Paternal Family Tree: Brudenell
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden 1562-1643
On 15th May 1707 [his father] George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan [aged 21] and [his mother] Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan [aged 18] were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cardigan. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury [aged 51] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
On 20th April 1725 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan was born to George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan [aged 39] and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan [aged 36].
On 7th July 1730 [his brother] George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu [aged 17] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Montagu Duchess of Montagu [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Montagu 2nd Duke Montagu [aged 40] and Mary Churchill Duchess of Montagu [aged 40]. He the son of [his father] George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan [aged 44] and [his mother] Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan [aged 41]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 5th July 1732 [his father] George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan [aged 46] died. His son [his brother] George [aged 19] succeeded 4th Earl Cardigan, 4th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire. [his sister-in-law] Mary Montagu Duchess of Montagu [aged 21] by marriage Countess Cardigan.
In 1745 [his mother] Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan [aged 56] died.
In 1747 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 21] graduated Bachelor of Arts at Oriel College, Oxford University.
On 6th July 1749 John Montagu 2nd Duke Montagu [aged 59] died without surviving male issue. Duke Montagu extinct. His estates were inherited by his daughter [his sister-in-law] Mary [aged 38] and her husband [his brother] George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu [aged 36] who changed his name to Montagu from Brudenell. Monument in St Edmund's Church, Warkton [Map]. Sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac [aged 46]. Erected by his widow, Mary Churchill [aged 59], the daughter of the 1st Duke of Marlborough, who stands at the left hand side of the monument.
In 1754 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 28] was elected MP Shaftesbury.
In 1758 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 32] was appointed Master of the Robes.
In 1760 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 34] was appointed Keeper of the Privy Purse.
In 1760 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 34] and Anne Legge Baroness Brudenell Deene were married. He the son of George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
In 1761 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 35] was elected MP Hastings.
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 17th February 1761 [his brother] Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Ailesbury. He the son of [his father] George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan and [his mother] Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan.
On 5th November 1766 [his brother] George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu [aged 54] was created 1st Duke Montagu. [his sister-in-law] Mary Montagu Duchess of Montagu [aged 55] by marriage Duchess Montagu. He was the son-in-law of the last Duke of the previous creation John Montagu 2nd Duke Montagu.
In March 1768 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 42] was elected MP Gravesend.
In December 1768 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 43] was elected MP Marlborough.
In 1771 [his brother-in-law] Bishop Brownlow North [aged 29] was appointed Bishop of Lichfield.
On 17th January 1771 [his brother-in-law] Bishop Brownlow North [aged 29] and Henrietta Maria Bannister [aged 21] were married. He the son of Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 66] and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford.
In June 1776 [his brother] Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury [aged 47] was created 1st Earl Ailesbury. [his future sister-in-law] Anne Elizabeth Rawdon Countess Ailesbury [aged 23] by marriage Countess Ailesbury.
In 1780 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 54] was created 1st Baron Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire. [his wife] Anne Legge Baroness Brudenell Deene by marriage Baroness Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire.
In 1786 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 60] and Elizabeth Waldegrave Countess Cardigan [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Baroness Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave and Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave. He the son of George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12th November 1786 [his wife] Anne Legge Baroness Brudenell Deene died.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 14th February 1788 [his brother] Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury [aged 58] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Elizabeth Rawdon Countess Ailesbury [aged 35] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira [aged 67] and Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira [aged 56]. He the son of [his father] George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan and [his mother] Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 22nd October 1789 [his brother-in-law] George Waldegrave 4th Earl Waldegrave [aged 37] died. His son George [aged 5] succeeded 5th Earl Waldegrave, 6th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 9th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 23rd May 1790 George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu [aged 77] died. Duke Montagu extinct. His brother James [aged 65] succeeded 5th Earl Cardigan, 5th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire. Elizabeth Waldegrave Countess Cardigan [aged 31] by marriage Countess Cardigan. His grandson Henry [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.
In 1791 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 65] was appointed Constable of Windsor Castle.
On 24th February 1811 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan [aged 85] died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. His nephew Robert [aged 41] succeeded 6th Earl Cardigan, 6th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire, 2nd Baron Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire. Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan [aged 41] by marriage Countess Cardigan.
On 23rd June 1823 [his former wife] Elizabeth Waldegrave Countess Cardigan [aged 65] died.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. The [his brother] fourth Earl was succeeded by his brother John, whose nephew, the sixth Earl, was the father of my husband, James Thomas Brudenell, seventh Earl of Cardigan.
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 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brudenell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell of Doddington in Huntingdonshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Cardigan
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tresham 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tresham 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Catesby 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Tresham Countess Cardigan 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Throckmorton 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Throckmorton 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hussey Baroness Hungerford 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandfather: Francis Brudenell 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savage 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savage 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Manners 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Savage Countess Cardigan 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Rich 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cornwallis 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
father: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Savile 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Savile 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Savile 1st Baron Savile 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hussey 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hussey 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Saye 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Savile 1st Earl of Sussex 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carey 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Carey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carey Baroness Savile 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Frances Savile 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Collette Clarke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Beaumont 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Armstrong
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Sussex 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sheldon of Howley in Leicestershire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey
James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Bruce
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Bruce 1st Lord Kinloss
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chichester 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Chichester 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Denys 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Chichester 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harington 1st Baron Harington 
19 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Harrington 20 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Keilway Baroness Harington 
Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
mother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grey Countess Hertford 
Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Honora Rogers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Seymour 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Walsingham 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula St Barbe
Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Clerke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden