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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1236 Marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence
1254 Wedding of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile
1269 Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor
On 14th January 1236 [her father] King Henry III of England and [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England were married at Canterbury Cathedral by Archbishop Edmund Rich. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Raymond IV Count Provence and [her grandmother] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.
On 29th September 1240 Margaret Queen of Scotland was born to [her father] King Henry III of England and [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England at Windsor Castle.
On 27th June 1241 Gilbert Marshal 4th Earl Pembroke was killed in a tournament at Ware, Hertfordshire. He was buried at Temple Church, London next to his father. Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke succeeded 5th Earl Pembroke; he had also attended the tournament. The King King Henry III of England had expressly forbidden the tournament leading to anger at his disobeying the King's orders.
On 6th July 1249 King Alexander II of Scotland died at Kerrera. He was buried at Melrose Abbey, Melrose. [her future husband] King Alexander III of Scotland succeeded King Scotland.
On 25 or 26th December 1251 King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland were married at York Minster. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The couple \remained in York until Jan 1252 after which they travelled to Edinburgh. She the daughter of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England. He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy.
On 1st November 1254 [her brother] King Edward I of England and [her sister-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England were married at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas. She the daughter of Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon and Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon. He the son of [her father] King Henry III of England and [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England.
Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 15th August 1255. In the same year, the [her husband] King of Scotland and his Queen, daughter of the King of England, came into England, and, on the Assumption of Saint Mary [15 August] were with his lordship the King at Wudestok; upon which day, the said King held a great and most noble Court, nearly all his Earls and Barons being present.
Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 29th August 1255. After this, on the Sunday before the Decollation of Saint John [29 August] the [her husband] King of Scotland and his Queen came to London, the City being decorated and hung with tapestry.
On 28th February 1261 [her daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was born to [her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland. She married 31st August 1281 Eric II King Norway, son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway, and had issue.
On 21st January 1264 [her son] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland was born to [her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland at Jedburgh. He married 14th November 1282 Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders, daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.
On 14th May 1264 the army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester including Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford, Henry Hastings and Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave defeated the army of [her father] King Henry III of England during the Battle of Lewes at Lewes.
King Henry III of England, his son, the future, [her brother] King Edward I of England, Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex, [her uncle] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall, John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch, Philip Marmion 5th Baron Marmion and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield were captured. John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey, John Balliol, Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale, Roger Leybourne and William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke fought for the King. Guy Lusignan was killed. Fulk IV Fitzwarin drowned. Bishop Walter de Cantelupe was present and blessed the Montfort army before the battle.
On 4th August 1265 the army loyal to [her father] King Henry III of England, led by his son the future [her brother] King Edward I of England, supported by Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford, Warin Basingburne and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield defeated the rebel army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester at the Battle of Evesham.
Roger Leybourne fought and reputedly saved the King's life.
Adam Mohaut rescued the King.
Alan de Plugenet of Kilpec fought for the King.
Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester was killed. Earl of Leicester, Earl Chester forfeit. His son Henry Montfort was also killed.
Hugh Despencer was killed by Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore. Baron Despencer extinct. It may not have been created as a hereditary barony.
Simon Beauchamp, Ralph Basset, William Devereux, Hugh Troyes, Richard Trussel, Peter Montfort, William Mandeville, William Crepping, William Birmingham, Guy Balliol and Thomas Astley were killed. Henry Hastings, Humphrey Bohun, Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave, John Vesci, John Fitzjohn and Guy Montfort Count Nola were captured.
John Vesci was wounded and taken prisoner.
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On 25th October 1265 [her brother] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster was created 1st Earl of Leicester.
On 15th May 1268 Peter of Savoy 1st Earl of Richmond died. He left the Honour of Richmond to his niece [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England who transferred it to the crown.
On 8th April 1269 [her brother] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster and [her sister-in-law] Aveline Forz 6th Countess Albemarle and Lancaster were married. She by marriage Countess Lancaster. She the daughter of William Forz 4th Earl Albemarle and Isabella Redvers 8th Countess Devon and Albemarle. He the son of [her father] King Henry III of England and [her mother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England.
On 13th October 1269 the remains of King Edward "The Confessor" of England were moved to a chapel east of the sanctuary in Westminster Abbey. [her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland attended.
On 20th March 1272 [her son] David Dunkeld was born to [her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland. He died aged nine in 1281.
On 16th November 1272 [her father] King Henry III of England died at Westminster. [her brother] King Edward I of England succeeded I King of England. [her sister-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 19th August 1274 [her brother] King Edward I of England was crowned I King of England at Westminster Abbey. [her sister-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England was crowned Queen Consort England.
[her husband] King Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland attended.
On 26th February 1275 Margaret Queen of Scotland died at Cupar Castle, Cupar. She was buried at Dunfermline Abbey.
On 15th October 1285 [her former husband] King Alexander III of Scotland and Yolande of Dreux Duchess Brittany were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux. He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and [her former mother-in-law] Marie Coucy.
On 19th March 1286 [her former husband] King Alexander III of Scotland died from a fall from a horse at Kinghorn Ness while riding in the dark to visit the Queen at Kinghorn in Fife because it was her birthday the next day. [her granddaughter] Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland succeeded I Queen Scotland.