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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin 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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In 1879 Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter was born to Levi Zeigler Leiter (age 44) in Chicago.
1898. John Singer Sargent (age 41). Portrait of Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 19).
After 1900. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 21)
On 09 Jun 1904 [her father] Levi Zeigler Leiter (age 69) died.
On 26 Dec 1904 Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire (age 27) and Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 25) were married. She a wealthy American heiress, one of many who married into English nobilty around the time. He the son of Henry Charles Howard 18th Earl Suffolk 11th Earl Berkshire and Mary Eleanor Coventry Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 57).
1905. John Singer Sargent (age 48). Portrait of Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 26).
On 02 Mar 1906 [her son] Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire was born to [her husband] Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire (age 28) and Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 27).
On 21 Apr 1917 [her husband] Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire (age 39) was killed in action when a piece of shrapnel entered his heart. His son [her son] Charles (age 11) succeeded 20th Earl Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire.
In 1934 [her son] Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 27) and [her daughter-in-law] Minnie Mabel "Mimi" Forde Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Bershire (age 36) were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire. He the son of [her former husband] Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire and Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 55).
On 12 May 1941 [her son] Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 35) was killed. He had succeessfully defused thirty-four bmbs. The thirty-fifth exploded at Erith Marshes, Kent bomb cemetery. The 250kg bomb, dropped six months earlier, contained a Zus 40 booby trap that detonated when the Type 17 fuse was withdrawn. The explosion killed fourteen people: the Earl, his chauffeur Fred Hards, his secretary Eileen Beryl Morden (who died in the ambulance), and eleven other people who were nearby.
[her grandson] Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire (age 6) succeeded 21st Earl Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire, 13th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 13th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 05 Mar 1968 Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 89) died.