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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Before 1st June 1856 [his father] Gustave Schmalz and [his mother] Margaret Carmichael were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James aka John Wilson Carmichael [aged 55] and [his grandmother] Mary Sweet [aged 52].
On 1st June 1856 Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael was born to Gustave Schmalz and Margaret Carmichael. His father was the German Consul to England. He studied at the South Kensington Art School and the Royal Academy of Arts, where he studied with Frank Dicksee [aged 2], Stanhope Forbes and Arthur Hacker.
1884. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 27]. "Too Late".
1884. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 27]. "The Temple of Eros".
1884. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 27]. "Queen of the May".
1885. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 28]. "Girl With a Red Umbrella".
1885. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 28]. "Topsy".
1888. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 31]. "Zenobia".
1888. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 31]. "Imogen". Probably modelled by future wife, Edith Ellen Pullen [aged 22].
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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1889. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 32]. "A Fair Beuaty". Probably a portrait of his wife, or future wife, Edith Ellen Pullen [aged 23].
On or after 24th April 1889, the date of the licence, Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 32] and Edith Ellen Pullen [aged 23] were married.
Around 1890. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 33]. "A message of love"
1890. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 33]. "Flowers of the Levant".
1890. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 33]. "Celeste".
1890. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 33]. "Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii".
1891. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 34]. "Return from Calvary".
1894. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 37]. Portrait of Mrs Alec Tweedie (1862-1940).
In 1900 [his wife] Edith Ellen Pullen [aged 34] died.
1900. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 43]. Portrait of Emilie Charlotte Le Breton "Lily Langtry" [aged 46].
1911. Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 54]. "Faithful unto Death: 'Christianae ad Leones!'"
In 1918, in view of Germany's defeat in World War I, Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 61] changed his surname from Schmalz to his mother's surname Carmichael.
On 24th November 1935 Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael [aged 79] died.
Father: Gustave Schmalz
Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Carmichael
GrandFather: James aka John Wilson Carmichael
Mother: Margaret Carmichael
GrandMother: Mary Sweet