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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Paternal Family Tree: Medici
Maternal Family Tree: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence 1180-1242
On 18th December 1565 [her father] Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany [aged 24] and [her mother] Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Grand Duchess Tuscany. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor and [her grandmother] Anne Jagiellon.
On 18th August 1572 [her future husband] Henry IV King France [aged 18] and Margaret Valois Queen Consort France [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [aged 53]. He the son of Antoine King Navarre and Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. They were second cousins.
On 26th April 1575 Marie de Medici Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany [aged 34] and [her mother] Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany [aged 28].
On 12th May 1575 Henry III King France [aged 23] Abdicated King France: Capet Valois Angoulême. His second cousin [her future husband] Henry [aged 21] succeeded IV King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.
On 10th April 1578 [her mother] Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany [aged 31] died.
On 19th October 1587 [her father] Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany [aged 46] died.
Around 1590. Santi di Tito [aged 53]. Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 14].
On 17th December 1600 Henry IV King France [aged 47] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Antoine King Navarre and Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins.
On 27th September 1601 [her son] Louis XIII King France was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 47] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 26]. He married 1615 his second cousin Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France, daughter of Philip III King Spain and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain, and had issue.
On 22nd November 1602 [her daughter] Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 48] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 27]. She married 1610 her second cousin Philip IV King Spain, son of Philip III King Spain and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain, and had issue.
On 10th February 1606 [her daughter] Christine Marie Bourbon Duchess Savoy was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 52] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 30]. She married 1619 her third cousin Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy, son of Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy and Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy, and had issue.
On 16th April 1607 [her son] Nicolas Henri Bourbon Duke Orléans was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 53] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 31]. He died aged four in 1611.
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 25th April 1608 [her son] Gaston Bourbon was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 54] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 32]. He married (1) 1626 his third cousin once removed Marie Bourbon Duchess Montpensier (2) 1632 his third cousin once removed Marguerite Lorraine Duchess Montpensier, daughter of Francis Lorraine II Duke Lorraine, and had issue.
On 16th July 1608 [her illegitimate step-son] César Bourbon Vendôme 1st Duke Vendôme [aged 14] and Françoise Lorraine Duchess Vendôme [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Vendôme. He the illegitmate son of [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 54] and Gabrielle d'Estrées. They were half third cousin once removed.
In 1609 Henry Bourbon Condé II Prince Condé [aged 20] and Charlotte Marguerite Montmorency Princess Condé [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Princess Condé. A marriage arranged by [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 55] who wanted her for a mistress; the couple travelled to Brussels to avoid his attention. He the son of Henri Bourbon Condé Prince Condé and Charlotte Catherine Tremoille Princess Condé. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 25th November 1609 [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England was born to [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 55] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 34]. She married 1st May 1625 her third cousin once removed King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland, son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland, and had issue.
In 1610 [her son-in-law] Philip IV King Spain [aged 4] and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [aged 7] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. She the daughter of Henry IV King France [aged 56] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 34]. He the son of Philip III King Spain [aged 31] and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [aged 25]. They were second cousins.
Around 1610. Frans Pourbus the Younger [aged 41]. Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 34].
On 14th May 1610 [her husband] Henry IV King France [aged 56] was murdered by François Ravaillac, a Catholic zealot who stabbed him while his coach was stopped on Rue de la Ferronnerie. His son Louis [aged 8] succeeded XIII King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.
On 17th November 1611 [her son] Nicolas Henri Bourbon Duke Orléans [aged 4] died.
In 1615 Louis XIII King France [aged 13] and Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Philip III King Spain [aged 36] and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 39]. They were second cousins.
1616. Frans Pourbus the Younger [aged 47]. Portrait of Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 40].
In 1619 [her son-in-law] Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy [aged 31] and Christine Marie Bourbon Duchess Savoy [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 43]. He the son of Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy [aged 56] and Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy. They were third cousins.
On 1st May 1625 [her son-in-law] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 24] and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [aged 15] were married by proxy at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 50]. He the son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland. They were third cousin once removed.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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In 1626 Gaston Bourbon [aged 17] and Marie Bourbon Duchess Montpensier [aged 20] were married. He the son of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 50]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 27th June 1630 the future [her grandson] Charles II was baptised by Archbishop William Laud [aged 56] at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. [her son] Louis XIII King France [aged 28] and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 55] were godparents.
Robert Kerr 1st Earl Ancram [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Ancram.
In 1632 Gaston Bourbon [aged 23] and Marguerite Lorraine Duchess Montpensier [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Francis Lorraine II Duke Lorraine [aged 59]. He the son of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 56]. They were third cousin once removed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th September 1641. I took waggon for Dort, to be present at the reception of the Queen-mother, Marie de Medicis [aged 66], Dowager of France, widow of Henry the Great, and mother to the [her son] French King, Louis XIII [aged 39], and the Queen of England [aged 31], whence she newly arrived, tossed to and fro by the various fortune of her life. From this city, she designed for Cologne, conducted by the Earl of Arundel [aged 14] and the Herr Van Bredrod. At this interview, I saw the Princess of Orange [aged 39], and the lady her daughter [aged 13], afterwards married to the House of Brandenburgh. There was little remarkable in this reception befitting the greatness of her person; but an universal discontent, which accompanied that unlucky woman wherever she went.
On 3rd July 1642 Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 67] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Louis X King France I Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lorenzo "The Elder" de Medici
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pierfrancesco "The Elder" de Medici
Great x 2 Grandfather: Giovanni de' Medici
Great x 1 Grandfather: Lodovico de Medici aka Giovanni delle Bande Nere
GrandFather: Cosimo I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal 
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand I King Aragon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John II King Aragon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Alberquerque Queen Consort Aragon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Aragon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fadrique Enríquez Count Melgar Count Rueda 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mariana Fernández Countess Melgar
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry III King Castile 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John II King Castile Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Queen Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Prince John Aviz Constable Portugal Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Braganza 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Algirdas Grand Duke of Lithuania
Great x 3 Grandfather: Władysław II Jagiełło
Great x 4 Grandmother: Uliana of Tver
Great x 2 Grandfather: Casimir IV King Poland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Olshansky
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia of Halshany
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alexandra Drucka
Great x 1 Grandfather: Vladislaus II King Hungary 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund 
8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress
GrandMother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gaston Foix
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Foix 1st Earl Kendal 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Albret 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gaston de Foix 2nd Earl Kendal 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kerdeston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Kerdeston Countess Foix 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pole 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Count Foix
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret Countess Foix
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine of Foix Countess Kendal 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Aragon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Évreux Queen Consort Aragon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England