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: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria 1342-1386
1385 Double Marriage of the Burgundian Court
1407 Murder of Louis of Orléans
1419 Murder of John the Fearless
1431 French Coronation of Henry VI
On 12th April 1385 a double wedding of the Burgundian Court was celebrated with brother and sister [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 13] and [her aunt] Margaret Valois Countess Holland [aged 10] getting married...
John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and [her mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 48] and [her grandmother] Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria [aged 43]. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 43] and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy [aged 37]. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
[her uncle] William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland [aged 20] and Margaret Valois Countess Holland were married. She the daughter of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria and Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 30th September 1404 Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford was born to [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and [her mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 41]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 28th January 1405 [her brother] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 8] and [her sister-in-law] Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 36] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 35]. He the son of [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and [her mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 42]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 23rd November 1407 Louis Valois I Duke Orléans [aged 35] was murdered on the orders of [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 36] at Paris [Map]. His son Charles [aged 12] succeeded Duke Orléans.
In 1408 [her future brother-in-law] Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus [aged 11] was created Count Vertus. [her sister] Catherine Valois Countess Vertus [aged 17] by marriage Countess Vertus.
In 1410 [her brother-in-law] Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus [aged 13] and [her sister] Catherine Valois Countess Vertus [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 38] and [her mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 47]. He the son of Louis Valois I Duke Orléans and Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1414 [her sister] Catherine Valois Countess Vertus [aged 23] died at Ghent [Map].
Before 23rd February 1416 [her brother-in-law] Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves [aged 42] and [her sister] Marie Valois Duchess Cleves [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 44] and [her mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 53]. He the son of Adolph de la Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark [aged 66]. They were half third cousin twice removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1417 [her brother-in-law] Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves [aged 43] was created I Duke Cleves. [her sister] Marie Valois Duchess Cleves [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Cleves.
On 10th September 1419 Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 16] and [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 48] met on the bridge at Montereau to progress their peace negotiations. During the course of the discussions John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy was assassinated. His son [her brother] Philip [aged 23] succeeded III Duke Burgundy. [her sister-in-law] Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Burgundy.
On 23rd January 1423 [her mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 60] died.
On 13th May 1423 John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 33] and Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford [aged 18] were married at Troyes, France [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Bedford She the daughter of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. He the son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 17th August 1424 the English forces led by [her husband] John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 35] inflicted a significant defeat on the French and Scottish army at the Battle of Verneuil; a second Agincourt. For the English Edmund Hungerford [aged 15], Ralph Longford [aged 23], John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 41] and Richard Waller [aged 29] fought.
On the French and Scottish side Pierre Valois, Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 52], his son James Douglas, William Seton Master of Seton [aged 34], Alexander Home of Home and Dunglas [aged 56] were killed
John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan [aged 43] was killed. His brother Robert [aged 39] de jure Earl Ross and Earl Buchan although he didn't claim the title since both titles had reverted to the Crown.
Jean Poton Xaintrailles [aged 34] fought.
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 30th November 1424 [her brother] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 28] and [her sister-in-law] Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Philip Artois Count of Eu and Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge [aged 49]. He the son of [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and [her mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1428 [her brother-in-law] Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 37] and Eleanor Cobham Duchess of Gloucester [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester. He the son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun. They were sixth cousins.
In 1428 [her brother-in-law] Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 37] and Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester [aged 26] marriage annulled.
On 5th January 1430 [her sister-in-law] Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [aged 35] died at Cloister Church, Vadstena, Linköping.
On 7th January 1430 [her brother] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and [her sister-in-law] Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of King John I of Portugal [aged 78] and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of [her father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and [her mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 16th December 1431 Henry VI [aged 10] was crowned II King France: Lancaster at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map] by Cardinal Henry Beaufort [aged 56]. A somewhat futile exercise; the last gasps of the Hundred Years War. The ceremony had been arranged by [her husband] John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 42]. His wife Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford [aged 27] attended.
Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 53] was appointed Carver.
Thomas Harrington [aged 31], Richard Archer [aged 44], Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon and his son Thomas [aged 17] attended.
On 13th November 1432 Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford [aged 28] died at the Hôtel de Bourbon, Paris. She was buried at the Couvent des Célestins. In 1847 bones and other remains, with a plaque bearing her name, were found during archeological exploration of the Couvent, were identified as being those of Anne. In 1853, these remains were re-buried in the grave of her grandfather, Philip the Bold, in Saint Bégnine cathedral in Dijon. Her husband John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 43] remarried Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [aged 17] six months later.
Chronicle of Gregory. 13th November 1432. And the same year deyde the Duchyes of Bedforde [aged 28] in Fraunce, the wife of the [her husband] Regyaunte [aged 43], whos terment was solempny holde at Syn Poulys [Map] in London.
On 22nd April 1433 [her former husband] John Duke Bedford [aged 43] and Jacquetta Luxemburg [aged 18] were married at Thérouanne [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol [aged 43] and Margherita Baux [aged 39]. He the son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun. They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
The marriage caused a rift with Philip "Good" Duke Burgundy [aged 36], John's late wife's brother, who regarded the marriage, some five months after his sister's death, an insult to her memory. There was no issue from the marriage with John dying a year and a half later.
On 14th September 1435 [her former husband] John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 46] died at Rouen Castle [Map] without legitimate issue. Duke Bedford, Duke Bedford, Earl Kendal and Earl Richmond extinct. [her former brother-in-law] Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 44] became heir to the throne.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France 
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 1 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
GrandFather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Brabant
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna
Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Father: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders 
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Count Rethel
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis of Male III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip V King France I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Nevers amd Flanders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy 
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Reginar I Duke Brabant 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Peaceful" Reginar II Duke Brabant 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Brabant III Duke Brabant Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England 
Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis I Count Évreux 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Artois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Artois Countess Évreux Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ludmilla Bohemia Duchess Bavaria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Welf V Count Palatine of the Rhine Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Palatine of the Rhine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert IV Count of Habsburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig of Kyburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen
GrandFather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Avesnes I Count Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainaut 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Mother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria