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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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Paternal Family Tree: Cooper
On 31st March 1937 [his father] Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper (age 36) and [his mother] Françoise Soulier were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 67) and [his grandmother] Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 61).
On 22nd May 1938 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury was born to [his father] Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper (age 37) and [his mother] Françoise Soulier.
On 8th March 1947 [his father] Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper (age 46) died.
On 25th March 1961 [his grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 91) died. His grandson Anthony (age 22) succeeded 10th Earl Shaftesbury, 10th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 11th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
In July 1966 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 28) and Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
In July 1966 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 28) and Bianca Maria de Paolis Countess of Shaftesbury were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. They divorced in 1948 on the grounds of his adultery with an unnamed woman. There was no issue from the marriage.
On 24th June 1977 [his son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 11th Earl of Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 39) and [his wife] Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury (age 37).
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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On 3rd June 1979 [his son] Nicholas Ashley-Cooper 12th Earl of Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 41) and [his wife] Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury (age 39).
In 2000 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 61) and Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury (age 60) were divorced.
On 5th November 2002 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 64) and Jamila Ben M'Barek Countess of Shaftesbury (age 41) were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. The marriage lasted until April 2004 when he started a relationship with Nadia Orche. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 3rd November 2004 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 66) arrived in Nice, France to meet with his estranged wife [his wife] Jamila Ben M'Barek Countess of Shaftesbury (age 43).
On 5th November 2004, his second wedding anniversary, Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 66) was murdered by the brother, Mohammed M'Barek, of his wife [his wife] Jamila Ben M'Barek Countess of Shaftesbury (age 43) on her behalf. On 7th April 2005 the remains of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury were discovered in a valley at Théoule-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes on the outskirts of Cannes. His son Anthony (age 27) succeeded 11th Earl Shaftesbury, 11th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 12th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. He died six weeks after assuming the title folowing the discovery of his father's remains.
On 16th March 2013 [his former wife] Bianca Maria de Paolis Countess of Shaftesbury died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough 
12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper
Great x 2 Grandmother: Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury 14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Emily Lamb Countess Cowper 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal 
11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Chichester 2nd Marquess Donegal 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Chichester 3rd Marquess Donegal 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury 14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Butler 1st Earl Glengall 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Harriet Anne Butler Marchioness Donegal
Father: Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster 
15 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 
12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Victor Alexander Grosvenor 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Lumley-Savile 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Lumley-Savile 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reverend George de la Poer Beresford 
12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Mary Beresford 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sibell Mary Lumley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Robert Drummond
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Frederica Manners 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury 14 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: Georges Soulier of Caudebec-en-Caux
Mother: Françoise Soulier