Maternal Family Tree: William VIII Marquis of Montferrat
On 26th April 1411 [his father] John Jacob Marquis of Montferrat [aged 16] and [his mother] Joan of Savoy were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Amadeus "Red Count" Savoy VII Count Savoy and [his grandmother] Bonne Valois Countess Armagnac and Savoy [aged 46].
On 19th July 1420 William VIII Marquis of Montferrat was born to John Jacob Marquis of Montferrat [aged 25] and Joan of Savoy.
On 12th March 1445 [his father] John Jacob Marquis of Montferrat [aged 49] died. His succeeded son [his brother] John [aged 31] succeeded IV Marquis Montferrat.
In December 1458 [his brother] John IV Marquis of Montferrat [aged 45] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol [aged 19] were married. Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol by marriage Marchioness Montferrat. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of 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.
In 1460 [his mother] Joan of Savoy died.
On 19th January 1464 John IV Marquis of Montferrat [aged 50] died without legitimate issue. His succeeded brother William [aged 43] succeeded VIII Marquis Montferrat.
On 19th January 1465 William VIII Marquis of Montferrat [aged 44] and Marie Foix Marquis Montferrat [aged 13] were married. Marie Foix Marquis Montferrat by marriage Marchioness Montferrat. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Gaston IV Count Foix [aged 42] and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre [aged 38]. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1467 [his wife] Marie Foix Marquis Montferrat [aged 15] died.
In 18th July 1469 William VIII Marquis of Montferrat [aged 48] and Elizabetta Sforza Marquis Montferrat [aged 13] were married. Elizabetta Sforza Marquis Montferrat by marriage Marchioness Montferrat.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 6th January 1474 William VIII Marquis of Montferrat [aged 53] and Bernarde de Brosse Marquis Monferrat were married. She by marriage Marchioness Montferrat. They were fifth cousins.
In 1483 [his brother] Boniface III Marquis of Montferrat [aged 56] and [his sister-in-law] Helena of Brosse Marquis Montferrat were married. She by marriage Marchioness Montferrat/. His second wife. They were fifth cousins.
On 27th February 1483 William VIII Marquis of Montferrat [aged 62] died. His succeeded brother Boniface [aged 56] succeeded Marquis Montferrat.
On 17th February 1485 [his former wife] Bernarde de Brosse Marquis Monferrat died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 2 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 8 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Father: John Jacob Marquis of Montferrat
William VIII Marquis of Montferrat 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders 13 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus V "Great" Savoy 14 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Fieschi
Great x 2 Grandfather: Aymon "Peaceful" Savoy Count Savoy 15 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybille Bagé
Great x 1 Grandfather: Amadeus "Green Count" Savoy VI Count Savoy 16 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Palaeologina Countess Savoy
GrandFather: Amadeus "Red Count" Savoy VII Count Savoy 17 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bonne Bourbon Countess Savoy
Mother: Joan of Savoy Great Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois
Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois
Great Grand Daughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France
Son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France
Grand Daughter of King Louis IX of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy
Daughter of King Louis IX of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Valois 1st Duke Berry
Son of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia
6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
GrandMother: Bonne Valois Countess Armagnac and Savoy
Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard VI Count Armagnac
Great x 2 Grandfather: John I Count Armagnac
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Louis IX of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont
Son of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bourbon
Grand Son of King Louis IX of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Burgundy
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac
Great Grand Daughter of King Louis IX of France