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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Joseph Duplessis is in Painters.
On 22nd September 1725 Joseph Duplessis was born.
1775. Joseph Duplessis [aged 49]. Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Around 1785. Joseph Duplessis [aged 59]. Portrait of Louise Marie de Bourbon Duchess of Orléans [aged 31].
Louise Marie de Bourbon Duchess of Orléans: On 13th March 1753 she was born to Louis de Bourbon Duke of Penthièvre. On 23rd June 1821 Louise Marie de Bourbon Duchess of Orléans died.
Around 1785. Joseph Duplessis [aged 59]. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin [aged 78]. The image subsequently used for the United States $100 bill.
Benjamin Franklin: On 17th January 1706 he was born to Josiah Franklin at Milk Street, Boston. On 17th April 1790 Benjamin Franklin died.
1801. Joseph Duplessis [aged 75]. Self-Portrait.
Before 1802. Joseph Duplessis [aged 76]. "Princess of Lamballe".
On 1st April 1802 Joseph Duplessis [aged 76] died.