Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 1440-1482

Paternal Family Tree: Luxemburg

In 1435 [his father] Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol [aged 17] and [his mother] Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons [aged 20] were married. He by marriage Count Soissons. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle and [his grandmother] Jeanne Countess Marle, Soissons and Meaux. He the son of Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Margherita Baux [aged 41]. They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1440 Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons was born to Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol [aged 22] and Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons [aged 25]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In December 1458 John IV Marquis of Montferrat [aged 45] and [his future wife] Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Montferrat. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Louis Savoy I Count Savoy [aged 45] and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy [aged 40]. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 14th May 1462 [his mother] Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons [aged 47] died. Her son [his brother] John succeeded Count Soissons.

After 14th May 1462 [his father] Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol [aged 44] and [his step-mother] Maria Savoy [aged 14] were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Louis Savoy I Count Savoy [aged 49] and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy [aged 43]. He the son of [his grandfather] Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and [his grandmother] Margherita Baux [aged 68].

After 29th August 1464 Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons [aged 24] and Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy [aged 51] and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. He the son of Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol [aged 46] and Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 29th January 1465 [his father-in-law] Louis Savoy I Count Savoy [aged 51] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Amadeus [aged 29] succeeded IX Duke Savoy.

On 30th March 1472 [his brother-in-law] Amadeus "Happy" Savoy IX Duke Savoy [aged 37] died. His brother Philip [aged 34] succeeded II Duke Savoy.

On 19th December 1475 [his father] Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol [aged 57] was beheaded at Paris [Map]. His son Peter [aged 35] succeeded II Count Saint Pol. [his wife] Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol [aged 36] by marriage Countess Saint Pol.

In or before 1476 [his brother-in-law] Philip "Landless" Savoy II Duke Savoy [aged 37] and Margaret Bourbon [aged 36] were married. She the daughter of Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon [aged 68]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 22nd June 1476 John Luxemburg Count Soissons was killed at the Battle of Morat. His brother Peter [aged 36] succeeded Count Soissons.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

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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In 1478 Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons [aged 38] was appointed to the Order of the Golden Fleece.

In or before 1480 François Valois II Duke Longueville [aged 1] and [his sister-in-law] Agnes Savoy Duchess Longueville [aged 34] were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. He the son of François Valois Duke Longueville [aged 32] and Agnès de Savoy Duchess Longueville. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1482 [his brother] Anthony Luxemburg Count Ligny [aged 32] succeeded Count Ligny.

On 25th October 1482 Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons [aged 42] died. His daughter Marie succeeded Countess Soissons.

On 9th March 1483 [his former wife] Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol [aged 43] died.

[his daughter] Francisca Luxemburg was born to Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons and Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married Philip Cleves Lord Ravenstein.

[his daughter] Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons was born to Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons and Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) 1484 her uncle Giacomo or Jacques Savoy Count Romont, son of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (2) 1487 Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons, son of John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme and Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme, and had issue.

Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 1440-1482 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 1440-1482

Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Godwinson: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Son of King John "The Good" II of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 9 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Royal Descendants of Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 1440-1482
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [1]

Antoine King Navarre [1]

Ancestors of Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 1440-1482

Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran II of Luxemburg 6 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Lord of Ligby 7 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny 8 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy of Dampierre Richebourg 6 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Dampierre 7 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol 3 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean Chatillon Count Saint Pol Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Capet Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Fiennes 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Fiennes 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Dampierre 5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Count of Enghien

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne

father: Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria

Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Romano Orsini

Great x 3 Grandfather: Count Roberto Orsini 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anastasia Montfort Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Count Nicholas Orsini 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sueva del Balzo

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Sabran

Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward of Bar Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry of Bar IV Count of Bar Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Burgundy Granddaughter of King Louis IX of France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar 2 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dampierre Count Marle 6 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Dampierre Countess of Bar 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Montfort Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry of Bar Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France Granddaughter of King Louis IX of France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Bar daughter of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England

Grandfather: Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Coucy 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy 6 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons 7 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Leopold Habsburg I Duke Austria 13 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Habsburg 14 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Savoy Duchess Austria 15 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie de Coucy Countess Soissons Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward II of England son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward III of England son of King Edward II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip IV of France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

mother: Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France

Grandmother: Jeanne Countess Marle, Soissons and Meaux