has only a Daughter namely 1. Lovise Dorothy Sophia born Sept. 19. 1680. but by the present Dutchess Two Sons viz. 2. Frederick Augustus born Oct. 6. 1685. deceased Feb. 6. 1686. And 3. Frederick William born at Two in the Afternoon Aug. 4. 1688. God grant he may one day equal Frederick William the Great Of the Franconian Line § XI MAtter 's thus far cleared we are now to remind our Promise Amongst the Sons of Albert Achilles Elector of Brandenburg above-mentioned we took notice of Frederick the Fourth born at One a Clock May 2. 1460. He had the Burgraviate of Nuremberg assigned him by his Father and took to Wife the Princess Sophia Daughter of Casimire King of Poland whom he solemnly espoused at Francfort An. 1479. He departed this Life Ap. 4. 1536. having had Seventeen Children by the Princess Sophia aforesaid whereof Five died Young The other Twelve were 1. Casimire his Father's Successor in the Burgraviate of Nuremberg born Sept. 27. 1481. deceased Sept. 21. 1527. having had to Wife Susan Daughter of Albert the Fourth Duke of Bavaria and by her this following Issue 1. Mary born 1519. married to Frederick the Third Elector Palatine 1537. deceased Oct. 21. 1567. 2. Albert the Fourth surnamed The German Alcibiades born March 28. 1522. a Prince of eminent Qualities but deceased a Batchellor An. 1557. And 3. Cunigund born 1524. married to Charles the Third Marquess of Baden-Durlach An. 1551. deceased 1557. or 1558. 2. George surnamed The Confessor born at One in the Morning March 4. 1484. He was thrice married his first Wife being Beatrix Daughter of Huniades Viceroy of Hungary deceased 1524. His second was Hedewig Daughter of Charles Duke of Munsterberg who likewise died 1531. and his third Emilia Daughter of Henry Duke of Saxony of the Albertine Line deceased 1591. His Children were as follow 1. Anne Mary born Dec. 28. 1526. married to Christopher Duke of Wurtenburg deceased May 22. 1589. 2. Sabina born May 12. 1529. espoused by John George Elector of Brandenburg An. 1547. deceased Nov. 2. 1575. 3. Sophia born 1535. married to Henry Duke of Lignitz 1560. deceased Feb. 12. 1587. 4. Barbara born 1536. who by reason of her being somewhat craz'd died unmarried An. 1591. 5. Catharine Dorothy born 1538. given in Marriage to Henry of Ruchin of the Line of Plaven deceased Jan. 19. 1604. And 6. George Frederick his Father's Successor born Ap. 5. 1539. In 1577. he was constituted Administrator of Prussia In 1582. he founded the School or College at Heilbron He was a great Lover of Peace and kept a very Splendid and noble Court This Great Prince died without Issue Ap. 25. 1603. notwithstanding he were twice married Elizabeth Daughter of John Marquess of Brandenburg being his first Wife And Sophia Daughter of William Duke of Brunswick his Second which Lady surviv'd him many Years and died at length at Nuremberg An. 1639. 3. Sophia born March 10. 1485. married to Frederick Duke of Lignitz 1519. deceased 1537. 4. Anne born May 5. 1487. married to Wenceslaus Duke of Glogow deceased 1517. 5. Albert the Third born May 17. 1490. of whom more in the next 6. John the Third born Jan 9. 1493. and created Vice-Roy of the Kingdom of Valentia in Spain by the Emperor Charles the Fifth where he died without Issue 7. Elizabeth born March 24. 1494 married to Ernest Marquess of Baden-Durlach An. 1510. deceased May 31. 8. Barbara born Sept. 24. 1495. married to George Landtgrave of Leuchtenburg An. 1526. deceased 1552. 9. Frederick the Fifth Canon of Mentz and Provost of Wurtzburg born June 17. 1497. deceased 1536. 10. William born June 3. 1498. elected Arch-Bishop of Rigen 1534. deceased Feb. 4. 1563. 11. John Albert Bishop of Halberstadt and afterwards Arch-Bishop of Magdeburg born Sept. 20. 1499. deceased May 17. 1580. And 12. Gumbert Lord High Chamberlain to Pope Leo the Tenth born June 16. 1503. deceased June 24. 1528. § XI We now return to Albert the Third elected Grand Master of the Teutonick Order in Prussia An. 1512. and had a sharp War with the Poles Peace being afterwards made he was Invested in the Dutchy of Prussia by the then King of Poland Ap. 10. 1525. since which that Dutchy has been Hereditary to this Family In 1532. he was Proscribed by the Imperial Ban. In 1544. he opened an University at Koningsberg in Prussia and at length ended his days on the 20th of March 1568. Aged 78. In 1525. he married Dorothy Daughter of Frederick the First King of Denmark After whose decease which hapned in 1547. he took to Wife Anne Mary Daughter of Erick the Elder Duke of Brunswick who departed this Life March 20. 1568. fifteen Hours after her Husband Of his Children only Two surviv'd him namely 1. Anne Sophia born June 11. 1527. married to John Albert Duke of Meckleburg 1555. deceased Feb. 6. 1591. And 2. Albert Frederick his Father's Successor in the Dutchy of Prussia born Ap. 29. 1553. and married in 1573. to Mary Eleanor Daughter of William Duke of Juliers who bore him Issue as followeth 1. Anne born July 3. 1576. married to John Sigismund Elector of Brandenburg 1594. deceased 1625. 2. Mary born Jan. 23. 1579. espoused by Christian Marquess of Brandenburg Bareith 1604. deceased Feb. 11. 1649. 3. Albert born and dead the same Year viz. 1680. 4. Sophia born March 31. married to William Duke of Curland 1609. deceased the Year following 5. Eleanor born Aug. 12. 1583. given in Marriage to Joachim Frederick Elector of Brandenburg 1603. deceased 1607. And 6. Magdalen Sibil born Dec. 30. espoused by John George the First Elector of Saxony 1607. deceased 1659. As for Albert Frederick their Father he departed this Life 1603. being somewhat distracted in his Mind but his Wife liv'd till 1608. § XII The ancient Line of Franconia becoming thus extinct these Provinces fell to Christian the First and Joachim Ernestus two younger Sons of John George Elector of Brandenburg as we observ'd above in the Sixth Section Christian who died 1645. had the Upper part of the Principality assigned him for his Lot and so propagated the Branch of Culembach by leaving Issue by Mary Daughter of Albert Frederick Duke of Prussia as followeth 1. Elizabeth Eleanor born and dead the same Year 1606. 2. George Frederick born and dead 1608. 3. Anne Mary born Dec. 20. 1609. married to John Anthony Prince of Eggeberg 1639. deceased Ap. 28. 1680. O. S. 4. Agnes born and deceased July 9. 1611. 5. Magdalen Sibil born Nov. 1. 1612. married to John George the Second Elector of Saxony Nov. 13. 1638. deceased 1687. 6. Christian Ernestus born 1613. deceased the Year following 7. Erdman Augustus born Oct. 29. 1615. of whom immediately And 8. George Albert born March 10. 1619. of whom also see more below As for Erdman Augustus he had Bareith assigned him for his Appennage married Sophia Daughter of his Uncle Joachim Ernestus of Anspach An. 1641. and died 1651. His only Son being 1.
John Ball a Priest and Disciple of Wickliffe with one Watt Tyler a Taylor and others work the Common People into a Rebellion murder Simon de Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury and several of the Nobility and with a numerous Rabble come at last to Smithfield by Landon where Sir VVilliam VVallwâ—rth then Lord Mayor upon some rude Language given the King by the said Tyler stabb'd him dead and therewith dispers'd the Rabble In memory of which the King gave the City the Augmentation of a Bloody Dagger to their Coâ—â—n the Year 1366. Henry 〈◊〉 of Derby Son of John of Gaunt was created Duke of Hereferd and being accus'd by 〈◊〉 Mâ—ubrey Duke of Norfolk of some dangerous Words by him 〈◊〉 demanded a Trial by Battel which was accepted and both being in the Lists ready in combat Hereford was banâ—th'd for ten Years of which the King struck oft four and went 〈◊〉 France And the Year following Johne Gaunt died In 1399 the King went into Ireland and in his absence Thomas Arundel Archbishop of Canterbury and others contrive to depose him and set up Henry now Duke of Lancaster who upon their Invitation return'd and met the King in VVales from whence he was convey'd to the Tower of London where a Parliament being in the mean time call'd in King Richard's Name the King resign'd his Crown to the said Henry and made the Bishops of York and Hereford his Procurators to declare his Resignation to the Parliament which was accepted And to colour the matter Articles were preserâ—ed against him on which he was deposed Septemb. 9. 1399. and afterwards trait 〈◊〉 murdered in Pomfret Castle 1401. by Sir Pierce Exten and eight others as he was at Dâ—â—â—er of whom yet he slew four in the Thirty third Year of his Age and Twenty secâ—nd of his Reign His first Wife was Anne Daughter of Charles IV. Emperour His second Isabel Daughter of Charles VI. King of France but had no Issue by either of them XIII § VI. Upon this Deposition Henry â—â—â—ke of Lancaster eldest Son of John of Gaunt tourth Son of Edward III. Born 1368. was Crown'd King Octch. 13. 1399. by the Name of King Henry IV. albeit Edmond Mortimer Earl of March Son of Roger Mortimer Earl of March Son and Heir of Philippa Daughter and Heir of â—iond third Son of King Edward III. was then living and the said Earl Râ—ger his Father upon King Richard's going into Ireland in the Year 1385. had been declared in Parliament Heir Apparent to the Crown if the said Richard died without Issue This occasioned those bloody Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster in which there were Twelve pitch'd Battels fought between them in the compass of Thirty six Years The beginning of his Reign was sull of Troubles for Thomas Merks Bishop of Carlisle made a Speech in Parliament in favour of Richard the deposed King for which albeit he was imprison'd yet it so stuck with the Nobility that six of the Chief of them combine to seize King Henry and restore King Richard and to that purpose undertook a solemn Justing to he held at Oxford in the Chrismas 1401. and invited the King to it which he accepted but the Plot being accidentally discovered by one of the Conspirators it was seasonably prevented and crush'd Nor was it long are Owen Glendour rose in VVales 1400. and declared for Edmond Mortimer The like did the Earls of Northumberland and Worcester in the North who before they could join Forces were beaten by the exemplary Courage of Prince Henry his Son 1403. The King at last having wrought through every thing that oppos'd him died of an Apoplexy March 20. 1413. in the Forty sixth Year of his Age and Fourteenth of his Reign His first Wife was Mary one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Essex and Northampton she died before he came to the Crown 1394. but left him four Sons 1. Henry V. who succeeded him 2. Thomas Duke of Clarence slain at Beaufort in France but left no Issue 3. John Duke of Bedford and Regent of France Died Septemb. 14. 1435. but had no Issue 4. Humphrey surnamed The Good created Duke of Gloucester by his Brother Henry V. Protector to his Nephew Henry VI. and at last imprison'd and strangled by the device of Queen Margaret Wife of the said Henry VI. 1447. His second Wife was Joan Daughter of Charles I. King of Navarre Widow of John de Menthâ—â—â— Duke of Bretagne by whom he had no Issue She surviv'd her Husband and died 1437. XIV To him succeeded his eldest Son Henry V. born at Monmouth 1385. Crown'd April 9. 1412. His Youth had been somewhat extravagant but he soon recover'd it and supplied his defect of Title by worthy Actions The Parliament at this time look'd with a sharp eye upon the Church-Lands and to divert the Humour Henry Chichely Archbishop of Canterbury put the King in the head of his Title to France and withal assur'd him That he had consulted the Clergy and that they had resolv'd to advance such a Summ towards it as never Spiritual Persons had given to any King before Upon this the King treated with the Parliament touching the matter which they so approv'd that an Army is forthwith rais'd in the head of which he lands in France and in a sew days besieg'd Harflue and took it 1415. and having pass'd the River Soame came up with the French then lying at Agincourt where with an Army not exceeding 15000 Men he cut off the others of 60000 Octob. 25. the same Year and return'd for England 1416. and made the Duke of Bedford Regent of France 1417. whither he follow'd himself the same Summer Took Caen 1417. Chierburgh Dampfront 1418. Rohan Vernon Mante Pontoise the Castle of St. Germane Meulane 1419. And after another Victory near the City of Mens it was amongst other things concluded That King Henry should marry the Lady Catharine the King of France's Daughter and after his death become Heir of the said Realm and in the mean time have the whole Government of the same as Regent thereof According to which they were married June 3. 1420. and the King solemnly proclaim'd Heir and Regent of France and the Duke of Burgundy and most of the Nobility swore Fealty to him As also did the Three Estates of the Realm assembled at Paris each Person severally for himself 1421. And in April following carried his Queen into England Yet notwithstanding this Charks the Dauphin retires to Berry and gets Forces together Nor was the Duke of Bedford less industrious to pursue him 'till the King coming over again and in his march to relieve Cosny then besieg'd by the Dauphin was taken with a Pleurisie of which he died at Blot St. Vincent Aug. 31. 1422. in the Thirty eighth Year of his Age and Tenth of his Reign and left by the said Catharine de Valois Daughter of the said King of France XV. Henry VI. born at Windsor Decem.
