William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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Biography of Carloman II King West Francia 866-884

Paternal Family Tree: Carolingian

Maternal Family Tree: Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia 880

Carloman II King West Francia and Engelberge Bivinids Queen Consort West Francia were married. He the son of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia and Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia. They were half second cousin once removed.

Before 863 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia [aged 16] and [his mother] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia were married in secret. She by marriage Queen Consort Aquitaine, Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles "Bald" I King West Francia [aged 39] and [his grandmother] Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.

In 866 Carloman II King West Francia was born to [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia [aged 19] and [his mother] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia.

In 866 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia [aged 19] succeeded II King Aquitaine.

In February 875 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia [aged 28] and [his step-mother] Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aquitaine, Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles "Bald" I King West Francia [aged 51] and [his grandmother] Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.

On 10th April 879 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia [aged 32] died. His son [his brother] Louis [aged 16] succeeded III King West Francia. His son Carloman [aged 13] succeeded King West Francia. Engelberge Bivinids Queen Consort West Francia by marriage Queen Consort West Francia.

Around 880 [his mother] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia died.

On 5th August 882 [his brother] Louis III King West Francia [aged 19] died.

Assers Life of Alfred 884. 884. 68. Death of Carloman, of Louis II, and of Louis III.¹⁴⁷ In that same year also, Carloman [aged 18], King of the West Franks, while engaged in a boar-hunt, was miserably slain by a boar, which inflicted a dreadful wound on him with its tusk. His brother Louis, who had also been King of the Franks, had died the year before. Both these were sons of Louis¹⁴⁸, King of the Franks, who also had died in the year above mentioned, in which the eclipse of the sun took place.¹⁴⁹ This Louis was the son of Charles¹⁵⁰, King of the Franks, whose daughter Judith¹⁵¹ Æthelwulf, King of the West Saxons, took to queen with her father's consent.

Note 147. Chiefly from the Chronicle.

Note 148. Louis the Stammerer.

Note 149. Cf. chap. 59.

Note 150. Charles the Bald.

Note 151. Cf. chaps. 11 and 13.

Death of Carloman II King West Francia

On 12th December 884 Carloman II King West Francia [aged 18] died. His half first cousin once removed Charles [aged 45] succeeded III King West Francia, King Aquitaine.

Biography of Carloman II King West Francia 866-884

Royal Ancestors of Carloman II King West Francia 866-884

Ancestors of Carloman II King West Francia 866-884