Paternal Family Tree: Luxemburg
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilda of Tubingen
Before 8th July 1313 [his father] King John I of Bohemia [aged 16] and [his mother] Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Bohemia. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland and [his grandmother] Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland. He the son of Henry Luxembourg VII Holy Roman Emperor [aged 38] and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxembourg and Namur.
On 14th May 1316 Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg was born to King John I of Bohemia [aged 19] and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia [aged 24].
On 28th September 1330 [his mother] Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia [aged 38] died.
In 1335 Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 18] and Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois and Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois [aged 42]. He the son of King John I of Bohemia [aged 38] and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 24th May 1335 [his daughter] Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 19] and [his wife] Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 18]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married 1342 her second cousin once removed Louis I King Hungary King Poland.
In December 1336 [his brother-in-law] Charles II Count Alençon [aged 39] and Maria de la Cerda Y Lara Countess Alençon [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Alençon. The difference in their ages was 22 years. He the son of Charles Valois I Count Valois and Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1342 [his son-in-law] Louis I King Hungary King Poland [aged 15] and Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary [aged 6] were married. She the daughter of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 25] and Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 25]. He the son of Charles I King Hungary [aged 54] and Elisabeth of Poland Queen Consort Hungary [aged 37]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1342 [his sister-in-law] Margaret Valois [aged 47] died.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England [aged 33] defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 16], Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 33], William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 36] and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick [aged 30].
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield [aged 36], Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 38], Bernard Brocas [aged 16], Thomas Felton [aged 16], James Audley [aged 28], Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 59], Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh [aged 18], Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham [aged 51], John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 66], Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 37], Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 19], William Scrope [aged 21], Stephen Scrope [aged 21], William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 16], John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 28], Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 42], Nicholas Longford [aged 61], Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 27], Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings [aged 28], Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 48], John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 34], Thomas West [aged 34], John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby [aged 43], John Wingfield [aged 26], Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy [aged 25], Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 43] (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux [aged 37], John Devereux [aged 44], Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos [aged 26], Richard Pembridge [aged 26] and John Sully [aged 63].
The French army suffered significant casualties. [his brother-in-law] King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France [aged 52] was wounded. William de Coucy [aged 60] and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy [aged 33] and were killed.
Charles II Count Alençon [aged 49] was killed. His son Charles [aged 9] succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders [aged 42] was killed. His son Louis [aged 15] succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia [aged 50] was killed. His son Charles [aged 30] succeeded IV King Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 29] by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine [aged 26] was killed. His son John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt [aged 39] was killed.
In 1348 [his wife] Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 31] died.
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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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Before October 1349 [his daughter] Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary [aged 14] died.
Before 1350 Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 33] and Anna Bavaria Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. He the son of King John I of Bohemia and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.
Before 19th April 1358 Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 41] and Anna Schweidnitz Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. He the son of King John I of Bohemia and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.
On 26th February 1361 [his son] Wenceslaus IV of Behemia King Romans was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 44] and [his wife] Anna Schweidnitz Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
In or before 1366 Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 49] and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. The difference in their ages was 30 years. He the son of King John I of Bohemia and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.
After 19th March 1366 [his son-in-law] Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 16] and Elizabeth Bohemia Duchess Austria were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 49] and Anna Schweidnitz Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. He the son of Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria and Johanna Pfirt Duchess Austria. They were second cousin once removed.
On 11th May 1366 [his daughter] Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 49] and [his wife] Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 19] at Prague. She married 20th January 1382 her fourth cousin King Richard II of England, son of Edward "Black Prince" and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales.
On 15th February 1368 [his son] Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 51] and [his wife] Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 21]. He married 1. 1385 his third cousin Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary 2. before 7th October 1409 Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress and had issue.
On 22nd June 1370 [his son] John Duke of Görlitz was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 54] and [his wife] Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 23].
On 13th March 1372 [his son] Charles Bohemia was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 55] and [his wife] Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 25]. On 24th July 1373 Charles Bohemia died.
In 1373 [his daughter] Margaret Bohemia was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 56] and [his wife] Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 26]. She married 1381 John Hohenzollern Burgrave Nuremburg, son of Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg.
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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In 1377 [his son] Henry Bohemia was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 60] and [his wife] Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 30]. In 1378 Henry Bohemia died.
On 29th November 1378 Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg [aged 62] died.
On 15th April 1393 [his former wife] Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [aged 46] died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Bohemia Duchess Austria was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg and Anna Schweidnitz Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. She married after 19th March 1366 her second cousin once removed Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria, son of Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria and Johanna Pfirt Duchess Austria.
[his daughter] Catherine Bohemia was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg and Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
[his father] King John I of Bohemia and Beatrice Bourbon Queen Bohemia were married. She by marriage Queen Bohemia. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Luxembourg VII Holy Roman Emperor and [his grandmother] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxembourg and Namur.
[his daughter] Wenceslaus Bohemia was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg and Anna Schweidnitz Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings Godwinson: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxembourg III Duke Limburg 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxembourg V Count Luxembourg III Count Namur 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxembourg I Count Namur 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Luxembourg VI Count Luxembourg 5 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxembourg and Namur 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux 
4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Grandfather: Henry Luxembourg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Avesnes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Guise
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxembourg 4 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne 
Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Father: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John I Brabant
Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxembourg and Namur
Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg 7 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Ottokar I of Bohemia
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia 4 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary 2 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance of Hungary 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes of Antioch 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia 5 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England
Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland 6 x Great Grandson of King Harold II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna
Mother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Harold II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert III Count of Habsburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count of Habsburg 9 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida of Pfullendorf 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert IV Count of Habsburg 10 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes of Staufen
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans 11 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Count Ulrich of Kyburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hedwig of Kyburg
Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count Palatine of Tubingen
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen