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: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness
On 19th January 1511 [his father] John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox [aged 21] and [his mother] Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Lennox. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl [aged 71] and [his grandmother] Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl [aged 54]. He the son of Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Lennox [aged 36]. They were half first cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1522 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March was born to [his father] John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox [aged 32] and [his mother] Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox [aged 27] at Dumbarton Castle, Dunbarton. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 4th September 1526 the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge was fought between supporters of Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 36], the king's mother, commanded by [his father] John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox [aged 36] and supporters of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 37] commanded by James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran [aged 51], over who would have control over King James V of Scotland [aged 14] in his minority.
John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox was killed possibly after surrendering. His son [his brother] Matthew [aged 9] succeeded 4th Earl Lennox.
William Cunningham 4th Earl Glencairn [aged 33] was captured.
On 6th July 1544 [his brother] Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox [aged 27] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Lennox. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 55] and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland. He the son of [his father] John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox and [his mother] Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox [aged 49]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 25th November 1564 [his mother] Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox [aged 69] died.
On 16th June 1578 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March [aged 56] was created 1st Earl Lennox.
On 6th January 1579 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March [aged 57] and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Lennox. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl. He the son of John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox and Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox. They were first cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 25th April 1579 [his father-in-law] John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 15] succeeded 5th Earl Atholl. Mary Ruthven Countess Atholl by marriage Countess Atholl.
On 5th March 1580 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March [aged 58] resigned Earl Lennox. On the same day he was created 1st Earl March. [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 31] by marriage Countess March.
On the same day Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Lennox by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 13] for being his favourite. Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox by marriage Countess Lennox.
On 19th May 1581 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March [aged 59] and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 32] were divorced.
After 19th May 1581 James Stewart 1st Earl Arran and [his former wife] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl. They were half fourth cousins.
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 29th March 1586 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March [aged 64] died.
In September 1595 [his former wife] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 46] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart of Darnley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jonetta Keith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Stewart of Darnley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lennox Countess Évreux
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Seton 2nd Lord Seton 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Seton Master of Seton 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Sinclair Lady Seton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Seton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Dunbar 10th Earl March 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Janet Dunbar 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christina Wyntoun Countess Dunbar 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 1st Lord Montgomerie
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Boyd
Father: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Lennox 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Robert III of Scotland 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King James I of Scotland 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: King James II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Arran 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egmont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine de la Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stewart
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Stewart of Innermeath
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Graham 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart of Innermeath 3rd of Lorn
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Holkettle
Great x 1 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Macdougall
GrandFather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England 
Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 
5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Mother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Nithsdale" Douglas
Great x 2 Grandmother: Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Robert II of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Egidia Stewart 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland
GrandMother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness