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Maternal Family Tree: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence 1180-1242
Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was appointed Elizabeth Queen Consort Spain.
On 18th August 1572 [her father] Henry IV King France [aged 18] and [her step-mother] Margaret Valois Queen Consort France [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 53]. He the son of [her grandfather] Antoine King Navarre and [her grandmother] Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. They were second cousins.
On 17th December 1600 [her father] Henry IV King France [aged 47] and [her mother] Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [her grandfather] Antoine King Navarre and [her grandmother] Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins.
On 22nd November 1602 Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was born to Henry IV King France [aged 48] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 27].
On 16th July 1608 [her illegitimate half-brother] César Bourbon Vendôme 1st Duke Vendôme [aged 14] and [her sister-in-law] Françoise Lorraine Duchess Vendôme [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Vendôme. He the illegitmate son of [her father] Henry IV King France [aged 54] and Gabrielle d'Estrées. They were half third cousin once removed.
In 1609 Henry Bourbon Condé II Prince Condé [aged 20] and Charlotte Marguerite Montmorency Princess Condé [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Princess Condé. A marriage arranged by [her father] Henry IV King France [aged 55] who wanted her for a mistress; the couple travelled to Brussels to avoid his attention. He the son of Henri Bourbon Condé Prince Condé and Charlotte Catherine Tremoille Princess Condé. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1610 Philip IV King Spain [aged 4] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 7] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. She the daughter of Henry IV King France [aged 56] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 34]. He the son of Philip III King Spain [aged 31] and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [aged 25]. They were second cousins.
On 14th May 1610 [her father] Henry IV King France [aged 56] was murdered by François Ravaillac, a Catholic zealot who stabbed him while his coach was stopped on Rue de la Ferronnerie. His son [her brother] Louis [aged 8] succeeded XIII King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.
On 17th November 1611 [her brother] Nicolas Henri Bourbon Duke Orléans [aged 4] died.
In 1615 [her brother] Louis XIII King France [aged 13] and [her sister-in-law] Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Philip III King Spain [aged 36] and [her mother-in-law] Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 39]. They were second cousins.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 31st March 1621 [her father-in-law] Philip III King Spain [aged 42] died. His son [her husband] Philip [aged 15] succeeded IV King Spain.
On 14th August 1621 [her son] Maria Margaret Habsburg Spain was born to [her husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 16] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 18]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%. He died aged less than one years old.
On 15th August 1621 [her son] Maria Margaret Habsburg Spain died.
On 25th November 1623 [her son] Margaret Maria Catherine Habsburg Spain was born to [her husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 18] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 21]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%. He died aged less than one years old.
On 22nd December 1623 [her son] Margaret Maria Catherine Habsburg Spain died.
On 1st May 1625 [her brother-in-law] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 24] and [her sister] Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [aged 15] were married by proxy at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of [her father] Henry IV King France and [her mother] Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 50]. He the son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland. They were third cousin once removed.
On 21st November 1625 [her son] Maria Eugenia Habsburg Spain was born to [her husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 20] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 22]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%. He died aged one in 1627.
On 21st August 1627 [her son] Maria Eugenia Habsburg Spain [aged 1] died.
On 31st October 1627 [her son] Isabella Maria Theresa Habsburg Spain was born to [her husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 22] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 24]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%. He died aged less than one years old.
On 1st November 1627 [her son] Isabella Maria Theresa Habsburg Spain died.
On 17th October 1629 [her son] Balthasar Charles Habsburg Spain Prince Asturias was born to [her husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 24] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 26]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%.
On 27th June 1630 the future [her nephew] Charles II was baptised by Archbishop William Laud [aged 56] at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. [her brother] Louis XIII King France [aged 28] and [her mother] Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 55] were godparents.
Robert Kerr 1st Earl Ancram [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Ancram.
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 January 1631 Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 19] and Elizabeth Ashburnham [aged 18] were married. After the wedding [her brother-in-law] King Charles I [aged 30], [her sister] Henrietta Maria [aged 21] and Susan Feilding, Countess of Denbigh [aged 48] wrote to congratulate his mother Jane, Baroness Cornwallis Bacon [aged 50], and ask her to forgive him for his disobedience and return him to her favour. Denbigh said Ashburnham was her cousin "though her family be unfortunate".
On 20th February 1631 Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bohemia. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Philip III King Spain and [her mother-in-law] Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 52] and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress. They were first cousins.
On 12th March 1634 [her son] Francis Ferdinand Habsburg Spain was born to [her husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 28] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 31]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%. He died aged less than one years old.
On 12th March 1634 [her son] Francis Ferdinand Habsburg Spain died.
On 17th January 1636 [her daughter] Maria Anna "Mariana" Habsburg Spain was born to [her husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 30] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 33]. She died a month later. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%.
On 5th December 1636 [her daughter] Maria Anna "Mariana" Habsburg Spain died.
On 18th November 1637 Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor [aged 29] succeeded III Holy Roman Emperor. [her sister-in-law] Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress [aged 31] by marriage Holy Roman Empress.
On 20th September 1638 [her daughter] Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France was born to [her husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 33] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 35]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%. She married 1660 her double first cousin Louis "Sun King" XIV King France, son of Louis XIII King France and Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France, and had issue.
On 3rd July 1642 [her mother] Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 67] died.
On 14th May 1643 [her brother] Louis XIII King France [aged 41] died. His son [her future son-in-law] Louis [aged 4] succeeded XIV King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 6th October 1644 Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 41] died.
In 1649 [her former husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 43] and Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor [aged 40] and [her former sister-in-law] Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Philip III King Spain and [her former mother-in-law] Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. They were uncle and niece.
On 17th September 1665 [her former husband] Philip IV King Spain [aged 60] died. His son Charles [aged 3] succeeded II King Spain.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Daughter of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 
3 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 4 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons 5 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 4 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy
Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 5 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Valois I Duke Alençon 2 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois II Duke Alençon 2 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Montfort Duchess Alençon Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rene Valois Duke Alençon 3 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John IV Count Armagnac Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Armagnac Duchess Alençon 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Évreux Countess Armagnac Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 1 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Antoine Count of Vaudémont 4 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont 5 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Countess of Harcourt 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Valois Anjou 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
father: Henry IV King France 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Victorious" VII King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Albret 2 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alain "Great" Albret 3 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Rohan
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jean III King Navarre 4 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Viscount of Limoges 3 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Francois Chatillon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre Great Grandson of Charles "Victorious" VII King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gaston V Count Foix Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre 
daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre Granddaughter of Charles "Victorious" VII King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Victorious" VII King France son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalena Valois Countess Foix daughter of Charles "Victorious" VII King France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 2 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Victorious" VII King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans son of King Charles V of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois Orléans Grandson of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême Great Grandson of King Charles V of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Rohan
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Landless" Savoy II Duke Savoy 2 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise of Savoy Countess Angoulême 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bourbon 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain daughter of Henry IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pierfrancesco "The Elder" de Medici
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giovanni de' Medici
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lodovico de Medici aka Giovanni delle Bande Nere
Great x 1 Grandfather: Cosimo I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Grandfather: Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
mother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 3 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor 16 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Bourbon 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Aragon -2 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Aragon son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon 8 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Castile Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Queen Castile 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Castile 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 2 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Władysław II Jagiełło
Great x 3 Grandfather: Casimir IV King Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia of Halshany
Great x 2 Grandfather: Vladislaus II King Hungary 6 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 4 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 2 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Foix 1st Earl Kendal 5 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gaston de Foix 2nd Earl Kendal 6 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Kerdeston Countess Foix 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Foix Countess Kendal Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre daughter of John II King Aragon