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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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Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain 1060-1139

Paternal Family Tree: Reginar aka Percy

Before 1058 [his father] Henry Reginar II Count Louvain [aged 37] and [his mother] Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain were married. She by marriage Countess Louvain. He the son of [his grandfather] Lambert Reginar II Count Louvain and [his grandmother] Oda Ardennes Countess Louvain.

Around 1060 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain was born to Henry Reginar II Count Louvain [aged 40] and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.

In 1071 [his father] Henry Reginar II Count Louvain [aged 51] died. His son [his brother] Henry succeeded III Count Louvain.

In 1090 [his brother] Henry Reginar III Count Louvain and [his sister-in-law] Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine [aged 10] were married. She by marriage Countess Louvain. She the daughter of Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders [aged 57] and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland [aged 60]. He the son of [his father] Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and [his mother] Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain. They were half fourth cousins.

In 1090 Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy [aged 25] and [his future sister-in-law] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. She the daughter of William I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy.

In 1095 [his brother] Henry Reginar III Count Louvain died at Tournai [Map]. His brother Godfrey [aged 35] succeeded I Count Louvain. [his future wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain by marriage Countess Louvain.

Before 1103 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 42] and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain were married. She the daughter of Otto Chiny 2nd Count Chiny. He the son of Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.

Around 1103 [his daughter] Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 43] and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain. She married 1. 24th January 1121 her half fourth cousin once removed King Henry I "Beauclerc" England, son of King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England 2. her half fourth cousin once removed King Henry I "Beauclerc" England, son of King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England 3. 1138 William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel and had issue.

After 19th October 1103, the date of her first husband's death, Rainier Aleramici Marquis of Monferrat [aged 19] and [his future sister-in-law] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy [aged 33] were married. She the daughter of William I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy.

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The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342

The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.

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In 1106 Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine [aged 51] and [his former sister-in-law] Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland [aged 76]. He the son of Gerard Metz I Duke Lorraine and Hedwige Namur Duchess Lorraine. They were third cousin once removed.

Around 1107 [his son] Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 47] and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain. He married in or before 1142 Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine and had issue.

In 1115 Amaury Montfort Count Évreux [aged 44] and [his niece] Richilde Flanders Countess Évreux [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Évreux. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Baldwin II Count Hainaut and [his sister] Ida Reginar Countess Hainaut. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

In 1119 [his future brother-in-law] Guy Ivrea aka Pope Calixtus II [aged 54] was elected Calixtus II Pope.

After 1119 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 59] and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Countess Louvain. She the daughter of William I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

In 1121 [his son] Jocelin Percy was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 61] and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain. He married in or before 1170 Agnes Percy 4th Baroness Percy Topcliffe, daughter of William Percy 3rd Baron Percy Topcliffe, and had issue.

On 24th January 1121, three months after the disaster that was the 25th November 1120-Sinking of The White Ship in which Henry's only legitimate son was drowned, with [his son-in-law] King Henry [aged 53] needing an heir quickly, he and Adeliza of Louvain [aged 18] were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. Despite fourteen years of marriage they didn't have any children. Following Henry's death she married William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel [aged 12] with whom she had seven children. The difference in their ages was 35 years. She the daughter of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 61] and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain. He the son of King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. [29th January 1121] This year was the [his son-in-law] King Henry [aged 53] at Christmas at Bramton, and afterwards, before Candlemas, at Windsor was given him to wife Athelis [aged 18]; soon afterwards consecrated queen, who was daughter of the Duke of Louvain [aged 61].

Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. On the fourth of the calends of February [29th January 1121] the [his daughter] maiden [aged 18] already mentioned as selected for queen was married to the [his son-in-law] king [aged 53] by William, bishop of Winchester, at the command of Ralph, archbishop of Canterbury; and on the following day, the third of the calends of February (30th January), she was consecrated and crowned as queen by the archbishop in person.

Note. Some sources say 24th January 1121.

Around 1133 [his wife] Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders [aged 55] died.

In 1138 [his son-in-law] William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel [aged 29] and Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 78] and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

On 25th January 1139 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 79] died. His son Godfrey [aged 32] succeeded II Count Louvain.

[his daughter] Clarissa Reginar was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

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Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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[his son] Henry Reginar was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

[his daughter] Ida Reginar Countess Cleves was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain. She married Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves and had issue.

Royal Ancestors of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain 1060-1139

Kings Wessex: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain 1060-1139
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [7]

Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England [1]

Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [1]

Margaret of France Queen Consort England [1]

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [2]

Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [1]

Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [1]

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg [1]

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [1]

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [2]

Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [2]

King Louis of Naples [1]

Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess Bedford [1]

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [7]

King Edward IV of England [1]

King Richard III of England [1]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [5]

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [1]

Louis XII King France [9]

Jean III King Navarre [1]

Charles VIII King France [4]

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [4]

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [10]

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [9]

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [12]

King Francis I of France [12]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [1]

Queen Jane Seymour [3]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [4]

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [12]

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [21]

Antoine King Navarre [8]

King Henry II of France [2]

Madeleine Valois [2]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [2]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [3]

Louis VI Elector Palatine [7]

Francis II King France King Consort Scotland [1]

Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [1]

Charles IX King France [1]

King Henry III of France [1]

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [16]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [25]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [25]

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [6]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [8]

George Wharton [26]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [8]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [5]

Louis XIII King France [1]

Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [1]

Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [1]

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [13]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [13]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [15]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [8]

Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [13]

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [35]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [13]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [43]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [13]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [26]

Frederick I King Sweden [39]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [26]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [26]

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [19]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [13]

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [19]

President George Washington [2]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [28]

William Elector of Hesse [39]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [15]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [28]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [39]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [28]

Frederick William III King Prussia [13]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [28]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [26]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [43]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [28]

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [2]

William I King Prussia [28]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [71]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [82]

King Christian IX of Denmark [42]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [56]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [68]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [155]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [155]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [39]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [108]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [78]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [82]

Constantine I King Greece [42]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [113]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [194]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [233]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [183]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [275]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [453]

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [2]

Constantine II King Hellenes [2]

Carl XVI King Sweden [382]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [133]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1311]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [4]

Ancestors of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain 1060-1139

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginar "Longneck" I Duke Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginar II Reginarids II Count Hainaut

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginar III Count Hainaut

Great x 1 Grandfather: Lambert "Bearded" Reginar I Count Louvain

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh V Count Equisheim

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Equisheim Countess Hainaut

Grandfather: Lambert Reginar II Count Louvain 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Simple" III King West Francia 2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gerberga Carolingian Duchess Lower Lorraine 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Father: Henry Reginar II Count Louvain 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gozlin Ardennes Count Ardennes 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey "The Prisoner" Ardennes I Count Verdun 5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Oda Metz

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gothelo Ardennes Duke Lower Lorraine Duke Upper Lorraine 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Billung Countess Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegard Westerburg Margrave Billung March

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gothelo "The Coward" Ardennes II Duke Lower Lorraine 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Grandmother: Oda Ardennes Countess Louvain 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Mother: Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain