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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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Marquess Huntly is in Marquess.
On 7th April 1599 George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 37) was created 1st Marquess Huntly. Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly (age 26) by marriage Marchioness Huntly.
Before 1624 George Gordon 2nd Marquess Huntly (age 31) and Anna Campbell Marchioness Huntly were married. She by marriage Marchioness Huntly. She the daughter of Archibald Campbell 7th Earl Argyll (age 48) and Agnes Douglas Countess Argyll. He the son of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 61) and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly (age 50). They were fourth cousins.
On 13th June 1636 George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 74) died. His son George (age 44) succeeded 2nd Marquess Huntly, 7th Earl Huntley. Anna Campbell Marchioness Huntly by marriage Marchioness Huntly.
In March 1649 George Gordon 2nd Marquess Huntly (age 57) died. His son Lewis (age 23) succeeded 3rd Marquess Huntly, 8th Earl Huntley.
In 1653 Lewis Gordon 3rd Marquess Huntly (age 27) died. His son George (age 10) succeeded 4th Marquess Huntly, 9th Earl Huntley.
In October 1676 George Gordon 1st Duke Gordon (age 33) and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Gordon were married. She by marriage Marchioness Huntly. She the daughter of Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk (age 48) and Jane Bickerton Duchess Norfolk (age 33). He the son of Lewis Gordon 3rd Marquess Huntly. They were third cousins.
On 7th December 1716 George Gordon 1st Duke Gordon (age 73) died. His son Alexander (age 38) succeeded 2nd Duke Gordon, 5th Marquess Huntly, 10th Earl Huntley. Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon by marriage Duchess Gordon.
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 28th November 1728 Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke Gordon (age 50) died. His son Cosmo (age 8) succeeded 3rd Duke Gordon, 6th Marquess Huntly, 11th Earl Huntley.
On 5th August 1752 Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon (age 32) died. His son Alexander (age 9) succeeded 4th Duke Gordon, 7th Marquess Huntly, 12th Earl Huntley.
On 17th June 1827 Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 83) died. His son George (age 57) succeeded 5th Duke Gordon, 8th Marquess Huntly, 13th Earl Huntley, 13th Baron Mordaunt. Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon (age 32) by marriage Duchess Gordon.
On 28th May 1836 George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon (age 66) died without legitimate issue at Belgrave Square, Belgravia. Duke Gordon, Baron Mordaunt extinct. His fourth cousin once removed George (age 74) succeeded 9th Marquess Huntly, 14th Earl Huntley.
On 17th June 1853 George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly (age 91) died. His son Charles (age 61) succeeded 10th Marquess Huntly, 15th Earl Huntley, 6th Earl Aboyne. Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 32) by marriage Marchioness Huntly.
On 18th September 1863 Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 71) died. His son Charles (age 16) succeeded 11th Marquess Huntly, 16th Earl Huntley, 7th Earl Aboyne.
On 14th July 1869 Charles Gordon 11th Marquess Huntly (age 22) and Amy Brooks Marchioness Huntly were married. She by marriage Marchioness Huntly. He the son of Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly and Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 48).
On 26th June 1922 Charles Gordon 11th Marquess Huntly (age 75) and Charlotte Jane Fallon Marchioness of Huntly were married. She by marriage Marchioness Huntly. He the son of Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly and Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly.
On 20th February 1937 Charles Gordon 11th Marquess Huntly (age 89) died. His great nephew Douglas (age 29) succeeded 12th Marquess Huntly, 17th Earl Huntley, 8th Earl Aboyne.
In 1987 Douglas Charles Lindsey Gordon 12th Marquess Huntly (age 79) died. His son Granville (age 42) succeeded 13th Marquess Huntly, 18th Earl Huntley, 9th Earl Aboyne.