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Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Bernadotte
On 21st January 1829 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway was born to [his father] Oscar I King Sweden and Norway (age 29).
On 6th June 1857 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 28) and Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 20) were married.
On 16th June 1858 [his son] Gustav V King Sweden was born to King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 29) and [his wife] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 21).
On 8th July 1859 [his father] Oscar I King Sweden and Norway (age 60) died.
On 27th February 1861 [his son] Prince Carl Duke of Västergötland was born to King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 32) and [his wife] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 24).
On 18th September 1872 [his brother] Charles XV King Sweden IV King Norway (age 46) died. His brother Oscar (age 43) succeeded King Sweden and King Norway. [his wife] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 36) by marriage Queen Sweden and Queen Norway.
1898. Anders Zorn (age 37). Portrait of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 68).
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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On 8th December 1907 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 78) died. His son Gustav (age 49) succeeded V King Sweden.
On 30th December 1913 [his former wife] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 77) died.