of the Dutchy of Luxenburg as well as of the City of the same Name In 1686. the Principality of Swibuse together with the City of that Name was by an amicable Accommodation deliver'd up to the Elector of Brandenburg Last of all the French King breaking the Truce took Philipsburg on the Rhine from this Family Nov. 1. 1688. O. S. Of its Pretensions § XIX THe Pretensions of the House of Austria are 1. To the Dutchy of Burgundy which appertain'd of right to Maximilian I. as having married Mary Daughter and sole Heiress of Burgundy but the then King of France refus'd to invest him on pretence of the Salique Law 2. To Transylvania Moldavia Walachia and Bulgaria as Dependencies of the Kingdom of Hungary 3. To the Counties of Habsburg Baden and Kiburg 4. To the City of Schaffbuse 5. To the Kingdom of Portugal as having actually revolted from that of Spain 6. To the Dutchy of Luxenburg And lastly To the City and Castle of Philipsburg CHAP. II. Of the House of France § I. TO find out the Rise of the present House of France we are to look back as far as Hugh the Great Duke of France Burgundy and Aquitain Marquess of Orleans and Earl of Paris deceased 956. His eldest Son was Hugh Capet Duke of France Marquess of Orleans and Count of Paris who upon the death of Lewis the Slothful last King of France of the Race of Charlemaigne was by the unanimous Consent of the Peers of France inaugurated King of that Kingdom An. 987. And his Son Robert being in the same Year declared his Successor united the aforesaid Provinces to the Crown His Queen was Aloisia Daughter of William Duke of Aquitain by whom he had Issue Robert aforesaid from his great Piety surnamed The Saint who succeeded in the Throne of France upon the death of his Father in the Year 998. He was also Heir to the Dutchy of Burgundy upon his Uncle Henry's decease and departed this Life himself in 1031. having had two Queens viz. Bertha Daughter of Conrade King of Burgundy and Constance Daughter of William Count of Arles and Provence And by then two Sons namely 1. Henry of whom more in the next Section And 2. Robert Propagator of the Line of Burgundy the which became extinct in Philip Duke of Burgundy An. 1361. And whereas it had spread it self into two lesser Branches viz. that of Montaigue and that of Vienne or Dauphiné yet the first fail'd in Claudius de Montaigue An. 1468. the other in Humbert II. 1358. who seeing himself destitute of Issue made over Dauphiné to Philip of Valois King of France for 40000 Florins and on condition That for the future the eldest Son of France should be styled The Dauphin § II. Return we now to Henry I. Crown'd King of France 1031. The beginning of whose Reign was made uneasie by his Mother for she being desirous to advance his Brother Robert to the Throne stirred up many of the Nobility against him But the Business being decided by a Battel the Victory fell to the juster side His Death bears date 1060. And his Issue by Agnes Daughter of Basilius King of Russia were 1. Philip I. And 2. Hugh Count de Vermandois de Valois de Chaumont and d'Amiens whose Posterity fail'd in Rudolph II. Count de Vermandois c. An. 1158. Philip succeeded his Father at the age of nine Years and was Crown'd King of France An. 1060. His first Queen was Bertha Daughter of Florence I. Earl of Holland whom he divorc'd in 1093. and married Bertrada Daughter to Simon Earl of Montfort By the first be had 1. Lewis VI. but first of this Line surnam'd The Gross born 1081. 2. Henry deceased an Infant 3. Constance married to Hugh Earl of Champaigne and after his decease to Boemund Prince of Antioch By the second 1. Philip Count de Mans who married Elizabeth Daughter of Guy the second Baron of Mont le Herry but died without Issue 2. Florus Father of Elizabeth of Nantes 3. Caecilia married first to Tancred Prince of Antioch and after his decease to Pontius of Tholouse Count of Tripoli in Syria And 4. Eustachia espoused to John Count d'Estampes Of these Lewis succeeded his Father at his decease and was Crown'd King of France in the Year 1108. His Queen's Name was Adelain Daughter of Humbert II. Duke of Savoy who bore him this following Issue 1. Philip deceased sixteen Years old 2. Lewis VII born 1119. of whom in the next Section 3. Henry Archbishop of Reims 4. Robert III. Count de Dreux whose Posterity became extinct in John An. 1590. 5 Philip Archdeacon of Paris deceased 1164. 6 Peter Baron or Lord of Courtnay whose Posterity fail'd in Stephen de Raviers An. 1383. 7. Hugh deceased in his Infancy And 8. Constance married to Raymund Earl of Tholouse § III. Lewis VII surnam'd The Younger was born in 1119. and Crown'd King of France 1131. His first Queen was Eleanor Daughter and Heiress of William Duke of Aquitain whom he divorc'd in 1152. After which she was married to Henry Duke of Normandy who coming afterwards to be King of England did grievously annoy the French King His second was Constance Daughter to Alphonso VIII King of Castile who died in 1159. And his third Alice Daughter of Theobald Earl of Chambagne whom he married in 1161. She died 1205. By the first he had Issue 1. Mary married to Henry Count de Champagne She died 1179. And 2. Alice married to Theobald Earl of Chartres and Blois By the second only a Daughter named Margaret married to Henry eldest Son of Henry II. King of England and after his decease to Bela III. King of Hungary whom she likewise out-liv'd and went in Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the City of Acres An. 1198. By by the third 1. Philip II. surnamed Augustus born Aug. 22. 1166. 2. Alice married to William Count de Ponthieu And 3. Agnes given in marriage to Comenius Alexius Emperour of Constantinople 1180. and after his death to Theodore Branas Lord of Adrianople Philip II.'s Inauguration to the Crown of France was Nov. 1. 1179. This Prince very much enlarged both the Power and Patrimony of the Crown of France for having overcome John sans Terre or Lack-land King of England he brought Normandy Bretagne Anjon Touraine Poictiers Clermont and part of Aquitain under his Jurisdiction His first Queen was Isabella Daughter of Baldwin IV. Earl of Haynault after whose decease he married Ingeburg Daughter of Waldemar King of Denmark but being afterwards divorc'd from her proceeded to a third Choice which was the Lady Agnes Daughter of Berthold Duke of By the first he had Issue only Lewis VIII born 1187. of whom in the next Section But by the third 1. Philip Earl of Bologne Clermont c. who by Maud Daughter of Reginald Earl of Dammarlin had Issue a Daughter named Joan and married to Scaevola de Châtillon 2. Mary after the decease of her first Husband Philip of Haynault Earl of
Mary Daughter of Stephen King of Hungary Lewis his Son became King of Poland by a Marriage with Elizabeth Daughter of Ladislaus King of that Country And Philip Charles Martel's Brother took upon him the Title of Emperour of Constantinople in his Wife 's Right Lewis IX obtain'd Clermont Tholouse and Provence by the same Right Beaumont by Gift and Mascon for Money Philip the Fair bought the County of Canny and joyn'd the Kingdom of Navarre to that of France by a Marriage with Joan last Heiress thereof with whom he had Champagne also and the Territory of Bruges Philip VI. surnamed de Valois had Dauphine given him but bought the Lordship of Mompellier in Languedoc of Sanchius King of Majorca Charles V. did the same by Auxerre Picena part of Dreux Creil and Mouzon all which Places he annexed to the Crown In 1345. Philip Duke of Burgundy third Son of King John added the Counties of Artois Burgundy and Flanders as also the Dutchy of Brabant to this Family partly as his Mother's Inheritance and partly as his Wife 's After this Charles the Bold succeeded to the Dutchy of Burgundy as next Heir and so became Lord of all the Netherlands In 1389. Lewis II. Son of Charles V. became possessed of the Dutchy of Milan in right of his Wife Valentina Daughter and Heiress of John Galeazo Duke thereof In 1535. Francis I. annexed the Dutchy of Bretagne to the Crown Henry IV. gave the Kingdom of Navarre once more to the Crown together with the Principality of Bern the Dutchies of Vendôme Beaumont and Albret the Counties of Foix and Armanac Perigord and Bresse with many other Places So that all France became incorporated in the Crown Last of all Lewis XIV the present King has made himself Master of the Bishopricks of Metz Tulles and Verdun Pignerol Brisac all Alsace and Brisgow By the Pyrenaean Treaty he had the County of Rousillon with part of that of Cerdagne made over to him See Artic. 42. and 43. Moreover he has bought Casal the Capital City of Montferrat By the Treaty of Peace at Nimeguen he was put in possession of Freiburg Two Years after he made himself Master of Strasburg by force of Arms viz. Septemb. 29. 1681. as he had done seven Years before of the Dutchies of Barre and Lorrain which two last he has united to the Crown for ever He has likewise taken the Palatinate of Deux Pents from its Natural Prince under pretence of its being an Appendant of Alsace Nor have the Dukes of Wirtenberg escaped him from whom he forced Mompelgart as also Orange from the Prince of that Name In short the Fronch of late years have extended their Power as far as America where they stand possess'd of New-France and Isles of St. Christopher and Martinique as also that of St. Laurence near Africk Moreover they seem of late to have gotten footing in Siam in the East-India's Of its Decrease § XVIII THe greatest Diminution suffered by the Family of Capet has been from the English who beginning a War with the Line of Valois under the Conduct of King Edward III. about the Year 1338. subdued in a manner all France Nevertheless in process of time all was regain'd by the French so that now the English have not so much as a Foot of Land in France In 1477. Mary the only Daughter and Heiress of Charles the Bold last Duke of Burgundy of this Family being married to Maximilian I transferred the Franche Comté together with all the Netherlands and indeed all other her Possessions except the Dutchy of Burgundy to the House of Austria Nevertheless the French by degrees have recovered many of these Places and still are gaining more as namely Artois with great part of Haynault and Flanders by the Pyrenaean Treaty of Peace See the 35th and following Articles By the Peace of Nimeguen the Franche Comté and since that the Dutchy of Luxenburg They have also made themselves Masters of some Cities belonging to the United Provinces and bought Dunkirk of the English But then again for its Decrease In 1281. this Family lost the Kingdom of Sicily witness the famous Sicilian Vespers at which time it lost Malta also Joan the last Queen of Naples of the Family of Capet transferred that Kingdom to Alphonso King of Arragon Hedewig descended of the same Race last Heiress of the Kingdom of Poland brought in Marriage that Kingdom to Jagello Duke of Lithuania In 1512. the Kingdom of Navarre was torn from it by the Spaniard and the Dutchy of Milan lost about ten Years after to Charles V. who invested his Son Philip therein Last of all the present French King has again freely surrendred the County of Avignon to his Holiness Pope Alexander VIII alias Ottoboni By all which it appears what Regions and Provinces are at present subject to the French King yet consult at leisure the famous John Christ Beckman's Hist Civ c. 3. § 2. Of its Pretensions § XIX THe House of France seems in the first place to have a just Title to the Upper Kingdom of Navarre as taken from King John of Albret by Ferdinand