Paternal Family Tree: Reginar aka Percy
In or before 1165 [his father] Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine [aged 22] and [his mother] Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Lorraine. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg [aged 53] and [his grandmother] Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg. He the son of Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine and Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
In 1165 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant was born to Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine [aged 23] and Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine [aged 27].
In 1173 [his mother] Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine [aged 35] died.
In or after 1173 [his father] Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine [aged 31] and [his step-mother] Imagina Loon Duchess Lower Lorraine [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Lorraine. She the daughter of Louis I Count Loon [aged 65] and Agnes Metz Countess Loon [aged 59]. He the son of [his grandfather] Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine and [his grandmother] Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine.
In 1180 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 15] was appointed VIII Duke Lower Lorraine.
In 1183 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 18] was appointed Count Louvain.
Before 1190 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 24] and Maud Metz [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne. He the son of Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine [aged 47] and Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine. They were fifth cousins. She a granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
Around 1190 [his daughter] Adelaide Reginar was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 25] and [his wife] Maud Metz [aged 20]. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England. She married (1) 1206 Arnold III Count Loon (2) after 1221 William Auvergne X Count Auvergne.
In 1190 Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne.
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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Around 1190 [his daughter] Marie Reginar Countess Holland was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 25] and [his wife] Maud Metz [aged 20]. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England. She married 1220 her half third cousin William Gerulfing I Count Holland, son of Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland and Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland.
On 21st August 1190 [his father] Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine [aged 48] died.
In 1191 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 26] was appointed I Duke Brabant.
On 8th September 1191 [his brother] Bishop Albert Reginar [aged 25] was appointed Bishop Louvain.
In 1192 [his daughter] Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 27] and [his wife] Maud Metz [aged 22]. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England. She married January 1206 Gerard III Count Guelders, son of Otto I Count Guelders and Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders, and had issue.
On 24th November 1192 [his brother] Bishop Albert Reginar [aged 26] was assassinated at Reims.
Around 1200 [his daughter] Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 35] and [his wife] Maud Metz [aged 30]. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England. She married (1) 1212 her third cousin once removed Henry Welf VI Count Palatine of the Rhine (2) 6th December 1214 her half third cousin once removed Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland, son of William Gerulfing I Count Holland and Adelaide Guelders Countess Holland, and had issue.
In 1206 [his son-in-law] Arnold III Count Loon and Adelaide Reginar [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 41] and Maud Metz [aged 36].
In January 1206 [his son-in-law] Gerard III Count Guelders [aged 21] and Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 41] and Maud Metz [aged 36]. He the son of Otto I Count Guelders [aged 56] and Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders [aged 33].
In 1207 [his son] Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 42] and [his wife] Maud Metz [aged 37]. He a great grandson of King Stephen I England. He married in or before 1224 Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant and had issue.
In 1209 [his son] Godfrey Reginar was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 44] and [his wife] Maud Metz [aged 39]. He a great grandson of King Stephen I England. He married before 21st January 1254 Marie van Oudenaarde.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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On 16th October 1210 [his wife] Maud Metz [aged 40] died.
In 1211 Philip Flanders I Marquis Namur [aged 36] and [his future wife] Marie Capet [aged 13] were married. He died a year later. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] King Philip II of France [aged 45] and Agnes of Merania Queen Consort France. He the son of Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut and Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1212 [his son-in-law] Henry Welf VI Count Palatine of the Rhine [aged 15] and Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Palatine of the Rhine. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 47] and Maud Metz. They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 22nd April 1213 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 48] and Marie Capet [aged 15] were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of King Philip II of France [aged 47] and Agnes of Merania Queen Consort France. He the son of Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine and Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine.
After 22nd April 1213, the date of her parent's marriage, [his daughter] Elizabeth Reginar was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 48] and [his wife] Marie Capet [aged 15]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 6th December 1214 [his son-in-law] Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland [aged 4] and Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Countess Holland. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 49] and Maud Metz. He the son of William Gerulfing I Count Holland [aged 47] and Adelaide Guelders Countess Holland. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
In 1220 [his son-in-law] William Gerulfing I Count Holland [aged 53] and Marie Reginar Countess Holland [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Holland. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 55] and Maud Metz. He the son of Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland and Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland. They were half third cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
After 1221 [his son-in-law] William Auvergne X Count Auvergne [aged 29] and Adelaide Reginar [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 56] and Maud Metz.
On 14th July 1223 [his father-in-law] King Philip II of France [aged 57] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Louis [aged 35] succeeded VIII King France: Capet. Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France [aged 35] by marriage Queen Consort of France.
In or before 1224 Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant [aged 16] and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant were married. He the son of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 58] and Maud Metz.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 8th November 1226 [his brother-in-law] King Louis VIII of France [aged 39] died. His son Louis [aged 12] succeeded IX King France: Capet.
In 1231 [his daughter] Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders [aged 39] died.
On 18th January 1234 [his brother-in-law] Philip Capet Count Boulogne [aged 33] died.
On 5th September 1235 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 70] died. His son Henry [aged 28] succeeded II Duke Brabant. Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant by marriage Duchess Brabant.
On 15th August 1238 [his former wife] Marie Capet [aged 40] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [6]
Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [1]
Margaret of France Queen Consort England [1]
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [2]
Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [1]
Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [1]
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [1]
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [1]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [2]
Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [2]
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [1]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [6]
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [1]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [4]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [10]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [8]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [12]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [11]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [20]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Francis II King France King Consort Scotland [1]
Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [15]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [24]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [24]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [6]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [8]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [8]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [5]
Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [1]
Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [1]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [12]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [12]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [15]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [8]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [12]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [34]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [12]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [42]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [12]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [24]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [24]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [24]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [18]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [12]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [18]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [26]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [14]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [26]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [36]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [26]
Frederick William III King Prussia [12]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [26]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [24]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [40]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [26]
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [2]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [66]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [76]
King Christian IX of Denmark [39]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [52]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [63]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [144]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [144]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [36]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [72]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [76]
Constantine I King Greece [39]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [105]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [180]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [216]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [170]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [255]
Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [2]
Constantine II King Hellenes [2]
Carl XVI King Sweden [355]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lambert "Bearded" Reginar I Count Louvain
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lambert Reginar II Count Louvain 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberga Carolingian Duchess Lower Lorraine 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Count Louvain 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gothelo "The Coward" Ardennes II Duke Lower Lorraine 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Oda Ardennes Countess Louvain 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain
Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto Chiny 2nd Count Chiny
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ida Chiny Countess Louvain
father: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Berenger II Sulzbach
Grandmother: Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine
Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg Count Limburg Count Arlon 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg I Duke Lower Lorraine 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Luxemburg Ardennes Duke Lower Lorraine 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jutta Luxemburg Ardennes Countess Limburg and Arlon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberga Flanders Duchess Lower Lorraine 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Botho Pottenstein
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Pottenstein Duchess Lower Lorraine
Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jutta von Wassenberg Wassenburg Duchess Lower Lorraine
mother: Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg