The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Paternal Family Tree: Rawdon
On 12th July 1804 [his father] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings [aged 49] and [his mother] Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings [aged 24] were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James Mure-Campbell 5th Earl Loudon. He the son of John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira and Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira [aged 73].
On 4th February 1808 George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings was born to Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings [aged 53] and Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings [aged 28].
On 11th April 1808 [his grandmother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira [aged 77] died. Her son [his father] Francis [aged 53] succeeded 17th Baron Botreaux, 16th Baron Hungerford, 14th Baron Moleyns and 14th Baron Hastings.
On 29th October 1810 Henry Gould Yelverton 19th Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 30] died without male issue. His daughter [his future wife] Barbara succeeded 20th Baroness Grey of Ruthyn aged seven months.
On 6th December 1816 [his father] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings [aged 61] was created 1st Marquess Hastings. [his mother] Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings [aged 36] by marriage Marchioness Hastings.
On 28th November 1826 [his father] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings [aged 71] died. His son George [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Marquess Hastings, 3rd Earl Moira, 18th Baron Botreaux, 17th Baron Hungerford, 15th Baron Moleyns and 15th Baron Hastings. [his future wife] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 16] by marriage Marchioness Hastings.
On 25th June 1828 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe [aged 30] was instituted as Vicar of St Helen's Church Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [Map] which position he held until he died four years later in 1832. His appointment has been arranged by George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 20] to whom he was formerley Tutor.
On 1st August 1831 George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 23] and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 21] were married. He the son of Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings and Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings [aged 51].
On 2nd June 1832 [his son] Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 24] and [his wife] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 22].
On 10th December 1833 [his daughter] Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 25] and [his wife] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 23]. She married 30th April 1853 Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington and had issue.
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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In 1835 [his daughter] Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings 22nd Baroness Grey Ruthyn was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 26] and [his wife] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 24]. She married before 22nd November 1856 Augustus Wykeham Clifton and had issue.
In 1837 [his daughter] Victoria Maria Louisa Rawdon-Hastings was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 28] and [his wife] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 26].
On 8th January 1840 [his mother] Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings [aged 60] died. Her son George [aged 31] succeeded 7th Earl Loudon.
On 22nd July 1842 [his son] Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 4th Marquess Hastings was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 34] and [his wife] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 32]. He married 16th July 1864 Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings, daughter of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey.
In 1844 [his daughter] Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings Countess Romney was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 35] and [his wife] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 33]. She married 30th July 1863 her sixth cousin Charles Marsham 4th Earl Romney, son of Charles Marsham 3rd Earl Romney and Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott Countess Romney, and had issue.
On 13th January 1844 George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 35] died. His son Paulyn [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Marquess Hastings, 8th Earl Loudon, 4th Earl Moira, 19th Baron Botreaux, 18th Baron Hungerford, 16th Baron Moleyns and 16th Baron Hastings.
After 13th January 1844. Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map]. Monument to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [deceased].
On 18th November 1858 [his former wife] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 48] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira
Father: Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Davies
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 9th Earl Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Leveson Fowler
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Frances Fowler Countess Huntingdon
GrandMother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 4th Baronet 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Okeover Lady Shirley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Washington Shirley 2nd Earl Ferrers 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Laurence Washington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Selina Shirley Countess Huntingdon 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Levinge
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers
George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Campbell 1st Earl Loudon
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Campbell 2nd Earl Loudon
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Campbell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Seton aka Montgomerie 6th Earl Eglinton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Montgomerie 7th Earl Eglinton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Livingstone Countess Eglinton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Leslie Countess of Eglinton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: James Mure-Campbell 5th Earl Loudon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England