interested crowds.
Among the guests were the [his brother] Prince [aged 39] and [his sister-in-law] Princess of Wales [aged 36], Prince and Princess Christian, the Duke [aged 30] and [his wife] Duchess of Connaught [aged 20], Princess Louise [aged 33] (Marchioness of Lorne), Princess Mary Adelaide [aged 47] (Duchess of Teck) and the Duke of Teck (parents of Queen Mary), with Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany [aged 28], as my husband's best man. The crush filled the Abbey from the choir to the door.
My twelve bridesmaids were all girl friends and relatives. They were: Blanche Maynard [aged 17], my sister (now Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox [aged 33]), Lady Eva Greville [aged 21], my husband's only sister, my stepsisters, Millicent [aged 13], Sybil [aged 9], and Angela St. Clair Erskine [aged 4] (later Duchess of Sutherland, Countess of Westmorland, and Lady A. Forbes), Countess Feodore Gleichen [aged 19] (later a renowned sculptor), Lady Florence Bridgman [aged 22] (the present Countess of Harewood and mother of Viscount Lascelles [aged 34]), Miss Wombwell [aged 19] (Countess of Dartrey), Miss Mills, the first Lord Hillingdon's daughter, Miss Violet Lindsay [aged 25] (now Violet, Duchess of Rutland), and Miss Ethel Milner [aged 30] (later Countess of Durham).
On 24th May 1881 [his brother] Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany [aged 28] was created 1st Duke Albany.
On 15th January 1882 [his daughter] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor was born to Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 31] and [his wife] Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 21] at Bagshot Park, Berkshire. She was baptised on 11th March 1882 at the Chapel Royal, Windsor Castle by Archbishop Archibald Campbell Tait [aged 70]. Her godparents were [his mother] Queen Victoria [aged 62]; the German Emperor [aged 84], who was represented by the German Ambassador, Count Münster); the German Crown Princess [aged 41] who was represented by her sister, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein [aged 35]; Prince [aged 53] and Princess Friedrich Karl of Prussia [aged 44], for whom the Duke of Edinburgh [aged 37] and aunt Princess Beatrice [aged 24] stood proxy); the Duchess of Cambridge [aged 84], who was represented by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll [aged 33]; the Prince of Wales [aged 40] and Prince Charles of Prussia [aged 80], for whom Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany [aged 28] stood proxy. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She married 15th June 1905 her fourth cousin twice removed Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden and had issue.
On 27th April 1882 [his brother] Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Helena Waldeck Duchess Albany were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Albany. He the son of [his father] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 62].
On 13th January 1883 [his son] Prince Arthur of Connaught was born to Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 32] and [his wife] Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 22]. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. He married 15th October 1913 his first cousin once removed Princess Alexandra Duff Duchess Fife, daughter of Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife and Louise Windsor Duchess Fife, and had issue.
On 28th March 1884 [his brother] Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany [aged 30] died at the Villa Nevada, Cannes.
On 17th March 1886 [his daughter] Victoria Patricia "Patsy" Windsor was born to Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 35] and [his wife] Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 25]. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She married 27th February 1919 Alexander Ramsay and had issue.
On 9th March 1888 William I King Prussia [aged 90] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Frederick [aged 56] succeeded III Emperor aka Kaiser, III King Prussia. [his sister] Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [aged 47] by marriage Empress aka Kaiser, Queen Prussia.
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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On 12th December 1890 Joseph Boehm [aged 56] died suddenly at his home 76 Fulham Road. [his sister] Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll [aged 42], his pupil, was either present, leading to speculation in the press about their relationship, or found his body shortly after his death. His son Edgar [aged 21] succeeded 2nd Baronet Boehm of Wetherby Gardens in Kensington.
On 24th April 1900 George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll [aged 76] died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 54] succeeded 9th Duke Argyll, 6th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire. [his sister] Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll [aged 52] by marriage Duchess Argyll.
On 30th July 1900 [his brother] Prince Alfred Windsor [aged 55] died. Duke Edinburgh extinct.
