The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Paternal Family Tree: Cole
Maternal Family Tree: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge 1742-1817
In 1805 [his father] John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen [aged 36] and [his mother] Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Enniskillen. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 60] and [his grandmother] Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge [aged 63]. He the son of William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen and Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen.
On 25th January 1807 William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen was born to [his father] John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen [aged 38] and [his mother] Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen [aged 25].
On 26th January 1817 [his mother] Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen [aged 35] died.
Around 1830. William Robinson [aged 31]. Portrait of William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 22].
On 31st March 1840 [his father] John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen [aged 72] died. His son William [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Earl Enniskillen, 2nd Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire.
On 16th January 1844 William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 36] and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen were married. She by marriage Countess Enniskillen. He the son of John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen and Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen.
On 16th December 1844 [his son] John Willoughby Michael Cole was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 37] and [his wife] Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen. He died aged five in 1850.
On 21st December 1845 [his son] Lowry Cole 4th Earl Enniskillen was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 38] and [his wife] Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen. He married 12th July 1869 Charlotte Marion Baird Countess of Enniskillen and had issue.
On 10th May 1847 [his daughter] Charlotte June Cole was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 40] and [his wife] Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
On 5th August 1849 [his daughter] Florence Mary Cole Countess Erne was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 42] and [his wife] Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen. She married 1870 John Crichton 4th Earl Erne, son of John Crichton 3rd Earl Erne and Selina Griselda Beresford Countess Erne.
On 15th April 1850 [his son] John Willoughby Michael Cole [aged 5] died.
On 9th March 1851 [his son] Arthur Edward Casamaijor Cole was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 44] and [his wife] Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
On 4th February 1853 [his daughter] Alice Elizabeth Cole was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 46] and [his wife] Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen. She married 30th June 1891 Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley-Cooper, son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
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 21st April 1855 [his daughter] Jane Evelyn Cole was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 48] and [his wife] Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
On 13th May 1855 [his wife] Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen died.
In 1865 William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 57] and Mary Emma Brodrick Countess Enniskillen [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Countess Enniskillen. He the son of John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen and Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen.
On 12th July 1869 Lowry Cole 4th Earl Enniskillen [aged 23] and Charlotte Marion Baird Countess of Enniskillen [aged 17] were married. He the son of William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 62] and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
In 1870 [his son-in-law] John Crichton 4th Earl Erne [aged 30] and Florence Mary Cole Countess Erne [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 62] and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen. He the son of John Crichton 3rd Earl Erne [aged 67] and Selina Griselda Beresford Countess Erne [aged 66].
1873. John Lindsay Lucas [aged 66]. Portrait of William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 65].
On 12th November 1886 William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen [aged 79] died. His son Lowry [aged 40] succeeded 4th Earl Enniskillen, 3rd Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire. Charlotte Marion Baird Countess of Enniskillen [aged 34] by marriage Countess Enniskillen.
On 25th May 1896 [his former wife] Mary Emma Brodrick Countess Enniskillen [aged 70] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 30 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cole
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cole 1st Baron Mountflorence
GrandFather: William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen
Father: John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen
Great x 1 Grandfather: Galbraith Lowry aka Lowry-Corry
GrandMother: Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen
William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bishop Lewis Bayly 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Bayly
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Bayly 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Bayly 2nd Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey
GrandFather: Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Paget 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Paget 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Paget Lady Plas Newydd Anglesey 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Very Reverend Arthur Champagné
GrandMother: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge