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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Paternal Family Tree: Dunkeld
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252
Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was crowned Queen Consort Norway.
On 25 or 26th December 1251 [her father] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 10] and [her mother] Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 11] were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The couple \remained in York until Jan 1252 after which they travelled to Edinburgh. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Henry III of England [aged 44] and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 28]. He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy [aged 33]. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 28th February 1261 Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was born to [her father] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 19] and [her mother] Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 20]. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 26th February 1275 [her mother] Margaret Queen of Scotland [aged 34] died at Cupar Castle, Cupar. She was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].
On 9th May 1280 King Magnus VI of Norway [aged 42] died. His son [her future husband] Eric [aged 12] succeeded King Norway.
On 31st August 1281 Eric II King Norway [aged 13] and Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway [aged 20] were married at Bergen. She the daughter of King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 39] and Margaret Queen of Scotland. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway [aged 37]. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 14th November 1282 [her brother] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland [aged 18] and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders [aged 56] and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders [aged 35]. He the son of [her father] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 41] and [her mother] Margaret Queen of Scotland. They were half third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 9th April 1283 [her daughter] Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland was born to [her husband] Eric II King Norway [aged 15] and Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway [aged 22] at Tønsberg. Her mother died in childbirth and was buried at Tønsberg. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 15th October 1285 [her father] King Alexander III of Scotland [aged 44] and [her step-mother] Yolande of Dreux Queen of Scotland [aged 22] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux [aged 36]. He the son of [her grandfather] King Alexander II of Scotland and [her grandmother] Marie Coucy. They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1293 [her former husband] Eric II King Norway [aged 25] and Isabel Bruce Queen Norway [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Norway. She the daughter of Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 49] and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and [her former mother-in-law] Queen Ingeborg of Norway.
On 15th July 1299 [her former husband] Eric II King Norway [aged 31] died. His brother [her former brother-in-law] Haakon [aged 29] succeeded V King Norway. Euphemia of Rügen Queen Norway [aged 19] by marriage Queen Norway.
Kings Wessex: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of Scotland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon
Great x 1 Grandfather: King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
GrandFather: King Alexander II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 6th Viscount Beaumont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roscelin Beaumont Sarthe 7th Viscount Beaumont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Beaumont Sarthe I Viscount Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England 
Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Fitzroy Viscountess Beaumont Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucie Aigle Viscountess
Father: King Alexander III of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Beaugency
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Capet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VI King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alix II Dreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
GrandMother: Marie Coucy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy
Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault
GrandFather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wulfgrin Angoulême II Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Taillefer" Angoulême VI Count Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandmother: Pontia La Marche Countess Angoulême
Great x 2 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VI King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helene du Donjon
Mother: Margaret Queen of Scotland Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond V Count Barcelona 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
GrandMother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 3 Grandfather: William I Count Geneva
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy