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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Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal 1154-1211

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

In 1146 Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 36] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy [aged 51] and [his grandmother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy. He the son of Henry Burgundy Count Portugal and Teresa Alfónsez Jiménez.

On 11th November 1154 Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal was born to Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 45] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 29]. His nickname "Populator" not a consequence of the number of children he fathered, over sixty apparently, but his policy of populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal.

On 3rd December 1157 Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 32] died.

Before 15th August 1171 Ferdinand II King Leon [aged 34] and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of [his father] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 62] and [his mother] Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. They were half second cousins.

On 6th December 1185 Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 76] died. His son Sancho [aged 31] succeeded I King Portugal and reigned for twenty six years.

In 1188 [his son] Raymond Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [aged 33] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He died aged less than one years old.

On 23rd February 1188 [his son] Peter Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [aged 33] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

On 9th March 1188 [his son] Raymond Burgundy died.

On 24th March 1188 [his son] Ferdinand Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [aged 33] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He married January 1212 his third cousin once removed Joan I Countess Flanders, daughter of Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut and Marie Blois Countess Flanders.

In March 1189 [his son] Henry Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [aged 34] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He died the same year.

In 1191 Alfonso IX King Leon [aged 19] and Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [aged 36] and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Ferdinand II King Leon and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [aged 43]. They were first cousins.

In 1194 Odo III Duke Burgundy [aged 28] and [his sister] Theresa Burgundy Duchess Burgundy [aged 43] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of [his father] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal and [his mother] Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Hugh III Duke Burgundy and Alice Metz Duchess Burgundy. They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 3rd August 1202 [his son] Constanza Burgundy [aged 20] died.

In 1211 Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [aged 63] died.

On 26th March 1211 Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [aged 56] died. His son Alfonso [aged 25] succeeded II King Portugal. Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal [aged 23] by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.

Royal Ancestors of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal 1154-1211

Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 8 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal 1154-1211
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon [1]

Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal [1]

Mafalda Burgundy Queen Consort Castile [1]

Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark [1]

Ancestors of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal 1154-1211

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh I King of the Franks -2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 2 x Great Granddaughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert I Duke Burgundy Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Gallant" Burgundy Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy

Grandfather: Henry Burgundy Count Portugal 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Father: Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho García

Great x 3 Grandmother: Muniadona García Queen Consort Pamplona

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso "Noble" V King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elviro Garcia Queen Galicia

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sancha Astur Leonese

Great x 4 Grandfather: Menendo González

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elvira González Queen Consort Leon

Grandmother: Teresa Alfónsez Jiménez

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jimena Munoz

Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

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 4 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy

Great x 2 Grandfather: William I Count Burgundy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy

Mother: Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal 11 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy