The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 08 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de
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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 08 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Page 30. line 6. _James de Harcourt._] William son of James lord de
Montgomery (often mentioned in the early part of this history) and
Margaret de Melun, countess of Tancarville. He married 1st Petronille
d'Amboise, and 2ndly, Yoland de Laval, and dying in the year 1487, left
only two daughters.
Page 30. line 7. _Lord de Moreul._] Should be Mareuil, Robert II, son
of Robert I, killed at Agincourt. He married Michéle d'Estouteville,
and died in 1476.
Page 92. line 17. _Marquis du Pont._] Louis marquis of Pont-a-Mousson,
second son of Renè king of Sicily and Naples. He died at an early age.
Page 93. line 3. _Count de Blamont._] Isabel, daughter of Frederic, and
sister of Anthony, counts de Vaudemont married Henry count de Blamont,
whose son must have been the count de Blamont here meant.
Page 97. line. 6. _Duke of Burgundy._] Charles prince of Viana, only
son of John king of Arragon, by his marriage with Blanche the daughter
and heiress of Charles III, king of Navarre, was born at Pennafiel in
the year 1421, and died in 1461 before his father. In his time the
fatal feuds of the houses of Grammont and Beaumont which distracted the
Kingdom of Navarre for nearly half a century, had their commencement.
Agnes sixth daughter of Adolphus duke of Cleves.
There was no issue of this marriage; and the prince left none but
illegitimate children, in consequence of which the crown of Navarre
passed into the house of Foix.
Page 116. line 6. _Lord d'Albreth._] Charles II, eldest son and
successor of the constable, count of Dreux, &c. married Anne of
Armagnac, and died in 1471.
Page 117. line 8 from the bottom. _Roderigo de Villandras._] Don
Roderigo de Villandrado, first count of Ribadeo, was a Castilian
by birth, of the town of Valladolid. He married Margaret a natural
daughter of John duke of Bourbon. Returning to Spain in this year, he
performed some essential services for the king of Castille, who, in
recompense, accorded to him and his descendants, the valuable privilege
of eating at the king's table on new year's day, and of having the robe
worn by the king on that day. La Mayerne, hist. d'Espagne. Liv. 19.
Page 152. line 17. _Jacotin de Bethune._] James third son of John I. de
Bethune lord of Moreuil, was nicknamed Jacotin. From him, according to
Du Cange, the lords of Belfour in Scotland were descended, their family
name being corrupted to Beatoun.
Page 175. line 6 from the bottom. _Lord de Beaujeu_] Philip, 2nd son
of Charles II. duke of Bourbon, was called lord of Beaujeu, and died
young. The title then passed to the fourth son, Peter, who married Anne
daughter of Louis XI, the celebrated dame de Beaujeu, regent of France.
Page 177. line 5. _Bastard of Bourbon._] Alexander son of the duke. See
the account of his death in p. 2.
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