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 223. line 12 from the bottom. _Duke._] Charles duke of Orleans had
been twice married before, 1st to Isabel his first cousin, daughter of
Charles VI, and widow of Richard II, king of England, by whom he had a
daughter married to John duke of Alençon; 2ndly, to Bona the daughter
of Bernard constable d'Armagnac by whom he had no issue. His third wife
was Mary, sixth daughter of Adolph duke of Cleves, who died in 1487,
and brought him three children, Liewis afterwards king of France; Mary,
married to the viscount of Narbonne; and Anne, abbess of Fontevrault.
Page 253. last line. _Montgaugier._] John II, de Sainte Maure, lord of
Montgaugier and Nesle, married Louise de Rochechouart, daughter to John
lord Mortemart, and died 1463.
Page 255. line 11. _Bastard of Bourbon._] Alexander, a natural son of
John I, duke of Bourbon, and brother of Charles I, the then duke.
Page 258. line 5. _Lord de Dours._] _Dours_ Qu. _Douars_. Peter lord
of Douars, youngest son to Guy V, lord of la Trimouille, and uncle to
George count of Guisnes, left issue a son, John lord of Douars, in
whose son, John, this branch of the house Trimouille terminated.
Page 258. line 5. _Lord de Contay._] Qu. Conti? Ferry de Mailly (often
before-mentioned) was lord of Conti by descent from Isabel, heiress of
that house, who married Colard de Mailly surnamed "Le Jeune."
Page 263. line 10 from the bottom. _Joachim Rohault._] Joachim de
Rouault lord of Boisemenard, Gamaches, &c. marshal of France in 1461.
The son of John lord of Gamaches, &c. who was killed at the battle of
Verneuil in 1424, and of Jane du Bellay. He was distinguished in all
the great actions of his time, was made constable of Bordeaux, and died
in 1478. He was usually styled the marshal de Gamaches.
Page 270. line 8 from the bottom. _Jeanne de Bethune._] Daughter and
heir of Robert I. (viscount of Meaux in right of his mother Jane,
heiress of the great house of Coucy)--she married first Robert de Bar
count of Soissons mentioned in a former volume, and 2ndly John de
Luxembourg count de Ligny, of whom such frequent mention has been made.
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