the Catholick King of Spain at the Instigation of Pope Julius II. whereas the Right and Title thereunto was by Joan of Albret's being married to Anthony of Bourbon Father of King Henry the Great transferred into that Family and the Claim suspended 'till this day 2. To the Commonwealth of Genoua by reason of a voluntary and formal Surrender of its Soveraignty in 1396. to Charles VI. King of France which has been since often claim'd 3. To the Kingdom of Naples which nevertheless seems to be but weak and is wholly rejected by the Spaniards 4. To the Dutchy of Milan Valentina the Heiress of that Dutchy being married by Lewis Duke of Orleans second Son of Charles V. And Lastly The present King in name of his Brother Philip Duke of Orleans lays claim to great part of the Palatinate of the Rhine And this has been the occasion of the present bloody and expensive War CHAP. III. Of the Lineage of the Kings of England § I. WHat the first State or Form of England was how conquer'd by the Romans and afterwards by the Saxons makes so little to the present Undertaking that we purposely leave it it being as much as we shall have occasion for That about the Year 1016. Canutus or Knute King of Denmark invaded this Kingdom and having treacherously slain the Saxon King Edmond Ironside 1018. married Emma the Widow of King Ethelred Father of the said Edmond and was the first Danish King of England and died 1038. His Issue were 1. Harold surnamed Harefoot by a former Wife 2. Hardicanute by the said Emma Harold succeeded his Father and died without Issue 1041. and left the Succession to his said Brother by the Father's side Hardicanute who by means of his Luxury became odious to the People and in the midst of a Debauch died suddenly 1042. lest no Issue and with him
it and wrote himself LORD thereof He suffered much by his Sons Henry and Richard The former broke with him 1173. and died 1183. his Father living The other combin'd with the King of France against him 1188. in which also he engag'd his Brother John which so struck to his Heart that he died of Grief in Normandy and rather burst than bow'd to Fortune July 9. 1189. in the Sixty first Year of his Age and Thirty fourth of his Reign His Wife was Eleanor Daughter of William Duke of Acquitain divorc'd from Lewis VII King of France by whom he had three Daughters 1. Maud married to Henry Duke of Saxony 2. Eleanor to Alphonso VIII King of Castile 3. Joan to William King of Sicily And six Sons 1. William who died young 2. Henry of whom before married to Margaret Daughter of Lewis VII King of France but died without Issue 3. Richard who succeeded his Father born 1155. 4. Jeoffry Earl of Britain married to Constance Daughter of Conan Earl of Richmond by whom he had Arthur Earl of Britain Angiers and Richmond 5. Philip who died young 6. John who succeeded his Brother Richard His Natural Sons 1. William surnam'd Longespee or Long-sword Earl of Salisbury in right of his Wife Ela Daughter and Heir of William Earl of that Place 2. Jeoffry Archbishop of York who after a five Years banishment by his Brother King John died 1213. Both by Rosamond 3. Morgan Provost of Beverly Bishop Elect of Durham By the Lady Blewet VI. Richard I. born at Oxford 1155. surnam'd Coeur de Lycn succeeded his Father and was Crown'd Septemb. 3. 1189. He made an Expedition into the Holy Land the same Year and in his return through Austria was imprison'd by the Emperour Henry VI. to whom he resign'd his Crown nor yet discharged without the payment of 100000 Marks which was accepted notwithstanding the large Profers of the King of France and his Brother John to have him detain'd Upon his coming home he was Crown'd a second time and made War with France where he was slain with a barbed Arrow by one Bertram at the Siege of Chalons in Limosin April 6. 1199. in the Forty fourth Year of his Age and Ninth of his Reign He had to Wife Beringuel Daughter of the King of Navarre but died without Issue After him VII John surnamed Sans Terre born 1166. youngest Son of Henry II. notwithstanding the just Right of Arthur his elder Brother's Son by the means of Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury obtain'd the Crown and was Crown'd by him upon Ascension day 1199. On this Arthur made War upon him in Anjou besieged Mirabel defended by Eleanor Mother of King John who raised the Siege defeated Arthur took him Prisoner and had him murdered in Prison 1202. He lost at that time Normandy to the King of France who took part with Arthur after a Three hundred Years possession by his Ancestors Upon the death of Hubert Stephen Langton a Cardinal being impos'd on him for Archbishop of Canterbury is refus'd by him 1207. The Monks of Canterbury accept him the King expels them as Traitors The Kingdom is interdicted 1208. himself excommunicated 1210. and his Kingdom given to the King of France 1213. He submits and surrenders his Kingdoms of England and Ireland to Pope Innocent III. and became his Feudatory for them at the yearly Tribure of a thousand Marks payable to the said Pope and his Successors does Homage and Fealty for them to Pandulphus his Legate gives up his Crown to him and receives it again two days after This Charter bore date May 15. 1213. and was casually lost by fire at the Council of Lyons but never were any Monies paid upon it or ever demanded since 1366. 40th Edward III. at what time also it was refused He was absolv'd from his Excommunication the same Year and the King of France upon pain of like Excommunication forbidden to proceed further against him as having submitted himself to the Church and the Jurisdiction which had now lasted six Years or better releas'd Yet his Barons cease not to infest him and force two Charters from him to wit Magna Charta and Charta de Foresta 1214 which the Pope nulls and excommunicates the Barons They on the other hand bring in Lewis the King of France his Son who landed May 1. 1216 whom Guallo the Pope's Legate excommunicates In 1210. he erected the Mayoralty of London and further granted to them to have two Sheriffs and a Common Council And notwithstanding all Turmoils at home setled Ireland and brought the English Laws and Coin into that Kingdom and died Octob. 19. 1216. in the Fifty first Year of his Age and Seventeenth of his Reign and as some have said by Poison He had three Wives his first was Alice Daughter of Hubert Earl of Morton He was divorc'd from his second the Daughter of Robert Earl of Gloucester upon the score of Consanguinity and married Isabel Daughter and Heir of Ailmer Earl of Angolesme by whom only he had Issue three Daughters and two Sons His Daughters 1. Joan married to Alexander II. King of Scots 2. Eleanor to William Earl of Pembroke and afterwards to Simon de Montford Earl of Leicester 3. Isabella to the Emperour Frederick II. His Sons 1. Henry who succeeded him in the Kingdom 2. Richard Earl of Cornwal Crown'd King of the Romans 1257. died 1274. As also three Natural Children 1 Joan married to Llewellin Prince of Wales 2. Jeoffry Fitz-Roy who serv'd in France 3. Richard who married the Daughter and Heir of Fulbert de Dover VIII To him succeeded Henry III. born 1208. Crown'd in nine days after the death of his Father and committed to the Tutelage of William Earl of Pembroke Great Marshal of England by whose prudent Management several of the most eminent Barons for sook Lewis and return'd to their Allegiance and with the rest of the Kingdom that stood firm to their young King drove him from place to place and at last gave him a total Rout upon which he came to an Accord and quitted the Kingdom In the Ninth of his Reign he confirm'd the Charters granted by his Father which afterwards he endeavour'd to rescind as done in his minority The most of his Reign was full of Troubles with his Barons headed by the late mention'd Simon de Montfort a French Exile but got into that favour that he was made Earl of Leicester and married the King's Sister as before yet with the Earl of Gloucester and others he fights the King at a place call'd Lewis where they made him and Prince Edward his Son Prisoners 1264. They quarrel about the Dividend The Prince makes his escape 1265. Gloucester joyns him and gives Leicester Battel in which the latter is slain After which the King liv'd seven Years approv'd himself a wise Prince and died Nov 16. 1272. in the Sixty fifth Year of his Age and Fifty sixth of his Reign He had to Wife Eleanor second Daughter of Raymond Earl of
King Edward's Assistance recovers it and does him Homage and swears Fealty for it 1333. And now there happening some disgust between him and Philip de Valois King of France he bethinks himself of his Title to thâ— Crown in right of Isabel his Mother 〈◊〉 which the Banishment of Robert de Artois by King Philip his Brother who fled for safety to him gave him a fair Opportunity Nor was he wanting to it for he not only receiv'd him joyâ—ully but made him Earl of Richmend and of his Council 1336. which he liv'd not long to enjoy for after six years serving him in France he was wounded at the Siege of Vanner and brought to England where he died 1342. The Year following he instituted the Order of the Garter and created his eldest Son Edward Prince of Wales In July 1346. he enters Normandy with a mighty Army and takes the Prince with him who not full Sixteen fought the Battel of Cressy in Picardy on St. Bartholomew's Day the same Year and obtain'd so great a Victory that Callice was forthwith besieg'd and surrender'd Aug. 3. 1347. On which the King took the Title and Arms of France and return'd for England where the Prince Electors signifie to him That they had chosen him King of the Romans which he refused In the Year 1356. the Prince goes over again fights the Battel of Poictiers in Poictou and takes John the French King Prisoner Septemb 19. the same Year Returns for England brings the said King with him whence he was not deliver'd 'till 1360. at what time an Accord had been made on his behalf at Britigny near Chartres During this Cessation with France the Prince of Wales accompanied with his Brother John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster relieves Peter King of Castile and Leon expuls'd by his Bastard-Brother Henry and restor'd him 1367. But little of the Accord with France being perform'd the King upon his return sends the Prince into Acquitain and in a short time the said Duke John and his younger Brother Edmond Earl of Cambridge to aid him to whom his Health failing him he left the profecution of the War and return'd himself 1371. Nor did his Brother John much after him save that coming for England he by reason of the Prince's sickness wholly manag'd his aged Father which being taken notice of by some of the Prince's Friends he is banâ—â—â—'d the Court Not long after which the Prince died 1375 being the Forty ninth of his Father's Reign and Forty sixth of his Age. His Wise was Joan Daughter of Edmond Earl of Kent his Father's Brother by whom he had 1. Edward born at Angoulesm and died young 2. Richard born at Bourdeaux who succeeded his Grandfather As also two Natural Sons 1. Sir John Sounder 2. Sir Reger Clarendon put to death by Henry IV. for endeavouring the Restauration of his said Brother Richard 1402. And now after the Prince's death the Duke of Lancaster came in play again and openly favour'd John Wickliffe to the great disturbance of the State and therefore lest he might do by Richard of Bâ—urdeaux as Earl John had done by his Nephew Arthur the King providently setled the Succession in Parliament upon the said Richard creating him first Earl of Cheste and Câ—rnwal and then Prince of Wales and died June 21. 1377. in the Sixty fourth Year of his Age and Fiftieth of his Reign He had to Wise Philippa of Haynault who bore him Have Daughters 1. Isabel married to Ingelram Lord of Coueâ— Earl of Sâ—â—â—â—â—ns and Bedford afterwards Archduke of Austria 2. Joan to Alphonso II. of Castile by Proxy but die before it was consummated 3. Mary to John Menserd Duke of Bretagne 4. Margaret to John Hastings Earl of Pembrâ—â—â— but died without Issae 5. Also another Daughter Blanch who died young And seven Sons 1. Edward surnamed The Black Prince of whom before 2. William surnamed Of Hatfield the Place of his Birth He died young 3. Lionel born at Antwerp 1338. made Earl of Ulster in Ireland in right of his Wise Elizabeth Daughter of William Burgh Earl of Ulster with whom also he had the Honour of Clare in the County of Thoumond in that Kingdom and thence created Dake of Clarence She brought him one Daughter only Philippa married to Edmond Mortimer Eail of March Mother of Reger Earl of March Father of Anne Countess of Cambridge Grandmother of King Edward IV. 4 John surnamed Of Gaunt where he was hom 1342. Created Duke of Lancaster 1352. He had three Wives 1. Blanch Daughter and Heir of Henry Earl of Lancaster Son of Edmond Crouch back youngest Son of King Henry III. as before by whom he had Henry of Bullenbrook Earl of Derby who usurp'd upon Richard II. and was the first of the Lancastrian Kings His second Wise was Constance eldest Daughter of Peter King of Castile and Leon in whose Right he bore the same Title and had by her Catharine whose Posterity became Kings of Spain in her Right His third Wife was Catharine Widow of Sir Hugh Swinford an English Knight eldest Daughter and Co heir of Pain Red Guien King at Arms her younger Sifter married Sir Jeoffry Chaucer the English Laureat He had by her before Marriage several Children surnamed De Beaufort from a Castle of his in France of that Name where they were born In regard of which they gave a Portcullis for their Cognisance and were all of them legitimated in Parliament 1397. with this Clause nevertheless Excepting the Reg Dignity As 1. John first Knighted and afterwards created Earl of Somerset 1398. 2. Henry afterwards Bishop of Winchester Cardinal of St. Eusebius and Chancellor of England 3. Thomas first created Earl of Dorset 1398. and afterwards Duke of Exeter 1414. 4. And one Daughter Joan first married to Ralph Nevil Baron of Wemm created afterwards the first Earl of West mâ—rland And after him to Robert Ferrers Lord of Owseley 5. Edmond of Langley born 1342. created Earl of Cambridge 1362. Duke of York 1386. He was the first that gave the White Rose and died 1402. His Wife was Isabella youngest Daughter of the said Peter King of Castile by whom he had Richard Plantagenet Earl of Cambridge married to Anne Mortimer Daughter of Roger Earl of March by whom he had Richard Duke of York slain at the Battel of Wakefield 1460. Father of 1. Edward Duke of York who recover'd the Crown from King Henry VI. 2. George Duke of Clarence 3. Richard Duke of Gloucester afterwards King 6. William of Windsor who died young 7. Thomas of Woodstock a Man valiant and wise He was created Earl of Buckingham 1376. then Duke of Gloucester by Richard II. and at last treacherously made away some say strangled at Callice 1397. XII Richard II. born at Bourdeaux 1367. succeeded his Grandfather and was Crown'd July 16. 1377. in the 11th Year of his Age. The Care of him was first committed to certain Bishops and Earls and lastly to Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick 1379. In the Year 1382.
born Feb. 11. 1466. design'd Wife to George Nevil Duke of Bedford promised afterwards to the Dauphin courted by her Uncle King Richard III. but at last married to King Henry VII 2. Cecilia to the Viscount VVells and after his decease to Kyme of Lincolnshire 3. Anne to Thomas Lord Howard afterwards Earl of Surrey and Duke of Norfolk 4. Bridget born Novemb. 10. 1480. profess'd in the Nunnery of Dartford 5. Mary promised in Marriage to the King of Denmark but died before its Consummation 6. Margaret born April 19. 1472. died in her Infancy 7. Catharine married to the Lord VVilliam Courtney Son to the Earl of Devonshire His Sons 1. Edward Prince of VVales born Nov. 4. 1470. 2. Richard Duke of York and Norfolk Earl of Nottingham and VVarren both murder'd by the procurement of the Duke of Gloucester their Uncle 1483. 3. George Duke of Bedford died an Infant His Natural Issue Arthur to whom he gave the Name of Plantagenet created Viscount Lisle by King Henry VIII 1523. and died 1542. As also one Daughter Elizabeth Plantagenet married to the Lord Lumley XVII Edward V. succeeded his Father in Title though not in the Crown for being not above Thirteen Years of Age at the death of his Father Sir Anthony VVoodvile Lord Rivers his Mother's Brother was appointed Governour to him and with Richard Gray Marquess of Dorset his Half-brother by the Mother sent to conduct him from Ludlow where he then was to London And on this the Duke of Gloucester his Uncle lays the Foundation of his design'd Usurpation and in order to it there having been some secret Grudge between Edward Duke of Buckingham his Creature and VVilliam Lord Hastings then Lord Chamberlain both Enemies of the Queen's he first reconciles them and then rells them how unreasonable it was that the young King their Master should be in the hands of his Mother's Kinred a new Nobility a thing neither Honourable to his Majesty nor them Whereupon it is agreed That they be remov'd as Enemies On this Gloucester and Buckingham meet the King with all Obedience at Stony Stratford and having secur'd the Lord Rivers and Dorset whom they shortly after beheaded at Powfret bring him to London May 4. 1483. the Queen upon hearing what had pass'd having with her younger Son and Daughters taken sanctuary at Westminster On which the Duke of Gloucester is made Protector of the Realm The next device was how to get the young Duke out of his Mother's hands which she as suspecting the design will by no means consent to However at last what with the Assurance of several of the Privy Council for his safety and Threats of forcing the Sanctuary for him he is deliver'd to the Protector who with all seeming joy brings him to the King his Brother into the Bishop of London's Palace at St. Paul's and thence honourably through the City for the King's security as was given out until his Coronation The Protector all along had made his residence near the Tower and having so tangled Buckingham that he could not safely get off he comes to the point with him on which it is agreed between them That the Protector should have the Duke's aid to make him King and that the Protector 's Son should marry the Duke's Daughter with a Grant to himself of the Earldom of Hereford which he claimed as his Inheritance but could never obtain it in King Edward's time Whereupon Buckingham undertakes for the City with whom he was not the least popular The King now having his Court in the Tower the Council meet there for ordering the Solemnity of his Coronation which was carried on with such forwardness and the Day appointed for it so near at hand that all Mistrust was visibly set aside 'till the Protector having pump'd the Lord Chamberlain by his Friend Catesby and finding no good to be done on him came into the Council June 13. and knitting his Brows arrested him as a Traitor for that he with his Brother's Wife the Queen had attempted his Life by Sorcery And therewith giving a knock a Guard came in who by the Protector 's Command forthwith carried him out and struck off his Head and severally secur'd the rest of the Council Whereupon sending for some of the Chief of the City he made them a fair Tale How himself and the Duke of Buckingham were to have been destroy'd in Council by a Conspiracy of the Lord Chamberlain's And returns them with an Herauld and a Proclamation in the King's Name to satisfie the People There was at that time one Sir Edmond Shaw Lord Mayor of London who upon promise of advancement had been made to their Party as also one Doctor John Shaw Brother to the Mayor and Doctor John Penker Provincial of the Augustine Friars both noted Preachers but of more Fame than either Vertue or Learning And these are the Men must make that Gospel to the People which Catesby had undertaken for Law to the Kingdom And having receiv'd their Instructions accordingly Shaw begins at St. Paul's Cross the Sunday after where upon that Text Spuria Vitulamina c The Bastard-Slips shall not take root he signify'd to the People That not only King Edward IV. and his Brother George Duke of Clarence were not the very Sons of Richard Duke of York but begotten in Adultery on the Dutchess their Mother But that the now King Edward and his Brother Richard Duke of York were both Bastards inasmuch as their Father King Edward IV. at the time that he married the Lady Elizabeth Gray their Mother was precontracted to the Lady Elizabeth Lucy who was his lawful Wife before God Then turning his Discourse to the Protector and his Title render'd him the express Image of the Noble Duke his Father and the very Right Heir of his Body begotten Yet all this took so little with the People that Penker was reserv'd 'till after the Coronation at which time he so lost his Voice that he was forc't to come down in the midst of his Sermon The Tuesday following the Mayor Aldermen and Commoners being assembled in the Guild-Hall the Duke of Buckingham came among them and having rak'd together whatever could be thought of against King Edward IV. and his Government he recapitulated Shaw's Sermon magnified the Protector and his Title to them and concluded from the whole Vae Regno c. Wo to that Realm that hath a Child to its King Neither had this also any effect upon them 'till a pack'd Company at the other end of the Hall throwing up their Bonnets and crying King Richard King Richard the Mayor took it by the end and said it was so goodly and joyful to hear so full a Cry and no one gainsaying it that he would represent it to the Protector the next Morning which accompanied with all the Aldermen and Chief Commoners of the City in their Formalities and conducted by the Duke of Buckingham he accordingly did And the Protector Good Man so utterly refus'd that
Queen was brought to bed of a Prince named Henry who died Feb. 22. following And now the Magnificence of the Court being somewhat allay'd the King resolv'd of a Royal Expedition into France to which the Parliament gave largely but not thinking it safe to leave the before-mention'd Edmond de la Pool behind him he took off his Head April 30. 1512. and having created Sir Charles Brandon Son of Sir William Brandon Standard-Bearer to Henry VII at Bosworth-Field and there slain Viscount Liste he landed at Callice June 30. 1513. and taking the Field laid siege to Terwin where the Emperour Maximilian taking pay under him wore the Cross of St. George as the King's Soldier To relieve this Place came the French with a powerful Army Aug. 16. but were so put to flight that in memory thereof it was call'd The Battel of Spurrs and the Town surrendred in two days after From thence he advanced to the City of Tournay took it and return'd for England Septemb. 24. To divert the King from this pursuit in France James IV. of Scotland had invaded England and besieged Norham Castle but was encounter'd by the Lord Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey Lieutenant of the North in the King's absence at Flodden Field where the said King lost his Army and Life together Septemb. 9. the same Year On which the King created the said Earl Duke of Norfolk with an augmentation to his Coat of a Demi-Lion shot in the Mouth within a Countre Treasure Flowrie three Parts of the Arms of Scotland Sir Charles Brandon Viscount Lisle Duke of Suffolk Feb. 2. 1514. and Thomas Woolsey his Almoner Bishop of Lincoln the March after Lewis XII King of France now stricken in Years began to be weary of War and finding that the design'd Marriage between the Prince of Castile and the Lady Mary Sister of K. Henry was broken sent over Ambassadors to treat of a Peace and amongst other things of a Match in particular between this Lady and himself with Offers of a large Dowry and Security for the same which by the management of Woolsey was so contriv'd that both took effect with this Condition That if the French King died then the Lady if it stood with her Pleasure might return into England again with all her Dowry and Riches Which being consented to a Peace was proclaim'd Aug. 7. the Marriage consummated Octob. 9. the Queen Crown'd Novemb. 5 1515. and came to Paris the next day where after several solemn Justs the English left her and the King her Husband died Jan. 1. following Not long after which Cardinal Benbrike Archbishop of York King Henry's Ambassadour at Rome dying Woolsey is made Archbishop thereof and upon the Archbishop of Canterbury Warham's giving up the Seal the next Year Lord Chancellor and Cardinal Upon the death of King Lewis Francis I. succeeded him to whom and the Queen his Sister King Henry having made the usual Compliments and being advertis'd of her Inclination to return into England he sent the Duke of Suffolk to receive her which was honourably condescended to and the Queen deliver'd to him who pleas'd her so well that she married him at Callice and return'd with him for England 1516. The King seems offended at it but is quickly reconcil'd However the Cardinal now Legate à Latere disobliges him and not him only but the Prime Nobility of England particularly Edward Stafford Duke of Buckingham the last hereditary High Constable of England whose Head also he brought to the Block May 17. 1521. and with that and his other Exorbitances the general Hatred of the Commons upon himself But what hasten'd his Ruine may seem to be this Charles V. Emperour and King of Spain had refused him the Archbishoprick of Toledo to be reveng'd of this he procured a Friendship between King Henry and the King of France to the end That if probably a Divorce could be made between the King and Queen Aunt to the said Emperour that the King might have married the Dutchess of Alençon the French King's Sister However it were the King after a Twenty Years Marriage makes it a Scruple of Conscience Whether she could be his lawful Wife as having been the Widow of his elder Brother Prince Arthur and endeavours a Divorce from which the Queen appeal'd to the Pope The Cardinal on the other hand finding the King had an eye on the Lady Anne Bullen Daughter of Sir Thomas Bulen Treasurer of his Houshold whom he had created Viscount Rochfort June 18. 1525. and Earl of Wilis Decemb. 1529. and notwithstanding his Endeavours to the contrary would marry her if the Divorce to which the Pope was utterly averse took place so shuffled the matter between the Pope and the King that he fell into the King's displeasure which wanting no aggravation of his Enemies for Friends he had few or none the Great Seal was taken from him Nov. 17. 1529. and Sir Thomas Moore Speaker of the House of Commons made Lord Chancellor the 24th of the same Month and a Writ of Praemunire issued against him in which upon his Confession he had Judgment to forfeit all his Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels c of which he made a large Inventory and sending it to the King by Sir William Gascoigne his Treasurer retired into the Country Howbeit the Bishopricks of York and Winchester were not taken from him nor Plate and Houshold-stuff sufficient for his Degree His Power thus clipp'd one would have thought it sufficient but alas he had a Head yet left and who knew but the King might not have quite forgotten him therefore to make sure Work and him a terrible Example for those are the Words there were Forty three Articles signed by the said Chancellor and by Fourteen Lords of the Privy-Council and the Two Chief Justices exhibited to the King against him Decemb. 1. 1530. which being brought down from the Lords to the Commons Thomas Cromwel his Secretary a Member of the House made so honest a Defence of his Master that the King took him into his Service After which the Lord Chancellor Mocre as little fond of having the King marry the Lady Bullen as had been the Cardinal foreseeing the Cloud that was gathering against him after long suit made to be discharged of his Office gave up the Seal May 7. 1532. and was beheaded for denying the King's Supremacy July 6. 1535. or rather because that he had not put on his Wedding-Garment for the Lady Bullen whom he made Marchioness of Pembroke Septemb. 1. married her Jan. 25. following in the presence of Cranmer his late Ambassadour at Rome whom not long after he made Archbishop of Canterbury Whereupon it was enacted That Queen Catharine should no more be called Queen but Princess Dowager And the Archbishop not to be wanting on his part divorc'd her from the King and by a Publick Sentence declar'd the Marriage to be void and of none effect May 23. 1533. On which Queen Anne was Crown'd June 1. delivered of a
Daughter Elizabeth who afterwards was Queen Septemb 10. following And lastly after a like Divorce beheaded with a Sword May 19. 1536. Three days after whose death some say sooner he married the Lady Jane Seimour Daughter of Sir John Seimour who brought him a Son Prince Edward who succeeded him October the 12th 1537. and died two days after During this â—ime the Cardinal with the King's leave was on his Journey for York but arrested of High-Treason by the way and died at Leicester Abbey Nov. 30. 1530. ere he could reach London To him succeeded in Favour and Power his Servant Cromwell the occasion thus The Cardinal had by the Pope's License suppress'd some small Religious Houses for the Endowment of his Colleges of Christ's Church in Oxford and Ipswich which the King made use of as a Wimble to let in the greater Augre and Cromwell his Instrument for suppressing the rest If they voluntarily surrender'd they went off with Pensions if otherwise and that they defended their Possessions they ran Whiting the Abbot of Glastenbury's Fate to be hang'd for taking Arms against the King From which Beginnings there were first and last dissolved Monasteries 645. whereof 26 had Place and Voice among the Peers Colleges 90. Chauntries and Free-Chappels 2374. Hospitals 110. Nor was the King wanting to give him a Figure suitable to the Undertaking for in the compass of three Years he made him Master of the Jewel-House a Privy Councellor Secretary Master of the Rolls Lord Privy-Seal and Baron Cromwell July 10. 1536. Vicegerent in Spiritualibus the 18th of the same Month Knight of the Garter April 23. 1538. Earl of Essex and Lord High Chamberlain of England April 18. 1540. And his Son Gregory Baron of Okeham which Title remain'd in his Family 'till by the death of Vere Cromwell late Earl of Ardglas in Ireland without Issue Male it was extinct 1686. The King had now been a Widower two Years when Cromwell thinking to rivet himself in the King's Favour by a Queen of his making negotiated a Match for him with Anne Sister of William Duke of Cleve c. who was married to him Jan 6. 1540. But the King not liking her they were divorc'd by Act of Parliament upon her own Consent she renouncing the Title of Queen for that of the King 's adopted Sister And with this Match fell Cromwell for it brought him into the King's disfavour Nor wanted he Enemies to load him by whose procurement he was committed to the Tower July 9. 1540. and the King having No More need of him attainted in Parliament of High Treason and Heresie without so much as being call'd to answer and thereupon beheaded the 19th of the same Month. His FIFTH Wife was the Lady Catharine Howard Daughter of Edmond third Son of Thomas first Duke of Norfolk whom also he attainted in Parliament and beheaded Feb. 13. 1541. The Year following the Title of Lord of Ireland was by the respective Parliaments of both Kingdoms alter'd into that of King of Ireland And to encourage such of the Irish Nobility as came in to him he created O Brian Earl of Thoumond June 3. 1543. And Mac-William a-Burgh Earl of Clanricart July 1. following and 12th of the same Month married the Lady Catharine Parr Widow of the Lord Latimer who had the luck to survive him and was afterwards married to the Lord Admiral Seimour Nor had he after that Year the opportunity of doing much saving that he landed an Army in Scotland under the Conduct of the Lord Admiral Dudley who burnt Lieth to the ground forc'd Edinburgh and having fir'd it as also Thirty other Towns and Villages came back for England by Berwick 1544. And to close the last Scene of his Life he made a Royal Voyage into France and besieg'd Boloigne which by the Personal Courage and Conduct of the said Lord Admiral was surrender'd and the King rode triumphantly into it Sept. 8. the same Year and made him Governour thereof For the recovery of this the French made several attempts but all unsuccessful Whereupon it was at last concluded between the two Kings That if the King of France paid the King of England 800000 Crowns in eight Years he should have Boloigne restor'd to him and that in the mean time it should remain in the King of England's hands as a Security for the Money June 7. 1547. After which falling into a Dropsie he died Jan. 28. following being the Fifty fifth Year of his Age and Thirty seventh of his Reign He had the Soul of a Prince Magnificent and Liberal and whatever may be said of King-Craft understood what it was to be a King Nor were the Popes Julius II. and Leo X. less sensible of it which made them so forward to have engag'd him to their Interest For the former having by a Decree of the Council of Lateran depriv'd the King of France of the Title of Christianissimus transferr'd it to him but died before the Bull was sent over 1514. and the latter granted to him Poster is suis the Title of Defensor Fidei 1521. His Wives as hath been said were SIX but he had Issue only by the Three first viz. By Queen Catharine 1. Henry Tudor born Jan. 1. 1509. and died Feb. 22. following 2. Another not Named born 1514. but liv'd not long 3. Mary Tudor born Feb. 18. 1518. and afterwards came to be Queen of England By Queen Anne Bullen 1. Elizabeth Tudor born Septemb. 10. 1533. who succeeded her Half Sister Mary in the Crown 2. A Male-Child still-born Feb. 29. 1535. By Queen Jane Edward born as before made Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwal and Earl of Chester Octob. 18. 1537. His Natural Issue Henry surnam'd Fitz Roy begotten on the Lady Elizabeth Talbois Daughter of Sir John Blount Kt. and Widow of Sir Gilbert Talbois created Earl of Nottingham June 18. 1525. and the same day Duke of Richmond and Somerset Died without Issue his Father living 1536. XXI To his Father succeeded his only Son Prince Edward VI. a Protestant to whom being yet but Nine Years of Age his Mother's Brother Sir Edward Seimour created Viscount Beauchamp 1536. Earl of Hertford 1538. was appointed Governour proclaimed Lord Protector Feb. 1. 1547. and made Duke of Somerset the 17th of the same Month At which time also his younger Brother Sir Thomas Seimour was made Lord Sudley and High Admiral of England the late Lord Admiral Dudley Earl of Warwick the Lord Chancellor Wriothsley Earl of Southampton and the King Crown'd the 25th following Whereupon the REFORMATION began but the Lord Chancellor seeming averse to it was remov'd from the Privy-Council discharg'd of all his Offices and Sir William Pawlett Lord St. John made Chancellor in his room In which Year the Parliament having given the King Free-Chappels c. he set out the Free-Chappel of St. Stephen founded by King Stephen for a place of Sitting for the House of Commons which before that time had been in the Chapter House of the
the Earl of Strafford who had been the late General against the Scots Novemb. 12. On which he was forthwith taken into Custody and committed to the Tower Novemb. 22. brought to his Trial March 22. which lasted 'till April 13. And lastly attainted by Act of Parliament and thereupon beheaded May 12 following And the same 10th of May that the King gave his Royal Assent to that Bill of Attainder he gave the like to another That this Parliament should not be Dissolv'd or Prorogu'd but by Act of Parliament And now having gotten this firmer footing to what they had begun before in enlarging such as had been fined and imprisoned by the Star-Chamber for Libelling voting Ship-Money unlawful and the Lord Keeper a Traitor impeaching the Archbishop of Canterbury whom after a Four Years imprisonment they beheaded by an Ordinance of Lords and Commons at which Seven Lords only were present They proceed to Acts of Parliament for vacating Ship-Money taking off the several Courts of Star-Chamber High-Commission the Presidencies of Wales and the North the Bishops outed the House of Peers And having singled out the King as it were by Himself they pray a Guard out of the City of London to be Commanded by the Earl of Essex Which the King refusing he is so harass'd with Tumults that he is fore'd to remove from London And which fell fortunately to their Game a Rebellion in Ireland having broke out the 23d of October before the King had given his Assent to two Bills the one for the borrowing 400000 l. for the necessary Defence of England and Ireland the other which brought in little less for the Encouragement of Adventurers for the reducing of Ireland And so having gotten such a Fund they not long after further petition That the Tower of London all other Forts and the whole Militia of the Kingdom might be put into such hands as should be recommended to him by both Houses But being refus'd by the King they publish a Declaration That whatsoever They declare to be Law ought not to be question'd by the King That They without the King are Judges of the Publick Good That the Soveraign Power resides in both Houses and that the King ought to have no Negative Voice That Treason cannot be committed against his Person otherwise than as he is intrusted with the Kingdom and discharges that Trust of which they are Judges And thereupon raise an Army and make the Earl of Essex General thereof and the Earl of Warwick Admiral at Sea notwithstanding the King had appointed another On which many of the House of Commons and most of the Peers repair to the King at York the King proclaims Essex and his Adherents Traitors and sets up his Standard at Nottingham Aug. 20. 1642. In return of which they in 1643. voted the Queen a Traiter for helping her Husband with Ammunition and some English Forces out of Holland And actually brought in an Army of Scots to fight against the King when yet they had made it an Article of High-Treason against the Earl of Strafford for that he should have said at Council-Board If his Majesty pleas'd to employ Forces he had some in Ireland which might serve to reduce the Kingdom The Question also at that time being touching Scotland However the King without other Supplies than the voluntary Assistance of his Loyal Nobility and Gentry made a shift to bring the West the North and several other parts of the Kingdom under his Obedience 'till at last oppress'd by those inexhaustible Banks as the Weekly Assessments which for the Year came to above 1700000 l. the Plate ready Monies and Jewels borrow'd upon the Publick Faith which in London and Middlesex came to upwards of Ten Millions besides the Profits of their new Excise Sequestrations of King's Queen's Prince's Bishops and Delinquents Lands Tonnage Poundage and whatsoever was in any wise due to the King which contrary to the known Laws they had raked to themselves and not being able to recover that fatal Battel of Naseby June 14. 1645. He sunk by degrees and at last threw himself upon his Country-men the Scots who Delivered him up to the Parliament for 200000 l. and they kept Him under a Guard at Holmby The Parliament now in possession of the King came to be divided into two Parties Presbyterian and Independant and the Army which was every of them a Sect by it self thinking they had as much Right to Him as the others seize Him and bring Him to Hampton Court about the middle of August 1647. from whence without bettering His Condition He escapes into the Isle of Wight and by Letter to the Parliament desires a Personal Treaty at London They on the other hand vote Him 5000 l. for His present Accommodation and send Him Four Preliminary Bills to sign but those so Unreasonable that the King refusing them they amongst other things vote no more Addresses should be made to Him and the Army declares to stand by them in those Votes and what shall be further necessary for the prosecution thereof On this several Parties in London Wales Essex Kent c. rise for the King a part of the Navy go off to the Prince and the Scots under Duke Hamilton enter England To suppress these the Army is sent abroad and Cromwel makes against Hamilton takes him Prisoner and pursues the rest to Edinburgh During this absence of his the Parliament revoke their Votes of Non Addresses and appoint Five Lords and Ten Commoners to treat with the King at Newport in the Isle of Wight with Honour Freedom and Safety But alas they dodg'd so long about Trisles that upon Cromwel's return before any thing was concluded the Army remonstrate and require That the King be brought to Justice as the Capital Cause of the Civil War And thereupon having garbled the Commons of Forty odd Members and required that Ninety more and all others that by their Votes Decemb. 5. before had approved the King's Concessions for a Peace at the Isle of Wight should be excluded the House 'till they had enter'd their Dissents to those Votes that Fagg-end of them that was left restor'd the Votes of Non-Addresses voted a Charge of High-Treason against the King and drew up an Ordinance for his Trial Which being rejected by the Lords they made it an Act of their own and on Saturday Jan. 20. 1648. brought Him before a Mock-High-Court of Iustice consisting of one Bradshew their President Cromwel his Son-in-Law Ireton and Seventy two others that appear'd and sate and with ignominious Expressions charg'd Him That as a Publick Enemy of the Common-wealth he had traiterously and maliciously levied War against the present Parliament and the People therein represented And after four Days not allowing Him to be heard unless he first acknowledg'd the Authority of their Court He was as Infamously sentenc'd to have his Head sever'd from his Body which was accordingly executed in the open Street before his Royal Palace of Whitehal Jan. 30.
his Age. John the Eldest of these Three had two Sons I. Christian the Third who in the Division of his Father's Inheritance 'twixt him and his Brother had the County of Delmenherstan for his Patrimony in which he was succeeded by his Son Christian whose Grand-Daughter Adelheid by his Son Otho the Simple was married to Theodorick or Diderick the happy Earl of Oldenburg II. John the Second who in the division aforesaid had the County of Oldenburg settled on him and was Father of Conrade by his Wife Margaret Countess of Lippe Conrade begat Christian the Fifth Canon of Cologne who seeing his Brother Maurice like to die with Issue Male quitted his Canonry and married Agnes of Hohenstein by whom he had 1. Christian the Sixth taken and Imprisoned by the Inhabitants of Bremen and not dismissed but on very hard terms he afterwards died without Issue And 2. Theodorick or Diderick the Happy who by a Marriage with his Cozen Adelheid Heiress of Delmenhorst reunited the two Counties After her Decease he took a Second Wife namely Hedewig Sister of Adolph Earl of Holstein who bore him three Sons Christianus the First born 1425. Maurice and Gerrard § III. Of these Christian the First as has been already observed in the beginning of the last § was elected King of Denmark and Norway in the Year 1448. and ten Years after of Sweden also tho' he lost that Kingdom again in a few Years after He purchased the County of Holstein for 34000. and restored that of Sleswick to the Crown He likewise obtain'd of the Emperour Frederick the Third the Investiture of the Dutchy of Holstein and open'd an University at Copenhagen on the first of June 1479. His Queen was Dorothy the Relict of his Predecessor King Christopher by whom he had this following Issue 1. Margaret given in Marriage to James the Third King of Scotland together with the Isles of Orkney lying in the Northern Seas as security for her Dowry which was to be Fifty Thousand Florins 2. John born 1455. And 3. Frederick of whom more in the next Sect. John succeeded his Father in the Throne and was Crown'd King of Denmark and Norway in the Year 1483. About five or six Years after he reduced Sweden and was Crown'd there also He once more separated the Dutchy of Holstein and Sleswick from the Crown and divided them 'twixt him and his Brother Frederick In 1500 he suffered a great defeat from the Rebellious Inhabitants of Dietmarsh and was also outed by the Swedes some time after In the Year 1513. he departed this Life of a Fever which he took by a fall from his Horse in the Water leaving Issue by Queen Christina Daughter of Ernestus Elector of Sax. only one Son and a Daughter namely I. Elizabeth born 1455. Married to Joachim the First Elector of Brandenburgh 1502. Deceased a Widow 1555. II. Christianus the Second born 1481. The undutiful Son of a most Indulgent Father whose Curse at length he drew upon his Head In his Father's Life-time he was elected to succeed him in his Kingdoms of Denmark Norway and Sweden His Paramour was the fair Columbula whom he kept with a certain Old Woman named Sigberta wholly enslaving himself to her Will He refused the Proposals of a Reconciliation with his Uncle Frederick in the Year 1519. and making an Expedition into Sweden seized on the Capital City of Stockholm caused himself to be Crown'd King and was Author of the bloody Slaughter there Afterwards he was Outed of all his Kingdoms and forced to fly into the Low-Countries from whence returning he was seized and confined by his Subjects and at length ended his Days in 1559. in the Seventy Eighth Year of his Age. The Partner of his Bed and Fortunes was Isabella Sister to the Emperour Charles the Fifth by whom he had only two Daughters that out-liv'd him his Son John dying in the Hungarian Service ' gainst the Turks An. 1532. The Daughters names were 1. Dorothy born 1515 married to Frederick the Second Elector Palatine Deceased 1580. And 2. Christina born 1573 whose first Husband was Francis Storza Duke of Milan and after his Decease Francis Duke of Lorrain She dyed 1590. § IV. We must now look back to Frederick the First elected King of Donmark and Norway in the Year 1523. by the unanimous consent of the Nobility upon their rejecting King Christian This Prince abrogated the Act of Hereditary Union of the Three Northern Cowns in the Year 1524. at a Convention of the States then held at Malmugen He made Profession of the Reformed Religion and after he had thrown out the Monks in 1527. introduced the same into his Countries He was twice married his first Wife being Anne Daughter of John Cicero Elector of Brandenburg who dyed 1521. And his second Sophia Daugher of Bogâ—slans the Tenth Duke of Pemeranta Deceased 1568. By these he had Issue I. Dorothy born 1494. Married to Albert Duke of Prussia Deceased 1547. II. Christianus the Third born 1503. of whom more in the next Sect. III. John Surnam'd The Elder born 1521. Deceased without Issue 1580. IV. Elizabeth Married in 1542. to Magnus and after his Decease in 1556. to Ulrick Dukes of Meckleburg she dyed 1586. V. Anne Deceased of the Plague VI. Dorothy Married to Christopher Duke of Meckelburg in 1573. Deceased 1575. VII Adolph the First Duke of Sleswick born 1526. of whom more hereafter in the Ducal Line of Sleswick VIII Frederick Bishop of Hildesheim born 1529. Deceased Oct. the 27th 1556. § V. Of these Christian the Third succeeded to the Throne about the Year 1537. the beginning of whose Reign was perplexed with many Difficulties all which he Master'd in the end He established the Reformed Religion throughout his Dominions and caused the Holy Bible to be Translated into the Daniso Tongue and above all made it his chiefest care to enjoy a peaceable and quiet Reign He departed this Life 15â—â— leaving behind him the Character and Example of a Devout Peaceable and Excellent Prince By his second Marriage which was with Dorothy Daughter of Magnus Duke of Sax-Lawenburg he had live Children the Daughters being Anne and Dorothy the first Married to Augustus Elector of Saxony the other to Ulrick Duke of Lunenburg The Sons names were 1. Magnus Bishop of Derpte in Livonia who with the assistance of the Russe attempted but in vain the Reduction of Livonta He departed this Life in Poland An. 1585. leaving only a Daughter who being carried into Muscovy by her Mother who was John Basilides the Czaâ—'s Daughter was there Educated and Married to Albert Janowitz Lord High Chancellor of that Country 2. John the Second Progenitor of the Ducal Line of Holstein of whom more in the Eleventh Section And 3. Frederick the Second Eldest of the Three tho' last named who succeeded to the Throne after his Father's Decease in the Year 1559. This Prince gave the Isle of hay to Tycho Brahe that he might the better be at leisure to make
he had Issue as followeth 1. Elizabeth Lovise Lady Abbess of Hervorden born 1613. 2. Frederick born Ap. 5. 1614. deceased 1661. His Princess was Anne Juliana of Nassan by whom he had Issue only Daughters namely 1. Elizabeth born 1642. married to Victor Amadeus Prince of Anhult 1667. deceased Ap. 17. 1677. 2. Sophia Amalia born 1646. and married in 1678. to Sigfrid Count de Hobenlâ—â— 3. Charlotte Frederica born 1653. and espoused to William Lewis Count Wherefore Frederick dying without Issue Male the Succession to the Dutchy of Deux-Ponts fell to his Consin-Germain Frederick of Landsberg mentioned by us a little above 3. Catharine Charlotte born 1615. married to Wolfgang William Duke of Newburg 1631. deceased March 20. or 21. 1651. 4. Anne Sibilla born 1617. deceased 1641. 5. John Lewis born 1619. deceased 1647. 6. Juliana Magdalen born 1621. affianced to Frederick Lewis Count Palatine in Landsbery in 1644. deceased Marchs 5. 1672 7. Mary Aemilia born 1622. deceased 1641. Now follows John Casimire youngest Son of Duke John the First who Travelled into Sweden where he performed many notable Services for Charles the Ninth King of that Country both against the Poles and Denes In 1615. he married the Princess Catharine Daughter of the said King and died 1652. leaving Issue 1. Christina Magdalen born 1616. married to Frederick the Third Marquess of Baden Durlach deceased 1662. 2. Charles Gustavus born Nov. 8. 1622. to whom Queen Christina gave up the whole Kingdom of Sweden with all its Claims and Dependencies His Queen was Hedewig Eleanor Daughter of Frederick Duke of Sleswick now a Widow by whom he had Issue Charles the Eleventh the present King of whom and his Issue see more above in the Swedish Family 3. Mary Euphrosyna born Feb. 4. 1625. espoused by Magnus Gabriel Count de la Gardie Arch-Drozet of Sweden deceased in Decemb. 1687. 4. Eleanor Catharine the late Relict of Frederick Landtgrave of Hesse in Eschwegen born May 17. 1626. deceased 16 5. Adolph John born Oct. 11. 1629. deceased Oct. 14. 1689. possessed of a very large Estate in Sweden where he married two Wives the first being Elizabeth Beata Daughter of Peter Brahe Earl of Wisenburg deceased 1653. The other Elizabeth Daughter of Nicholas Brahe Erick Count Oxenstern late Lord Chancellor of Sweden's Widow deceased also last March 1689. His Children now living are two Sons and as many Daughters namely Adolph John born Aug. 13. 1666. Gustavus Samuel born Ap. 2. 1670. Catharine An. 1661. And Mary Elizabeth 1663. Of the Branch of Birckenfeld § XVII WE are now come to mention Charles youngest Son of Wolfgang Duke of Newburg and Deux-Ponts who propagated the Branch of Birckenfeld by a Marriage with the Princess Dorothy of Lunenburg of the Line of Zell who bore him a Daughter named Sophia married to Crato Earl of Hohenloh deceased Nov. 6. 1676. And Three Sons 1. George William 2. Christian And 3. Frederick born 1594. deceased a Bachellor 1626. In the Issue of the Two first the Branch of Birckenfeld subdivided it self into two lesser Branches that of Birckenfeld properly so called and that of Bischweiler The first began in George William born 1593. who had the Territory of Birckenfeld for his Portion and took the Lady Dorothy of Solms to his first Wife who dying in the Year 1625. he was re-married to the Rhinegrave Juliana from whom he was afterwards divorced and thereupon espoused the Lady Anne Elizabeth of Ettingen his third and last Wife His Death bears date 1669. And his Children by the first Venture were 1. Anne Sophia born Ap. 2. 1619. deceased 1680. she was Lady Abbess of Quedlingburg 2. Juliana and deceased both in their Infancy 3. Elizabeth deceased both in their Infancy 4. Charles Otho a Valiant Champion of the Gospels deceased 1672. whose Wife was Hedewig Crato Count Holenloh's Daughter by whom he had Issue Charles William deceased an Infant 1660. Charlotte Sophia Elizabeth born 1661. And Hedewig Eleanor Dorothy in 1663. 5. Mary Magdalen born 1622. and married to Anthony Gunther Count Swartzburg An. 1644. Return we now to Christian of Bischweiler born 1598. deceased Aug. 10. 1654. whos 's two Wives were Magdalen Catharine Daughter of John the Second Duke of Deux Ponts and Mary Joan of Helfenstein By the first of which he had Issue 1. Dorothy Catharine born July 3. 1634. and married to John Lewis Count Nassau in Otweiler 2. Lovise Sophia born 1635. as yet unmarried 3. Christian the Second born June 22. 1637. In 1667. he married the Lady Catharine Agatha Daughter of John James the last Earl of Rappolstein deceased 1683. by whom he has Issue now living Magdalen Claudia born 1668. Charlotte Wilhelmina 1672. And Christian the Third Nov. 7. 1674. 4. John Charles born Oct. 17. 1638. a Prince of great Experience in Military Affairs In 1685. he took to Wife Sophia Amalia Daughter of Frederick Duke of Deux-Ponts Sigfrid Count Hohenloh's Widow brought to Bed of a Daughter Feb. 1. 1686. 5. Anne Magdalen born 1640. and married to John Rheinhard Earl of Hanâ—â—lt Oct. 18. 1659. Of the Bavarian Line § XVIII IT has already been observed in the second Section of this Chapter that Lewis the Third was third Son of Elector Lewis the First He was Born 1277. carefully brought up by his Mother at Vienna in Austria had the Upper Bavaria for his Patrimony and was elected Emperor 1314. After the decease of his Cousin John Duke of the Lower Bavaria who had married his Daughter he entered on the Possession of the greatest part of his Inheritance He likewise seized on the Electorate of Brandenburg upon the death of Woldemar Marquess thereof bestowing the same on his own Son Lewis Moreover he had War with Frederick the Fair Arch-Duke of Austria whom he took Prisoner in the end An. 1324. and was likewise at variance with the Pope who plagued him very much In 1347. he died of an Apoplexy occasioned by his Bodies being grievously bruised by a fall from his Horse as he was hunting the Bear having had to his first Wife the Lady Beatrix of Glogaâ—â— and William Earl of Holland and Zealand's Daughter to his Second His Issue by the first were 1. Lewis the Fourth who had the Marquisate of Brandenburg given him by his Father An. 1319. which he defended against the pretended Woldemar and his adherents He deceased in the Year 1361. having had to Wife Margaret Maultaschen Daughter of Henry Duke of Carinthia and Stiria Earl of Tirole c. And by her an only Son named 1. Mainhard who followed his Father by a too hasty Fate An. 1363. 2. Mechtildis or Maud married to Frederick Landtgrave of Thuringe and Marquess of Misnia deceased 1346. 3. Beatrix affianced to Charles Martel King of Hangary deceased 1315. 4. Stephen surnamed Fibularus of whom in the next Section as Preserver of the Line 5. Anne or as others Agnes deceased 1353. Children of the Emperor Lewis by his second Wife 1. Lewis surnamed The Roman who had the
Fridenwalde-Castle An. 1480. In 1492. William added the Lordship of Epstein to his other Possessions In 1557. â—his Family after several Disputes about the matter became possessed of the whole County of Catzen Elnbogen In 1504. the Seigniâ—ory of Bickenbach fell to it the Ancient Barons thereof becoming at that time extinct In 1571. the Lordship of Plesse was annex'd to it and part of the County of Hoye as was also the Barony of Franckenstein some Two Years after In 1600. Lewis of Darmstadt bought Kelsterbach on the River Last of all by the Peace of Osenburg An. 1648. the Jurisdiction of Hirschfeld-Abby but with the Title of a Principality was yielded up to the Landtgrave as was also good part of the County of Schaumburg Of its Decrease and Pretensions § XI THe Encroachments suffered by thâ— Family and Pretensions which may thence arise are so very inconsiderable that they are scarce worth taking notice of unless we shall here alledge the great Ravages and Devastations made in the Principality 〈◊〉 Darmstadt by the French And it has been already observed how this Family has entre into Articles of Agreement to a mutual Succession with the Family of Saxony and Brandenburg CHAP. XII Of the Family of Meckleburg § I. THat this Family is descended from the Ancient Kings of the Herah and Obâ—trâ—ti is the Opinion of almost all Writers yet are they often wanting in the Line of Succession This is certain That Prâ—â—â—lans the Second was reduced to such Extremities by Henry the Lyon Duke of Saxony that he was forc'd with all Submission to demand a Peace of him which indeed he did obtain together with a considerable Tract of Land betwixt the Elbe and Baltick Shore but â—et to content himself for the future with the Stile of Duke In which Stile he made publick Profession of the Christian Faith and was Baptized at Lunenburg by the Abbot of St. Michael with great Solemnity He was alterwards Slain by a Tragical accident in a Tournament at Lunenburg An. 1215. His first Wise