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The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342

The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.

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Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche 1080-1144

Paternal Family Tree: Chateaudun

Maternal Family Tree: Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche -1129

25th November 1120-Sinking of The White Ship

1135 Death of King Henry I

Around 1080 Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche was born to Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche.

Before 1100 [his brother-in-law] Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick [aged 49] and [his sister] Marguerite Chateaudun Countess Warwick were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of [his father] Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and [his mother] Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche.

In October 1100 [his father] Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche died. His son Routrou [aged 20] succeeded III Count Perche.

Around 1107 [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland [aged 15] by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.

On 7th January 1114 Henry V Holy Roman Emperor [aged 32] and [his future sister-in-law] Empress Matilda [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 46] and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England [aged 34]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In 1119 [his future brother-in-law] William Adelin Duke Normandy [aged 15] and Matilda of Anjou [aged 8] were married. She the daughter of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 30] and Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou. He the son of [his future father-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 51] and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In June 1119 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 20] and Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester were married at Lisieux, Calvados, Basse Normandie. She by marriage Countess Gloucester. He the illegitmate son of [his future father-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 51] and Daughter Gay.

Before 1120 Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche [aged 39] and Matilda Fitzroy Countess Perche were married. She by marriage Countess Perche. She the illegitmate daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 51]. He the son of Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche.

On 25th November 1120 the White Ship left Barfleur in north-west Normandy, with a party of young Normans. [his father-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 52] had left earlier on another ship. A mile out the White Ship foundered on a submerged rock. [his brother-in-law] William Adelin Duke Normandy [aged 17], his half-siblings [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Richard Fitzroy [aged 19] and [his wife] Matilda Fitzroy Countess Perche, William Bigod [aged 27], Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester, brothers Geoffrey Aigle and Engenulf Aigle, half-brothers Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester [aged 26] and Ottiwel Avranches, brothers Ivo Grandesmil and William Grandesmil and Geoffrey Ridel were all drowned.

Around 1129 [his mother] Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche died.

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Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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In 1130 [his nephew] Roger Beaumont 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 28] and Gundred Warenne Countess Warwick were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 45]. He the son of [his former brother-in-law] Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick and [his sister] Marguerite Chateaudun Countess Warwick.

Before 1135 Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche [aged 54] and Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Perche. The difference in their ages was 38 years. He the son of Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche.

In 1135 [his son] Routrou Chateaudun IV Count Perche was born to Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche [aged 55] and [his wife] Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux [aged 17]. He married Matilda Blois Countess Perche, daughter of Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois and Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois, and had issue.

The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Orderic Vitalis. Lastly, this catholic prince besought all persons to preserve peace and protect the poor. Then, after having made his confession, he received penance and absolution from the priests, and receiving extreme unction, and being strengthened by the holy eucharist, commended himself to God, and departed this life on the calends of December [1st December [1135]], being Sunday, early in the night. There were then assembled five counts, [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Robert of Gloucester [aged 36], William de Warrenne, Rotrou of Mortain [aged 55], Waleran of Mellent [aged 31], and Robert of Leicester [aged 31],1 besides several other lords, captains, and noble castellans: all of whom were entreated by Hugh the archbishop, and Ouen, bishop of Evreux, not to forsake their master's corpse unless by common consent, but to conduct it to the sea side, all together, in an honourable escort.

Note 1. Robert, earl of Gloucester, the king's natural son; William de Warrenne, earl of Surrey, probably the third of that name, as his father William had died in the course of the year; Rotrou II., Count du Perche; Waleran, count, or earl, of Mellent; and Robert the Hunchback, earl of Leicester.

In 1137 [his son] Archbishop Stephen of Chateaudun was born to Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche [aged 57] and [his wife] Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux [aged 19].

On 6th May 1144 Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche [aged 64] died. His son Routrou [aged 9] succeeded IV Count Perche.

In 1145 Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux [aged 22] and [his former wife] Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Louis VI King of the Franks and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.

On 13th January 1151 [his former wife] Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux [aged 33] died.

[his daughter] Philippa Chateaudun Countess Maine was born to Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche and Matilda Fitzroy Countess Perche. She a granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She married before 15th January 1151 her half fourth cousin Elias Anjou 2nd Count Maine, son of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou, and had issue.

[his daughter] Felicia Chateaudun was born to Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche and Matilda Fitzroy Countess Perche. She a granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

[his daughter] Beatrix Chateaudun was born to Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche.

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The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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[his son] Geoffrey Chateaudun was born to Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche and Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux.

[his son] Bertrand Chateaudun was born to Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche.

[his father] Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and [his mother] Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche were married. She by marriage Countess Mortain Mortagne. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Hilduin Montdidier IV Count Montdidier. He the son of Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche and Adeliza de Bellême Countess Perche.

Ancestors of Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche 1080-1144

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey II Châteaudun Vicomte de Châteaudun

Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun I Count Perche

Great x 2 Grandmother: Melisende Viscountess Châteaudun

Grandfather: Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche

Great x 1 Grandmother: Helvise Corbon Viscountess Châteaudun

Father: Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche

Great x 1 Grandfather: Guérin de Domfront

Grandmother: Adeliza de Bellême Countess Perche

Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hilduin III Count Montdidier

Grandfather: Hilduin Montdidier IV Count Montdidier

Mother: Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche