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Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Paternal Family Tree: Poitiers
Maternal Family Tree: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia
In or before 969 [his father] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine (age 31) and [his mother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois (age 55) and [his grandmother] Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy (age 53). He the son of [his grandfather] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine and [his grandmother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine.
In 969 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine was born to [his father] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine (age 32) and [his mother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.
On 3rd February 994 [his father] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine (age 57) died. His son William (age 25) succeeded V Duke Aquitaine.
After 1003 [his mother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine died.
In or before 1004 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 34) and Adalemode Limoges Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.
In 1004 [his son] William VI Duke Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 35) and [his wife] Adalemode Limoges Duchess Aquitaine.
In or before 1010 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 40) and Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.
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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Around 1010 [his son] Odo Duke Gascony and Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 41) and [his wife] Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine.
In or before 1023 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 53) and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy (age 62) and Ermentrude Countess Burgundy. He the son of William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.
In 1023 [his son] William VII Duke Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 54) and [his wife] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.
Around 1025 [his son] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 56) and [his wife] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine. He married (1) before November 1058 Garsende Perigord Duchess Aquitaine (2) after November 1058 Mateoda Duchess Aquitaine and had issue (3) before 22nd October 1071 his second cousin once removed Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine, daughter of Robert I Duke Burgundy and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy, and had issue.
On 31st January 1030 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 61) died. His son William (age 26) succeeded VI Duke Aquitaine.
In 1032 Geoffrey "Martel" II Count Anjou and [his wife] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and Ermentrude Countess Burgundy. He the son of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou (age 62) and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou.
[his daughter] Agnes Poitiers was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine. She married 1043 Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor and had issue.
[his son] Theobald Poitiers was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine.
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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[his son] Adalais Poitiers was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine.
Kings Franks: Great x 6 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 3 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [7]
Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile [1]
Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona [1]
Henry V Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [1]
Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France [1]
Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [1]
Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor [3]
Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France [1]
Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France [1]
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [1]
Joan Évreux Queen Consort France [1]
Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [3]
Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [3]
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [1]
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [4]
Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France [1]
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France [5]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [5]
Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [6]
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [8]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [4]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [7]
King Richard III of England [1]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [1]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [7]
Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [5]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [18]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [7]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [19]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [1]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [15]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [55]
Antoine King Navarre [43]
Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [7]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [1]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [8]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [35]
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [2]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [53]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [53]
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [8]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [13]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [28]
George Wharton [13]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [28]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [32]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [23]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [23]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [60]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [28]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [23]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [70]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [23]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [82]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [23]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [46]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [46]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [46]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [33]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [23]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [33]
President George Washington [1]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [46]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [23]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [46]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [69]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [46]
Frederick William III King Prussia [23]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [46]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [46]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [69]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [46]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [115]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [138]
King Christian IX of Denmark [69]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [92]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [115]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [253]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [253]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [69]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [49]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [138]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [138]
Constantine I King Greece [69]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [184]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [322]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [391]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [299]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [460]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [206]
Carl XVI King Sweden [621]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [87]
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ranulf II Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine
Father: William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rollo Duke Normandy 
GrandMother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald "Elder" Blois 
GrandFather: Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois
Mother: Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard King Lombardy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cunigunda Laon Queen Consort Lombardy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 1 Grandfather: Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
GrandMother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Strong" 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia