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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Biography of Maud Queen Consort Scotland 1074-1131

Paternal Family Tree: Northumbria

Maternal Family Tree: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu 1030-1089

In 1070 [her father] Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and [her mother] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Earldorman Northumbria, Countess Huntingdon. She, Judith, a niece of King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 42]. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Lambert Flanders II Count Lens and [her grandmother] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu [aged 40]. He the son of Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria and Aelfflaed Northumbria.

Around 1074 Maud Queen Consort Scotland was born to [her father] Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and [her mother] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon [aged 20].

Revolt of the Earls

In or before 1086 [her son-in-law] William Brito de Albini and Maud Senlis were married. She the daughter of Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 11].

After 1086 [her mother] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon [deceased] died.

Around 1095 [her son] Walteof Senlis was born to [her husband] Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 21].

Around 1098 [her son] Simon Senlis 4th Earl Huntingdon 4th Earl of Northampton was born to [her husband] Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 24]. He married in or before 1138 his half fifth cousin once removed Isabel Beaumont Countess Huntingdon and Northampton, daughter of Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester and Amice Gael Countess Leicester, and had issue.

After 1111 King David I of Scotland [aged 27] and Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 37] were married. He by marriage Earl Huntingdon. She the daughter of Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon. He the son of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland.

In 1114 [her son] Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria was born to [her husband] King David I of Scotland [aged 30] and Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 40]. He married before 1139 his half sixth cousin Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria, daughter of William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey, and had issue.

Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes

Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.

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Around 1114 [her son-in-law] Robert de Clare [aged 50] and Maud Senlis were married. She the daughter of Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 40]. They were half third cousin twice removed.

In 1116 [her sister-in-law] Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne [aged 34] died.

On 1st May 1118 [her sister-in-law] Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England [aged 38] died at Westminster Palace [Map]. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 23rd April 1124 [her brother-in-law] King Alexander I of Scotland [aged 46] died. His brother [her husband] David [aged 40] succeeded I King Scotland. Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 50] by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.

In 1131 Maud Queen Consort Scotland [aged 57] died. Her son Henry [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Earl Huntingdon, 3rd Earl of Northampton. Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria [aged 11] by marriage Countess Huntingdon.

On 24th May 1153 [her former husband] King David I of Scotland [aged 69] died at Carlisle, Cumberland [Map]. His grandson Malcolm [aged 12] succeeded King Scotland.

[her daughter] Maud Senlis was born to Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Queen Consort Scotland. She married (1) Saer Quincy and had issue (2) in or before 1086 William Brito de Albini and had issue (3) 1114 her half third cousin twice removed Robert de Clare and had issue.

St Andrew's Priory, Northampton [Map] was a Cluniac Priory founded around 1093 by Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and his wife Maud Queen Consort Scotland. A sister house Delapré Abbey was founded for nuns at the same time.

Royal Ancestors of Maud Queen Consort Scotland 1074-1131

Kings Wessex: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Maud Queen Consort Scotland 1074-1131
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [2]

King Malcolm IV of Scotland [1]

King William I of Scotland [1]

Eleanor "Fair Maid of Britanny" 4th Countess of Richmond [1]

King John Balliol I of Scotland [1]

Isabel Bruce Queen Norway [2]

King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [2]

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [1]

Joan Évreux Queen Consort France [1]

Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [1]

Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [1]

King Robert II of Scotland [1]

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [1]

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [1]

Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France [1]

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France [2]

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [2]

Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [2]

Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [1]

King Richard II of England [1]

King Henry IV of England [2]

King Louis of Naples [1]

King Henry V of England [3]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [3]

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [4]

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [1]

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [2]

Queen Charlotte of Savoy [1]

King Edward IV of England [10]

King Richard III of England [10]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [18]

King Henry VII of England and Ireland [6]

Louis XII King France [2]

Jean III King Navarre [1]

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [1]

Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [1]

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [4]

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [2]

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [4]

King Francis I of France [4]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [20]

Queen Jane Seymour [26]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [29]

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [4]

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [11]

Antoine King Navarre [7]

Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [2]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [20]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [4]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [35]

Louis VI Elector Palatine [2]

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [6]

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [15]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [12]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [12]

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [4]

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [4]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [9]

George Wharton [207]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [9]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [9]

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [8]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [8]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [12]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [9]

Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [8]

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [16]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [8]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [18]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [8]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [16]

Frederick I King Sweden [24]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [16]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [16]

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [7]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [8]

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [7]

President George Washington [13]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [16]

William Elector of Hesse [24]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [8]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [16]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [24]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [16]

Frederick William III King Prussia [8]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [16]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [16]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [24]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [16]

William I King Prussia [16]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [40]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [48]

King Christian IX of Denmark [24]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [32]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [40]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [88]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [88]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [24]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [879]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [48]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [48]

Constantine I King Greece [24]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [64]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [112]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [136]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [104]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [160]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [3649]

Carl XVI King Sweden [216]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [1242]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [11528]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [30]

Ancestors of Maud Queen Consort Scotland 1074-1131

Father: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Waltheof of Bamburgh

Great x 2 Grandfather: Uchtred "The Bold" Earldorman of Northumbria

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ealdred Northumbria Earl Bernicia

GrandMother: Aelfflaed Northumbria

Maud Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnulf Flanders II Count Boulogne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnulf Flanders III Count Boulogne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders II Count Boulogne

Great x 1 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dirk Gerulfing II Count Holland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnulf Gerulfing Count Holland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegarde Flanders Countess Holland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelina Gerulfing Countess Boulogne and Ponthieu

Great x 3 Grandmother: Luitgarde Luxemburg Countess Holland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig Nordgau

GrandFather: Lambert Flanders II Count Lens

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginar Reginar III Count Hainaut

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lambert "Bearded" Reginar I Count Louvain

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh V Count Equisheim

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Equisheim Countess Hainault

Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gerberga Carolingian Duchess Lower Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine

Mother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Longsword" I Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sprota

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Unknown Dane

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy

GrandMother: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu