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Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme was appointed Duke Vendôme.
In 1484 Giacomo or Jacques Savoy Count Romont [aged 33] and [his mother] Marie Luxembourg Countess Vendôme and Soissons were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Peter Luxembourg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons and [his grandmother] Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol. He the son of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. They were uncle and niece. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1487 [his father] Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons [aged 17] and [his mother] Marie Luxembourg Countess Vendôme and Soissons were married. She by marriage Countess Vendôme. He by marriage Count Soissons. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Peter Luxembourg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons and [his grandmother] Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol. He the son of John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme and Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme.
On 2nd June 1489 Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme was born to Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons [aged 19] and Marie Luxembourg Countess Vendôme and Soissons.
On 30th October 1495 [his father] Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons [aged 25] died. His son Charles [aged 6] succeeded Count Vendôme.
On 8th May 1513 Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 23] and Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Vendôme. She the daughter of Rene Valois Duke Alençon and Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon [aged 50]. He the son of Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and Marie Luxembourg Countess Vendôme and Soissons. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 9th June 1513 [his brother-in-law] Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise [aged 16] and [his sister] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and [his mother] Marie Luxembourg Countess Vendôme and Soissons. He the son of René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar and Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine [aged 46]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1514 [his son] Louis Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 24] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 24]. He died in 1516.
On 29th October 1515 [his daughter] Marie Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 26] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 25].
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In 1516 [his daughter] Marguerite Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 26] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 26]. She married 1538 her fifth cousin Francis I Duke Nevers and had issue.
On 22nd April 1518 [his son] Antoine King Navarre was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 28] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 28]. He married 20th October 1548 his third cousin Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of Navarre and Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre, and had issue.
On 23rd September 1519 [his son] Francis Bourbon Count of Enghien was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 30] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 29].
In 1521 [his daughter] Abbess Madeleine Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 31] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 31].
In 1522 [his son] Louis Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 32] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 32]. He died young in 1525.
On 22nd September 1523 [his son] Cardinal Charles Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 34] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 33].
In 1525 [his daughter] Catherine Bourbon Abbess of Soissons was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 35] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 35].
On 11th April 1525 [his brother-in-law] Charles Valois IV Duke Alençon [aged 35] died.
In 1527 [his brother-in-law] Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise [aged 30] was created 1st Duke Guise. [his sister] Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Guise.
In 1527 [his daughter] Renee Bourbon Abbess of Chelles was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 37] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 37].
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On 6th July 1528 [his son] Jean Bourbon Count Soissons and Enghien was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 39] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 38]. He married 14th June 1557 his first cousin Marie Bourbon, daughter of Francis Bourbon Duke Estouteville and Adrienne Estouteville Duchess Estouteville.
On 7th May 1530 [his son] Louis Bourbon Prince Condé was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 40] and [his wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 40]. He married 1. 1551 Eléanor de Roucy de Roye Princess Condé and had issue 2. 8th November 1565 his sixth cousin Francoise Valois Princess Condé and had issue.
The Maner of the Triumphe at Caleys and Bulleyn. 11th October 1532. I1 will certyfye you of our newes in the partyes of Calais. Fyrst the xj. day of October whiche was Fryday in the mornyng at. v. of the clocke the kynges grace toke his Shyppe called the Swallowe and so came to Caleys by. x. of the clocke. And there he was receyved with processyon and with the mayre and the lorde delite and all the speres [knights] and the sowdyours in araye with a greate peale of gonnes and laye in Caleys tyll the Sondaye seuenyght after. And on the. xvj. day of October my lorde of Norffolke [aged 59] accompanyed with my lord of Darby [aged 23] and a great nombre of gentilmen besydes mette with the great mayster of Fraunce vj. myles fro Calays at the englysshe pale the sayd great mayster hauynge two greate lordes in his company of theyr ordre and a hondred gentylmen attendynge vpon them. And there my lorde of Norffolke and the greate mayster deuysed the place where the two kynges sholde mete whiche was at Sandyngfelde. And that done they wente bothe to Caleys with theyr companyes. And the sayd greate mayster with dyuerse other straungers dyned that daye with ye Kynge. And after dyner my lorde of Norffolke brought them forth on theyr way a myle or two and so departed for that tyme.
Note 1. In the Second Edition, the text begins with:
The names of the noble men of Fraunce.
Fyrst the frensshe Kynge.
The kynge of Nauerne [Henry d'Albret, King of Navarre [aged 29]]
The Dolphyn Duke of Brytayne Frauncys [aged 14].
The duke of Orlyaunce Henry [aged 13].
The duke of Angoulesme Charles [aged 10].
The duke of Vendosme Charles [aged 43].
The [his brother-in-law] duke of Guyse [aged 35].
The duke of Longouille [aged 22].
The cardynall of Burbon.
The cardynall of Lorrayne [aged 34]
The Legate and cardynall chaunceler of Fraunce Antony de prayt [aged 69].
The cardynal tournon.
The cardynal gramond [aged 46].
The marques of Lorayne de pont.
The marques of Rochelyne.
The two sonnes of the duke of Vendosme.
The sone of the duke of Guyse conte damualle. [D'Aumale]
The conte of saynt Poule Frauncys ile Burbon.
The conte of Neuers.
The conute [sic] Loys de Neuers conte danseore.
The lorde marshal! seigneur de Floraynge.
The lorde myrepois marshall de la foy. [A descendant of Guy de Lews, -who -was elected marshall of the Crusaders "who marched against the jilbigenses; hence his successors -were all called Marec/iaux de la Foi. He received the lands of Afire foix, in Languedoc, in return for hit services. The family became very illustrious, and tve refer readers ivho have the time and patience to study a very curious piece of family history, to the turnings of Carrier and Lognac.]
The conte de porsean.
The conte de bresne.
The conte de tonnore. [The Comte de Tonnerre.]
The conte de sensare.
The conte de grant pre.
The conte d'apremont.
The lorde greate mayster Anne de Momerancy [aged 39].
The lorde admarald Philyp Schabbot [aged 40].
The lorde grand esquyer Galliot.
The prynce of molse.
The conte de tande. [This is undoubtedly Honorat, son of Pillars, Comte de Tende, natural son of Philip, duke of Sairoy. Villars had been killed at Pavia in 1525. Honorat's daughter married the great duke de Mayenne.]
The conte de villars. [Andre de Brancas, contte de Villars.]
The conte de estampes Johan de la berre. [Jean de Berri, ccmte d'Etampes,]
The conte de chambre. [Chambery?]
The lorde canamples.
The lorde barbeluiez.
The lorde hummeres. [Probably Henry de Cre'vant d'Humieres, ancestor of the celebrated marechal d' Humiercs.]
The lorde roche piot.
The lorde of saynt Andrews.
The lorde montigeu.
The lorde roche guyon.
The lorde piennes.
The lorde pontremy.
Monsieur de longe.
Monsieur de belley. Probably Martin du Bel/ay, prince a" T-vetot.
The archebysshop of Roan.
The archebysshop of Vienne.
The bysshop of Lyseures.
The bysshop of Langres.
The bysshop of Charttres.
The bysshop of Lymoges.
The bysshop of beauuoys.
The bysshop of Auuergne.
The bysshop of Macon.
The bysshop of Castres.
The bysshop of Paris.
The bysshop of Angoulesme.
And as concernynge the nobles and ryall states of this realme it necleth not to expresse by name.
On 9th February 1534 [his brother] Francis Bourbon Duke Estouteville [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Adrienne Estouteville Duchess Estouteville [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Saint Pol. He by marriage Duke Estouteville. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [his father] Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and [his mother] Marie Luxembourg Countess Vendôme and Soissons.
On 25th March 1537 Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme [aged 47] died. His son Antoine [aged 18] succeeded Duke Vendôme.
On 14th September 1550 [his former wife] Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme [aged 60] died.
[his daughter] Leonore Bourbon was born to Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme and Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 4 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 9 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 
Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche 2 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugues Châtillon Seigneur de Leuze 6 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche 7 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 3 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Vendome
Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 4 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: RAOUL MONTFORT
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Montfort Baron Laval
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy 10th de Laval Baron
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy 12th de Laval Baron 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Montfort Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne 13th de Laval Baroness Laval 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
father: Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons 5 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme
Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 4 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy of Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny 
8 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Luxembourg II Count of Brienne and Conversano 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Count of Enghien
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Nicholas Orsini 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Sabran
Grandfather: Peter Luxembourg II Count Saint Pol and Soissons 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar 2 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry of Bar Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Bar daughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons 7 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie de Coucy Countess Soissons Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons 
daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Countess Marle, Soissons and Meaux
mother: Marie Luxembourg Countess Vendôme and Soissons 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus "Green Count" Savoy VI Count Savoy 16 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus "Red Count" Savoy VII Count Savoy 17 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Bourbon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Valois 1st Duke Berry son of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonne Valois Countess Armagnac and Savoy Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis IX of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France son of King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy son of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxembourg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Valois Countess Savoy Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 
Grandson of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy Great Granddaughter of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Margaret Savoy Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Janus of Cyprus
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephano Visconti
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernabò Visconti
Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Doria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anglesia Visconti
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mastino II della Scala
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Regina della Scala
Great x 4 Grandmother: Taddea da Carrara