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: Wettin
On 6th July 1512 [his father] Henry IV Duke Saxony [aged 39] and [his mother] Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony [aged 25] were married.
On 31st July 1526 Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony was born to [his father] Henry IV Duke Saxony [aged 53] and [his mother] Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony [aged 39].
On 18th August 1541 [his father] Henry IV Duke Saxony [aged 68] died.
On 7th October 1548 Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 22] and Anna Oldenburg [aged 15] were married at Torgau. She the daughter of Christian III King of Denmark [aged 45] and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 37]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 9th July 1553 Maurice Elector of Saxony [aged 32] died. His brother Augustus [aged 26] succeeded Elector Saxony.
On 1st January 1559 [his father-in-law] Christian III King of Denmark [aged 55] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Frederick [aged 24] succeeded II King of Denmark.
On 29th October 1560 [his son] Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony was born to Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 34] and [his wife] Anna Oldenburg [aged 27]. He married 25th April 1582 his third cousin Sophie of Brandenburg and had issue.
On 6th June 1561 [his mother] Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony [aged 74] died.
On 12th October 1561 William "Younger" Welf Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Dorothea Oldenburg Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Christian III King of Denmark and [his mother-in-law] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 50]. They were half sixth cousins.
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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On 4th October 1563 [his daughter] Dorothea of Saxony was born to Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 37] and [his wife] Anna Oldenburg [aged 30]. She married 26th September 1585 Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and had issue.
On 19th August 1568 [his brother-in-law] John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg [aged 23] and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen [aged 18] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Christian III King of Denmark and [his mother-in-law] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 57]. They were sixth cousins.
On 20th July 1572 [his brother-in-law] Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 38] and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [his father-in-law] Christian III King of Denmark and [his mother-in-law] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were second cousin once removed.
On 25th April 1582 Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony [aged 21] and Sophie of Brandenburg [aged 13] were married. He the son of Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 55] and Anna Oldenburg [aged 49]. They were third cousins.
On 26th September 1585 [his son-in-law] Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 20] and Dorothea of Saxony [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 59] and Anna Oldenburg [aged 52].
On 1st October 1585 [his wife] Anna Oldenburg [aged 52] died.
On 11th February 1586 Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 59] died. His son Christian [aged 25] succeeded Elector Saxony.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick II Duke Saxony 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Magnus "Pious" Welf II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wartislaw Griffins VI Duke Pomerania
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins
GrandFather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Johanna Pfirt Duchess Austria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernabò Visconti
Great x 3 Grandmother: Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Regina della Scala
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Siemowit III Duke of Masovia
Great x 3 Grandfather: Siemowit IV Duke of Masovia
Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Opava
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Algirdas Grand Duke of Lithuania
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alexandra of Lithuania
Great x 4 Grandmother: Uliana of Tver
Father: Henry IV Duke Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke of Mecklenburg
GrandFather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg