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Before January 279BC Ptolemy Ceraunus King of Macedon 319BC 279BC (age 40) and Arsinoe II 316BC 265BC (age 37) were married. She the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. He the son of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Eurydice of Egypt. They were brother and sister.
After 273BC Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharoah of Egypt 309BC 246BC (age 36) and Arsinoe II 316BC 265BC (age 43) were married. No issue. She the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. He the son of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. They were brother and sister.
In 145BC Ptolemy VIII Physcon 184BC 116BC (age 39) and Cleopatra II 186BC 115BC (age 41) were married. They were brother and sister.
Around 119BC Ptolemy IX Soter 142BC 81BC (age 23) and Cleopatra IV 138BC 112BC (age 19) were married. They were brother and sister.
In 115BC Ptolemy IX Soter 142BC 81BC (age 27) and Cleopatra Selene of Syria 135BC 130BC (age 20) were married. They were brother and sister.
In 115BC Ptolemy IX Soter 142BC 81BC (age 27) and Cleopatra IV 138BC 112BC (age 23) were divorced.
Around October 50BC Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator 61BC 47BC (age 11) and Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 19) were married. They were brother and sister.
After 13th January 47BC Ptolemy XIV Philopator 59BC 44BC and Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 22) were married. They were brother and sister.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In or before 1171 William Meschines Brito de Albini and Maud de Clare (age 38) were married. They were brother and sister.
In or before 1570 Thomas Markham (age 39) and Mary Griffin 12th Baroness Braybrooke (age 24) were married. They were second cousin four times removed.
Before 1391 Nicholas Audley 3rd Baron Audley of Heighley (age 62) and Elizabeth Beaumont (age 70) were married. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. They were second cousin three times removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
John Comyn 3rd Earl Buchan and Isabella Countess Buchan were married. She by marriage Countess Buchan. She the daughter of Donnchadh 3rd Earl Fife and Joan Clare Countess Fife. He the son of Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl Buchan and Elizabeth Quincy Countess Buchan. They were second cousin three times removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.
In 1275 Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 26) and Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. They were half third cousin three times removed.
Around 1502 Edmund Dudley (age 40) and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle (age 22) were married. They were half third cousin three times removed.
In or before 1507 Thomas "Golden Thomas" Wentworth (age 42) and Beatrix Woodruffe (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. They were half third cousin three times removed.
On 4th June 1509 Robert Maxwell 5th Lord Maxwell (age 16) and Janet Douglas Lady Maxwell (age 43) were married. She by marriage Lord Maxwell. The difference in their ages was 27 years; she, unusually, being older than him. They were half third cousin three times removed.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1324 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 41) and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress (age 12) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 38) and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut (age 30). He the son of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria. They were third cousin three times removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 24th January 1403 Louis Savoy (age 39) and Jeanne Savoy were married. She the daughter of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. They were third cousin three times removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Before 1668 Callaghan Maccarthy 3rd Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Clancarty. She the daughter of George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare and Joan Boyle Countess Kildare. He the son of Donough Maccarthy 1st Earl Clancarty and Ellen Butler Countess Clancarty. They were third cousin three times removed.