On 22nd January 1901 [his mother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 81] died at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Her son [his brother] Edward [aged 59] succeeded VII King of the United Kingdom.
Around 4th February 1901 Wilfred William Ashley 1st Baron Mount Temple [aged 33] and Amalia Mary Maud Cassel [aged 21] were married. The [his brother] Prince of Wales [aged 59] attended some eighteen days before he acceeded the throne.
On 5th August 1901 [his sister] Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [aged 60] died.
On 9th August 1902 [his brother] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 60] was crowned VII King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey [Map]. [his sister-in-law] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 57] was crowned Queen Consort by Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan [aged 76].
Winifred, Duchess of Portland [aged 38], wearing the Portland Diamond Tiara, commissioned esppecially for the event, served as a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra.
On 15th June 1905 [his son-in-law] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden [aged 22] and Margaret "Daisy" Windsor [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 55] and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 44]. He the son of Gustav V King Sweden [aged 46]. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In 1908 John Singer Sargent [aged 51]. Portrait of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 57].
On 6th May 1910 [his brother] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 68] died. His son [his nephew] George [aged 44] succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 42] by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 15th October 1913 Prince Arthur of Connaught [aged 30] and Princess Alexandra Duff Duchess Fife [aged 22] were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of Alexander Duff 1st Duke Fife and Louise Windsor Duchess Fife [aged 46]. He the son of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 63] and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 53]. They were first cousin once removed. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a granddaughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.
On 9th August 1914 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn was born to Prince Arthur of Connaught [aged 31] and Princess Alexandra Duff Duchess Fife [aged 23] at 54 Mount Street Grosvenor Square. He was baptised on 1st September 1914 at his parent's home. His godparents were his maternal great-uncle King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 49], Alfonso XIII King Spain [aged 28], his maternal great-grandmother Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 69], his grandfather Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 64], his great-aunt Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll [aged 66] and his cousin Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood [aged 17]. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.89%.
On 14th March 1917 [his wife] Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 56] died.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 27th February 1919 [his son-in-law] Alexander Ramsay [aged 37] and Victoria Patricia "Patsy" Windsor [aged 32] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 68] and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught.
On 1st May 1920 [his daughter] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor [aged 38] died suddenly in Stockholm of "blood poisoning". She was buried on 10th May 1920, according to her request, in her wedding dress and her veil, with a crucifix in her hands, in a simple coffin made from English oak and covered in British and Swedish flags, at the Royal Cemetery, Solna, Sweden.
1937. Philip de László [aged 67]. Portrait of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 86].
On 12th September 1938 [his son] Prince Arthur of Connaught [aged 55] died.
On 3rd December 1939 [his sister] Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll [aged 91] died.
Before 16th January 1942 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 91] is reported to have had a relationship with Leonie Blanche Jerome Lady Leslie [aged 83].
On 16th January 1942 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 91] died at Yattendon Castle [Map]. His grandson Alastair [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Charles V of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 9 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Prince Louis Frederick I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg 7 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 10 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Rudolph 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 11 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 10 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Albert II Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
Great x 3 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 9 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Christian Count of Stolberg Gedern
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christine of Mecklenburg Güstrow 7 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
father: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 12 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 9 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernst Ludwig I Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 10 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernhard I Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anton Ulrich Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Grandmother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian Ludwig II Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 10 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 9 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 10 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Johann August Saxe Coburg Altenburg 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 9 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George I Great Grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Celle 
12 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 6 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Grandfather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 10 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 11 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Katharina 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 12 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian William I Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 10 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Gotha 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 9 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Louis I Count of Erbach-Erbach
Great x 3 Grandmother: Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
mother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 9 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Prince Louis Frederick I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg 7 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 10 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Rudolph 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandmother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 11 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 10 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Albert II Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
Great x 3 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 9 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Christian Count of Stolberg Gedern
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christine of Mecklenburg Güstrow 7 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon