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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Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Cardinal Henry Benedict Stewart was appointed Cardinal.
On 3rd September 1719 [his father] James "Old Pretender" Stewart (age 31) and [his mother] Maria Clementina Sobieska (age 17) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his grandmother] Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland.
On 11th March 1725 Cardinal Henry Benedict Stewart was born to [his father] James "Old Pretender" Stewart (age 36) and [his mother] Maria Clementina Sobieska (age 22). He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 18th January 1735 [his mother] Maria Clementina Sobieska (age 32) died.
On 1st January 1766 [his father] James "Old Pretender" Stewart (age 77) died.
On 13th July 1807 Cardinal Henry Benedict Stewart (age 82) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 25 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart
Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox
Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King James V of Scotland
Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian III King of Denmark
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick II King of Denmark
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry IV King France
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cosimo I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Father: James "Old Pretender" Stewart
Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cesare Este Duke Modena
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Este IV Duke Modena
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francesco Este I Duke Modena
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso Este IV Duke Modena
GrandMother: Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Girolamo Martinozzi Count da Fano
Great x 1 Grandmother: Laura Martinozzi Duchess Modena
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pietro Mazzarino
Great x 2 Grandmother: Laura Mazarin
Cardinal Henry Benedict Stewart
Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John III Sobieski King Poland
GrandFather: James Louis Sobieski
Mother: Maria Clementina Sobieska