was Maud Daughter of Bolestans Crispns Duke of Poland and his second Voisboda Daughter of Burewin King of Norway by which last he had Issue 1. Henry Burewin deceased 1218. having had to Wife the Lady Maud Daughter of Henry the Lyon Duke of Saxony and by her Two Sons namely 1. Nicholâ—t miserably buried in the Ruins of an old House And 2. Henry Founder of the Cathedral at Gustrow deceased 1228. whose Dutchess was the Princess Sophia Daughter of Charles the First King of Sweden by whom he had Four Sons whose Names were as follow viz. 1. John the Divine of whom in the next Section 2. Pribislaus the Third Lord in Parchim the only Person of all his Family who continued a Pagan He begat Pribislaus the Fourth who died Childless 3. Burewin the Third whose Patrimony was the City Rostock where he Founded the Monastry of St. John and had Issue by Margaret of Denmark Three Sons 1. Henry both which died without Issue And 2. Erick both which died without Issue And 3. Woldemar deceased 1287. leaving one Son Nicholot the Sixth surnamed the Boy of Rostock who likewise had no Issue 4. Nicholot the Fifth deceased 1277. leaving Issue besides Bernhard and Henry the Fourth a Third Son named John the Second who died 1316 and was Father of Nicholot the Seventh which Nicholot was succeeded in the District of Rostock by his Son John the Third who by Maud Daughter of Barnim the Second Duke of Pomerania had Issue 1. John the Fourth And 2. Nicholot the Eighth who had no Male Issue but John begot 1. Nicholot the Ninth And 2. Bernhard Nicholot the Ninth was Father of Laurence who departed this Life 1393. leaving Issue by Maud Daughter of Nicholot the Eighth a Son named Balthasar deceased 1400. or as others 1401. As for Benhard he begat John the Fifth who was Father of Three Sons namely 1. Christopher deceased without Issue 2. Nicholot the Tenth a Prince highly esteemed for his Piety and Prudence in the Government of his Family who died An. 1406. And 3. William who departed this Life 1430. leaving only a Daughter named Katharine and married to the last Prince of Stargart § II. We now return to John the Divine who Studied 20 Years at the University of Paris where he commenced Doctor of Divinity He departed this Life 1260. leaving by his Wise Luitgarde Daughter of Peppâ— Count de Henneberg besides other Issue a Son named Henry the Fourth and surnamed of Jerusalem for his good Services in the Holy War in which he was taken Prisoner by the Saracens and not set at liberty till above Twenty six Years after He died An. 1302. having begot Henry the Lyon or Seventh on his Wife the Princess Anastasia Daughter of Barnim Duke of Pomerania-Stetin This Leo or the Lyon who died 1329. his Eldest Son's Name was Albert the First Matriculated and declared Prince of the Empire by the Emperor Charles the Fourth He departed this Life 1380. having married Euphemia Daughter of Magnus King of Sweden by whom he had Two Sons viz. 1. Albert the Second who was elected King of Sweden but being overcome and made Prisoner by Margaret Queen of Denmark An. 1388. was kept so by her for seven Years and then set at liberty which yet he enjoyed not long for he died the Year following viz. 1396. His Two Wives were first Fâ—chsa Daughter of Otho the last Earl of Swerin And secondly Helena Daughter of Magnus Torquatus Duke of Brunswick by which last he had Issue Two Sons 1. Erick the First And but both died without Issue 2. Albert the but both died without Issue 2 Magnus the First who died at Aix la Chapelle An. 1384. and was succeeded in his Dutchy by his Son John the Third who Founded the Unviersity at Rostock in 1415. and had the same opened and confirmed four Years after He departed this Life An. 1423. leaving the Government of his Provinces to his Son Henry the Fourth § III. This Henry the Fourth surnamed The Gross died 1477. having had to Wife Dorothy Daughter of Frederick the First Elector of Brandenburg and by her this following Issue viz. 1. Anne deceased a Maid 1464. 2. Elizabeth Lady Abbess of Reibnitz 3. Albert the Sixth deceased without Issue 1491. 4. John the Sixth who died of the Plague 1475. 5. Balthasar deceased also without Issue March 7. 1507. 6. Magnus the Second in whose Issue this Family was preserved who Founded the Cathedral and died Nov. 22. 1503. having had to Wife the Lady Sophia Daughter of Erick the Second Duke of Pomerania deceased 1504. Which Match gave Birth to 1. Henry the Fifth surnamed Pacificus or The Peace-Maker who brought the true Doctrine of Christ into his Dominions according to the Lutheran Profession But whereas his Two Sons Magnus the Third and Philip died both without Issue the Government fell to his Brother Albert's Eldest Son as we shall show immediately 2. Erick the Second deceased 1508. 3.
Third the Family of the Ancient Marquesses of Brandenburg descended from the Counts of Staden and Ringelheim began to wear out Albert Ursus Marquess of Soltquel Ballenstedt and Wolpe was made Marquess of Brandenburg 1142. and dy'd Nov. 18. 1169. He had Two Wives first Sophia Daughter of Otto Earl of Reneck Secondly Helica Daughter of Conrade surnamed The Pious Marquess of Misnia He had by his first Wife 1. Otto Marquess and Elector of Brandenburg whose Posterity went out in Woldemar II. 1322. 2. Bernhard who upon the Proscription of Henry Leon had the Dutchy by the Gift of Frederick Barbarossa and dy'd 1212. leaving 1. Albert the First Duke and Elector of Saxony who dy'd 1260. and left 1. Albert the Second Duke and Elector of Saxony whose Posterity fail'd in Albert the Sixth 1422. 2. John the First who was the Founder of a new Line to wit Lawenburg in whose Male Issue it lasted till the Year 1688. at what time Julius Franciscus born 1640. the last of that Line dy'd leaving only Two Daughters 1. Anna Maria Francisca born June 13. 1672. 2. Francisca Sibilla Augusta born June 21. 1675. 2. Henry the Elder who by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa was made the first Prince of Anhalt § II. This Henry therefore we reckon the common Father of the now Family of Anhalt He dy'd 1257. and from whom we may go in a right Line to Joachim Ernestus born 1536. His Father was John the Fourth his Mother Margaret Daughter of Joachim the First Elector of Brandenburg Widow of George Duke of Pomeran and after the death of his Brothers sole Governour of the Provinces of Anhalt His Residence was in the Castle of Dessaw in Germany and dy'd Dec. 6. 1586. having had to Wife Agnes Daughter of Wolfgang Earl of Barbye who dy'd 1569. and after her Eleanora Daughter of Christopher Duke of Wirtenburg and by both of them had Sixteen Children 1. Anna Maria born 1562. married to Joachim Frederick Duke of Lignitz dy'd 1604. 2. Agnes born 1562. dy'd 1564. 3. Elizabeth born 1563. married to John George Elector of Brandenburg 1577. dy'd 1607. 4. Sibilla born Sept. 28. 1564. married to Frederick Duke of Wirtenburg 1581. dy'd 1614. 5. John George the First born March 9. 1567. of whom in the following Line of Dessaw 6. Christian the First born 1568. of whom Section 4. in the Line of Bernburg 7. Bernhard the Eighth born 1570. or as others Sept. 25. 1572. Slain as it s said in a Battle at Erlaw in Hungary Sept. 25. 1596. 8. Agnesa Hedewig born March 12. 1573. married to Augustus Elector of Saxony 1586. who dying 1588. she married John Duke of Holstein of the Line of Sunderburg and dy'd Nov. 3. 1616. 9. Dorothea Maria born July 2. 1574. married to John the Second Duke of Saxon-Vinar 1593. dy'd July 18. 1617. 10. Augustus born July 14. 1575. of whom more in the fifth Section 11. Rodolphus the Fifth born Oct. 28. 1576. the Founder of the Servestan Line of whom Section 6. 12. John Ernestus born May 1. 1578. He gave several Instances of his Courage but more especially in the taking Alba Regalis in Hungary by Storm 1601. dy'd Dec. 12. 1602. 13. Lodovick the First born June 17. 1579. He was the beginner of the Line of Coctan now extinct and dwelt in the Castle and City of Coctan where he was the Founder of that fruitful Society of Jruchtbringenden Geselschafft dy'd Jan. 7. 1650. His first Wife was Amaena Amalia of the House of Benthem in Westphalia who dying 1625. he married Sophia of the House of Lippien the Year following who dy'd 1650. by both which he had 1. Lodovick the First born 1607. dy'd 1624. 2. Louisa Amalia born 1609. dy'd 1625. 3. Louisa born 1634. dy'd 1635. 4. Wilhelmus Lodovicus born Aug. 3. 1638. who succeeded his Father and took to Wife Elizabetha Charlotta a Niece of the House of Hatzgerod 1663. but dy'd without Issue Apr. 13. 1665. 14. Sabina born 1580. dy'd unmarried 15. Joachim Christopher born 1582. dy'd 1583. 16. Anna Sophia born 1584. she was the Wife of Gunther Albertus of Swartzburg dy'd 1657. Of the Line of Dessaw § III. MAtter 's thus brought together we go back to John George the First Eldest Son of Joachim Ernestus the Founder of this Line who in the division of the Estate had to his share Gesnitz Schandersleben Worbtzig and Radegast He profest the Reform'd Religion and dy'd May 13. 1618. His first Wise was Dorothy the Daugher of Albert Count Mansfeldt who dy'd 1594. His second Dorothy Daughter of John Casimier Palatinate of Simmeren in the Lower Palatinate who was married to him 1595. and dy'd 1618. He had by his first Wife Five Children and by his latter Eleven as they here follow 1. Sophia Elizabetha born Feb. 10. 1589. married to George Rodolphus Duke of Lignitz dy'd 1622. 2. Agnes Magdalena born March 29. 1590. married to Otto Landtgrave of Hesse 1617. dy'd 1626. 3. Anna Maria born 1591. dy'd unmarried 1637. 4. Joachim Ernestus the Second born July 16. 1592. dy'd May 28. 1615. 5. Christianus born 1593. dy'd 1594. 6. John Cassmier of whom a little after 7. Anna Elizabetha born 1599. married to William Earl of Bentheim 8. Frederick Mauritius born 1600. dy'd 1610. 9. Eleanora Dorothea born Feb. 6. 1602. married to William the Second Duke of Saxon-Wimar 1625. dy'd 1664. 10. Sibilla Christiana born Jan. 10. 1603. first married to Philip Mauritius and after his death to Frederick Casimier Earl of Hanouer 11. Georgius Albertus born June 3. 1606. dy'd Nov. 14 1643. leaving by Johanna Elizabetha of the House of Krosegg 1. Christianus Albertus Count Beringen Lord in Waldersee and Radegast dy'd 1677. 2. Sophia now living with her Mother in the Castle of Radegast 3. Eleanora married to John George of Solms dy'd 1677. 12. Cunigunda Juliana born 1608. married to Herman Landtgrave of Hesse-Cassel dy'd 1656. 13. Henricus Woldemarus born and dy'd 1609. 14. Susanna Margareta born 1610. Wife to John Philip of Hanouer dy'd 1663. 15. Johanna Dorothea born 1612. married to Mauritius of Bentheim 16. Eva Catharina born 1613. dy'd unmarried Dec. 15. 1679. Of these the before-mentioned John Casimier succeeded his Father and dy'd Sept. 15. 1660. His first Wife was Agnes the Daughter of Mauritius of Hesse married to him 1623. who dying May 28. 1650. His second was Sophia Margareta a First Cousin of the House of Bernburg who dy'd Dec. 28. 1673. He had by his first Wife besides Louisa born 1631. married 1648. and dying April 25. 1680. John George the Second born Nov. 7. 1627. who after the death of his Father took upon him the Government and now supplies the place of Deputy to the Elector of Brandenburg He married Henrica Catharina Daughter of Henry Frederick Prince of Orange by Amalia of Solms 1658. and had by her 1. Emilia Louisa born 1660. dy'd an Infant 2. Henrica Amalia born 1662. dy'd an Infant 3. Frederick Casimier born 1663. dy'd 1665. 4. Elizabetha Albertina
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