Deeds of King Henry V

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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Biography of Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 1576-1644

Paternal Family Tree: Orange

Maternal Family Tree: Antoinette Polignac 1460

On 6th July 1551 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange [aged 18] and Anna Egmond Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.

On 25th August 1561 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange [aged 28] and [her step-mother] Anna of Saxony [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Princess Orange. They had two sons, one of which died in infancy, and three daughters.

On 24th June 1575 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange [aged 42] and [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.

On 31st March 1576 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine was born to [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange [aged 42] and [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange [aged 29].

On 5th May 1582 [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange [aged 35] died.

On 24th April 1583 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange [aged 50] and Louise Coligny Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.

On 22nd October 1583 Louis VI Elector Palatine [aged 44] died. His son [her future husband] Frederick [aged 9] succeeded IV Elector Palatine Rhine.

On 10th July 1584 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange [aged 51] died. His son [her half-brother] Philip [aged 29] succeeded William I Prince Orange.

Before 16th July 1594 Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 20] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Electress Palatine Rhine. He the son of Louis VI Elector Palatine.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 16th July 1594 [her daughter] Luise Juliane Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 20] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 18].

On 10th June 1595 [her daughter] Katharina Sofie Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 21] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 19].

On 26th August 1596 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 22] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 20]. He married 14th February 1613 his fourth cousin once removed Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia, daughter 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.

After 1597 [her brother-in-law] Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars [aged 31] and [her sister] Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Duchess Thouars. He the son of Louis III de La Tremoille 1st Duke Thouars and Jeanne Montmorency.

On 19th November 1597 [her daughter] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 23] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 21]. She married 1616 George William Hohenzollern and had issue.

On 4th January 1599 [her daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 24] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 22]. She died aged one in 1600.

On 5th August 1600 [her son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 26] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 24]. He died aged less than one years old.

On 10th October 1600 [her son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine died.

On 10th October 1600 [her daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern [aged 1] died .

On 18th September 1601 [her son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 27] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 25]. He died aged three in 1605.

On 23rd November 1602 [her son] Louis Philip Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 28] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 26].

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

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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On 28th March 1605 [her son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern [aged 3] died.

On 19th September 1610 [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 36] died.

Marriage of Elizabeth Stewart and Frederick V Elector Palatine

On 14th February 1613 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 16] and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 16] were married at Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. She the daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 46] and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland [aged 38]. He the son of Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 36]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

A grand occasion that saw more royalty than ever visit the court of England. The marriage was an enormously popular match and was the occasion for an outpouring of public affection with the ceremony described as "a wonder of ceremonial and magnificence even for that extravagant age".

It was celebrated with lavish and sophisticated festivities both in London and Heidelberg, including mass feasts and lavish furnishings that cost nearly £50,000, and nearly bankrupted King James. Among many celebratory writings of the events was John Donne's [aged 41] "Epithalamion, Or Marriage Song on the Lady Elizabeth, and Count Palatine being married on St Valentine's Day".

In 1616 [her son-in-law] George William Hohenzollern [aged 20] and Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 39].

On 28th June 1626 [her daughter] Katharina Sofie Palatinate Simmern [aged 31] died.

On 29th November 1632 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 36] died.

On 16th April 1640 [her sister] Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau [aged 60] died.

On 28th April 1640 [her daughter] Luise Juliane Palatinate Simmern [aged 45] died.

On 15th March 1644 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 67] died.

Royal Ancestors of Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 1576-1644

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 1576-1644
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [1]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]

Frederick I King Sweden [2]

William Elector of Hesse [2]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [2]

King Christian IX of Denmark [2]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [2]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [2]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [4]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [2]

Carl XVI King Sweden [2]

Ancestors of Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 1576-1644

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Vendome

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Montfort Baron Laval

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne 13th de Laval Baroness Laval 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme

GrandFather: Louis Duke of Montpensier 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bertrand V of La Tour

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gabrielle La Tour

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquette du Peschin Dame de Banassat

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ludovico III Marquis of Mantua

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua

Great x 2 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy Seigneur de Givry

GrandMother: Jacqueline de Longwy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois Orléans 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Rohan

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Valois 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Antoinette Polignac