This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Paternal Family Tree: Deira
Unknown Name Deira was born to [her father] King Edwin of Northumbria and [her mother] Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria.
Before 628 [her son] Bridei III Picts was born to Beli King Strathclyde aka Alt Clut and Unknown Name Deira .
Beli King Strathclyde aka Alt Clut and Unknown Name Deira were married. She the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria.
Beli King Strathclyde aka Alt Clut succeeded King Strathclyde aka Alt Clut. Unknown Name Deira by marriage Queen Consort Strathclyde aka Alt Clut.
Kings Deira: Grand Daughter of Aella King Deira
Great x 1 Grandfather: Yffe Deira
GrandFather: Aella King Deira
Father: King Edwin of Northumbria
Unknown Name Deira Queen Consort Strathclyde aka Alt Clut
Great x 2 Grandfather: Octa King of Kent
Great x 1 Grandfather: Eormenric King of Kent
GrandFather: King Æthelberht of Kent
Mother: Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Clothar "The Old" I King Paris Merovingian King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charibert King Paris Merovingian
GrandMother: Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ingoberga Unknown Queen Consort Paris