Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252
On 22nd January 1260 [his father] John II Duke Brittany [aged 21] and [his mother] Beatrice Plantagenet [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Henry III of England [aged 52] and [his grandmother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 37]. He the son of John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany [aged 42] and Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany [aged 34]. They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
Around 1266 John Capet 4th Earl Richmond was born to John II Duke Brittany [aged 27] and Beatrice Plantagenet [aged 23]. He a grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 24th March 1275 [his mother] Beatrice Plantagenet [aged 32] died in London. She was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].
On 8th October 1286 [his grandfather] John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany [aged 68] died. His son [his father] John [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux, 3rd Earl Richmond.
On 18th August 1304 [his father] John II Duke Brittany [aged 65] fought during the Battle of Mons en Pévèle.
William IV Count of Auxerre [aged 34] was killed.
On 18th November 1305 [his father] John II Duke Brittany [aged 66] died. His son [his brother] Arthur [aged 44] succeeded 3rd Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux.
On 15th October 1306 John Capet 4th Earl Richmond [aged 40] was restored 4th Earl Richmond.
Rymer's Fœdera Volume 2. John of Brittany [aged 41], earl of Richmond, appointed keeper of Scotland.
The King to all to whom, etc., greeting. Know that we have appointed our beloved kinsman and faithful subject, John of Brittany, earl of Richmond, to be our lieutenant in Scotland, and our keeper of that land, for so long as it shall please us: so that he may have and maintain, of his own household, in the same land, sixty men-at-arms for the keeping of the aforesaid land. And from the feast of Saint Michael next to come until the feast of the Purification of Blessed Mary then next following, both days inclusive, he shall receive from us, each day, ten marks by the hand of our chamberlain of the said land, for the time being, for the support of the aforesaid men-at-arms. In witness whereof, etc. Witness the King, at York, the thirteenth day of September [1307]. By writ of the privy seal. And command is given to the bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, knights, sheriffs, officers, and all his bailiffs and faithful subjects, and to the whole community of the land of Scotland, that they be attentive and responsive to the said earl, as the King's lieutenant in that land, and as the King's keeper of the same land, in all things which pertain to the custody of that land, as aforesaid. In witness whereof, etc. Witness the King as above. And command is given to the sheriffs of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland, and Northumberland, to the knights, bailiffs, officers, and all other faithful subjects of the King in the same counties, as well within liberties as without, firmly enjoining that they shall be attentive and responsive to the aforesaid keeper, in those things which may pertain to the safety and peace of himself and of the King's faithful subjects in the said land of Scotland, and also to the repelling and pursuit of our said enemies, with horses and arms and all their power, whenever need shall arise, and whenever, on behalf of the King, they shall be forewarned thereof by the said keeper. And this, as they love the King and his honor, let them in no wise omit. In witness whereof, etc. Witness the King, as above.
Johannes de Britannia comes Richmundiæ, custos Scotia constitutus.
REX omnibus, ad quos, &c. salutem. Sciatis quòd constituimus dilectum consanguineum & fidelem nostrum, Johannem de Britannia, comitem Richmund', locum nostrum tenentem in Scotia, & custodem nostrum ejusdem terræ quamdiu nobis placuerit: Ità quod habeat & retineat, de propriâ familiâ suâ, in eadem terrâ, sexaginta homines ad arma pro custodiâ terræ supradictæ: Et à festo sancti Michaelis proximò futuro usque ad festum Purificationis beatæ Mariæ proximò sequens, utroque die computato, capiat à nobis, singulis diebus, decem marcas per manus camerarii nostri terræ prædictæ, qui pro tempore fuerit, pro prædictorum hominum ad arma sustentatione. In cujus rei, &c. Teste Rege, apud Eborum, xiii. die Sept'. Per breve de privato sigillo. ET mandatum est episcopis, abbatibus, prioribus, comitibus, baronibus, militibus, vicecomitibus, ministris & omnibus ballivis & fidelibus suis, ac toti communitati terræ Scotia, quòd eidem comiti, tanquain locum Regis tenenti in eâdem terrâ, & custodi Regis ejusdem terræ, in omnibus, quæ ad custodiam terræ illius pertinent, intendentes sint & respondentes, sicut prædictum est. In cujus, &c. Teste Rege ut supra. ET mandatum est vic' Lanc' Westmerl' Cumbr' & Northumbr', militibus, ballivis, ministris, & omnibus aliis fidelibus Regis de eisdem comitatibus tam infra libertates quam extra, firmiter injungentes quod præfato custodi in his quæ ad salvationem & quietem suam & fidelium Regis in dictâ terrâ Scotia; Nec non & ad repulsionem & insecutionem dictorum inimicorum nostrorum poterunt pertinere, cum equis & armis, & toto posse suo intendentes sint & respondentes, quotiens necesse fuerit, & super hoc, ex parte Regis, per præfatum custodem fuerint præmuniti. Et hoc sicut Regem & honorem suum diligunt, nullatenus omittant. In cujus, &c. Teste Rege, ut supra.
Around 19th March 1311 the nobility attempt to constrain King Edward II of England [aged 26] by imposing a Council of Ordainers upon him. The Council included twenty-one signatories including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 39].
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 36].
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 33].
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford [aged 19].
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury.
John Capet 4th Earl Richmond [aged 45].
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal [aged 33], and.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 36].
On 3rd November 1311 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 27] exiled by "The New Ordinances", a series of regulations imposed upon King Edward II by the peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England to restrict the power of the English monarch. The twenty-one signatories, consisting of eight earls, seven bishops and six barons, of the Ordinances are referred to as the Lords Ordainers:
Earls:
John Capet 4th Earl Richmond [aged 45]
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 39]
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford [aged 20]
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 36]
Bishops:
Archbishop Robert Winchelsey [aged 66]
Barons:
Hugh de Vere 1st Baron Vere [aged 54]
Hugh Courtenay, Baron of Okehampton [aged 35].
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal [aged 34]
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 37]
Article 20 describes at length the offences committed by Gaveston; he was once more condemned to exile and was to abjure the realm by 1 November.
Collectanea by John Leland [1502-1552]. James Duglas, and Thomas Randol Capitaines of the Scottes seyng this, made a greate Rode into Northumbreland, and destroiyng the Contery aboute went forth to Northalreton, and brent it. And King Edward seyng this, reysid his Host beyond Trent, and they encounterid with the Scottes at Beighlande Abbaye xv Dayes after Michelmes1, and there were the Englisch menne discumfited. And there John of Bretayne [aged 56] Erle of Richemont, Ennemy to Thomas Lancastre, was taken Prisoner, and after delyverid for a great Raunsom went yn to Fraunce, and never returnid in to England agayn.
Note 1. The Battle of Old Byland was fought on the 14th October 1322.
Sempringham Continuation. In the month of October next following, sir Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, pursued the king of England as far as to Blackmoor, and on 21st October 1322 the army of the king of England was defeated by the Scots near the town of Coxwold, and the earl of Richmond [aged 56] was taken prisoner by the Scotch, and sir John Darcy, and many other knights and esquires, and others of the ranks, fled to York, and the Scotch burnt all the country and laid it waste as far as York, and came over the Wolds to Malton and all round, and they plundered all the country.
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 17th January 1334 John Capet 4th Earl Richmond [aged 68] died. His nephew John [aged 47] succeeded 5th Earl Richmond.
Bourgeois de Valenciennes. Meanwhile there came the Earl of Hereford1, Lord John of Brittany, Lord William of Mortimer, and Lord John of St John, with a great number of men-at-arms, to relieve the people of Blaye on behalf of King Edward.
Et entretant vindrent le conte de Herefort, monseigneur Jehan de Bretaingne, monseigneur Guillaume de Mortemer, monseigneur Jehan de Saint-Jehan, à plenté de gens d'armes, pour secourre ceulx de Blaves de par le roy Édouart.
Note 1. The reference to the Earl of Hereford a mistake for the Henry de Lacy, around 1251-1311, Earl of Lincoln and Salisbury. The Earl of Hereford, Humphrey de Bohun, and the Earl of Norfolk, Roger Bigod, were in dispute with the King as to whether he was, as a vassal, obliged to fight in France. John of Brittany, around 1266-1334, Earl of Richmond, nephew of King Edward IV being the son of King Edward's sister [his mother] Beatrice. Lord William of Mortimer died 1297, son of Roger, 1st Baron Mortimer, and John St John, -1302, Lieutenant of the Duchy of Aquitaine in 1293.
Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 11 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 3 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VI King of the Franks 
2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France 10 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainaut 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainaut 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Grandfather: John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Thouars V Viscount Thouars
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Thouars IV Viscount Thouars 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Thouars 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Brown" VII of Lusignan II Count of La Marche 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Lusignan Viscountess Thouars
Great x 4 Grandmother: Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany 2 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan "Black" Penthièvre 1st Earl Richmond 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Conan "The Young" Penthièvre IV Duke Brittany Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Canhiart I Duchess Brittany Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria 
son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 
3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
father: John II Duke Brittany 3 x Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois 
Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Champagne 2 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King of the Franks 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald IV King Navarre Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sancho "Wise" King Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon 
-2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon 11 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandmother: Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guichard IV of Beaujeu
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy
John Capet 4th Earl Richmond Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem 
9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England 
son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Empress Matilda daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: King John of England son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault
Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wulfgrin II Count Angoulême 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Taillefer" VI Count Angoulême 11 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Pontia La Marche Countess Angoulême
Great x 2 Grandfather: Aymer I Count Angoulême 12 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VI King of the Franks 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France 10 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay 
4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helene du Donjon
mother: Beatrice Plantagenet daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond V Count Barcelona 
11 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon -2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon -2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy 11 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy 12 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence 13 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: William I Count Geneva
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy