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Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 17th January 1853 Alva Erskine Smith was born to [her father] Murray Forbes Smith at 201 Government Street.
On 20th April 1875 William Kissam Vanderbilt (age 25) and Alva Erskine Smith (age 22) were married at Calvary Church, Manhattan.
On 2nd March 1877 [her daughter] Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlborough was born to [her husband] William Kissam Vanderbilt (age 27) and Alva Erskine Smith (age 24) at New York. She was named after her godmother Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester (age 24). She married (1) 6th November 1895 Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke of Marlborough, son of George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough and Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough, and had issue (2) 4th July 1921 Jacques Balsan.
Around 1895 Winthrop Rutherford (age 32) proposed marriage to [her daughter] Consuelo Vanderbilt (age 17). The proposal was not approved of by Consuelo's mother Alva Erskine Smith (age 41) who took her daughter away to Europe.
In March 1895 William Kissam Vanderbilt (age 45) and Alva Erskine Smith (age 42) were divorced.
On 6th November 1895 [her son-in-law] Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke of Marlborough (age 23) and [her daughter] Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlborough (age 18) were married at St Thomas' Church New York. She by marriage Duchess Marlborough. The marriage arranged by Mary "Minnie" Fiske Stevens (age 42) and encouraged by mother Alva Erskine Smith (age 42). The marriage was unhappy; they separated in 1906 and the marriage was annulled on 19th Augiust 1926. He the son of George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough and Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough (age 48).
The marriage settlement provided for the Duke to receive a $2,500,000 trust that would pay $100,000 per year. Consuelo also received a further $100,000 per year. The combined annual income of $200,000 (£40,000) more than doubled the income the Duke had enjoyed from his estates prior to the marriage. Consuelo and the Duke also acquired several large gifts from her father, William K. Vanderbilt, including a palatial London townhouse and a reported sum of $1,000,000 in cash to mark the Duke's safe return from South Africa.
On 22nd July 1920 [her former husband] William Kissam Vanderbilt (age 70) died.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1921 [her son-in-law] Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke of Marlborough (age 49) and [her daughter] Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlborough (age 43) were divorced.
On 4th July 1921 [her son-in-law] Jacques Balsan (age 52) and [her daughter] Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlborough (age 44) were married.
On 26th January 1933 Alva Erskine Smith (age 80) died.
GrandFather: George Smith
Father: Murray Forbes Smith