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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Paternal Family Tree: Reginar aka Percy
Maternal Family Tree: Beatrice St Pol Countess Ponthieu 1145-1204
In 1251 [her father] Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant [aged 21] and [her mother] Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Hugh IV Duke Burgundy [aged 37] and [her grandmother] Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1256 Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant [aged 26] and [her mother] Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant [aged 23]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 28th February 1261 [her father] Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant [aged 31] died. His son [her brother] Henry [aged 10] succeeded IV Duke Brabant.
On 28th May 1262 [her future husband] King Philip III of France [aged 17] and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of James I King Aragon [aged 54] and Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of King Louis IX of France [aged 48] and [her future mother-in-law] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France [aged 41]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 25th August 1270 King Louis IX of France [aged 56] died. His son [her future husband] Philip [aged 25] succeeded III King France: Capet. Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France [aged 22] by marriage Queen Consort France.
On 5th September 1270 [her brother] John Reginar I Duke Brabant [aged 17] and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Capet [aged 15] were married. She died in childbirth less than a year later. She the daughter of King Louis IX of France [deceased] and [her future mother-in-law] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France [aged 49]. He the son of [her father] Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant [aged 37]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
After 1272 Henry Reginar IV Duke Brabant [deceased] died. His brother John [aged 19] succeeded I Duke Brabant.
In 1273 [her brother] John Reginar I Duke Brabant [aged 20] and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders [aged 47] and Mathilde Bethune. He the son of [her father] Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and [her mother] Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant [aged 40]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 23rd October 1273 [her mother] Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant [aged 40] died.
On 21st August 1274 King Philip III of France [aged 29] and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant. He the son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France [aged 53]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 3rd May 1276 [her son] Louis I Count Évreux was born to [her husband] King Philip III of France [aged 31] and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [aged 20]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married in or before 1303 his second cousin once removed Margaret Artois Countess Évreux and had issue.
Around 1278 [her daughter] Blanche Capet Duchess Austria was born to [her husband] King Philip III of France [aged 32] and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [aged 22]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married 25th May 1300 Rudolph Habsburg III Duke Austria, son of Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria and Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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In 1279 [her daughter] Margaret of France Queen Consort England was born to [her husband] King Philip III of France [aged 33] and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [aged 23]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married 10th September 1299 her first cousin once removed King Edward I of England, son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England, and had issue.
In 1279 [her uncle] Robert II Duke Burgundy [aged 31] and [her sister-in-law] Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of King Louis IX of France and [her mother-in-law] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France [aged 58]. He the son of [her grandfather] Hugh IV Duke Burgundy and [her grandmother] Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1284 [her step-son] Charles Valois I Count Valois [aged 13] was created I Count Valois.
On 6th April 1284 [her brother-in-law] Peter Capet Count Alençon [aged 33] was killed at Salerno by Aragonese mercenaries. He had no issue; Count Alençon extinct.
On 16th August 1284 [her step-son] King Philip IV of France [aged 16] and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry I King Navarre and Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [aged 36]. He the son of [her husband] King Philip III of France [aged 39] and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 5th October 1285 [her husband] King Philip III of France [aged 40] died of dysentery; see Annals of Dunstable. His son [her step-son] Philip [aged 17] succeeded IV King France: Capet. Joan Blois I Queen Navarre [aged 12] by marriage Queen Consort of France.
In 1294 [her brother] John Reginar I Duke Brabant [aged 41] died. His son [her nephew] John [aged 18] succeeded II Duke Brabant. Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant [aged 18] by marriage Duchess Brabant.
On 10th September 1299 [her son-in-law] King Edward I of England [aged 60] and Margaret of France Queen Consort England [aged 20] were married at Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. The difference in their ages was 39 years. She the daughter of King Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [aged 43]. He the son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 27] was present.
On 25th May 1300 [her son-in-law] Rudolph Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 18] and Blanche Capet Duchess Austria [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of King Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [aged 44]. He the son of Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria [aged 44] and Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria.
In or before 1303 Louis I Count Évreux [aged 26] and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Évreux. He the son of King Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [aged 46]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 1st March 1305 [her daughter] Blanche Capet Duchess Austria [aged 27] died.
On 14th February 1318 [her daughter] Margaret of France Queen Consort England [aged 39] died at Marlborough Castle [Map]. She was buried at Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map]. Her tomb was destroyed during the Reformation.
On 19th May 1319 Louis I Count Évreux [aged 43] died. His son Philip [aged 13] succeeded Count Évreux.
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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On 12th January 1321 Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [aged 65] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [1]
Margaret of France Queen Consort England [1]
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [1]
Joan Évreux Queen Consort France [1]
Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [1]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [2]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [2]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [2]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [3]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [2]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [3]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [3]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [1]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [2]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [2]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [1]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [1]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [2]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [4]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [5]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [4]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [2]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [2]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [2]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [4]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [2]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [4]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [6]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [4]
Frederick William III King Prussia [2]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [4]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [4]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [6]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [4]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [10]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [12]
King Christian IX of Denmark [6]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [8]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [10]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [22]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [22]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [6]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [12]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [12]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [16]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [28]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [34]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [26]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [40]
Carl XVI King Sweden [54]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Chiny Countess Louvain
Great x 2 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Berenger II Sulzbach
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jutta von Wassenberg Wassenburg Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg
GrandFather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthew Metz Count Boulogne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Stephen I England Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois 
Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne 
Father: Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant 2 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Swabia
GrandMother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant
Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh II Duke Burgundy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo II Duke Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Felicia Matilda Mayenne Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh III Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Blois Duchess Burgundy Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 1 Grandfather: Odo III Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Metz I Duke Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Matthias Metz I Duke Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Reginar Duchess Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Metz Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick "One Eyed" Hohenstaufen I Holy Roman Emperor 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha aka Judith Hohenstaufen Duchess Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Welf Holy Roman Empress
GrandFather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugues Vergy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Vergy Duchess Burgundy
Mother: Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VI King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
GrandMother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald St Valery
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard St Valery
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas St Valery
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Donart
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Montgomery II Count Ponthieu
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montgomery I Count Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Countess Ponthieu
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adele Ponthieu 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice St Pol Countess Ponthieu