eldest daughter to Edward surnamed the Outlaw eldest son to Edmund Ironside King of England by which meanes the right of the house of the Saxons Edgar Atheling the only son of Edward deceasing vnmarried and without issue descended vpon the Kings of Scotland the posterity hereof and Margaret continued herein vnto our times and the vnion of the two kingdomes in Iames our late Soveraigne of happy memory He first as is thought brought into Scotland the titles of Earles Barons with others borrowed from the neighbouring English with whom vnder Edward the Confessour during the vsurpation of Macbeth he had for a long time remained He was slaine at the taking of Anwick Castle in Northumberland after some yeares warre maintained against William the Conquerour and the Normans occasioned through his protection and ayde of the banished English Donaldus the fourth son to Duncanus yonger brother to Milcolumbus the third vsurping the kingdome by the aide of Magnus king of Norwey He was driven out by Duncanus naturall son to Milcolumbus the third Duncanus the second naturall son to Milcolumbus the third slaine by the treason of Macpendirus Earle of Merne corrupted by Donaldus the fourth liuing then exiled amongst the Westerne Ilands He thus murthered Donardus the fourth resumed the kingdome vanquished and taken prisoner not long after by Edgar the right heire son to Milcolumbus the third and Margaret ayded by his vncle Edgar and the English Edgar son to Milcolumbus the third and Margaret daughter to Edward surnamed the Outlaw His sister Maude was marryed vnto Henrie the first king of England yongest son to the Conquerour vniting hereby the royall blood of the Saxons with that of the Normans Hee deceased without issue Alexander the first son to Milcolumbus and Margaret and brother to Edgar He also deceased sans issue David the first brother to Edgar and Alexander and son to Milcolumbus and Margaret succeeding in the yeare 1124. He annexed to the Crowne of Scotland the Earledomes of Northumberland and Huntingdon acruing through his marriage with Maude daughter to Earle Waldeofus He recouered likewise Cumberland and Westmoreland from the English taken from his predecessours by William the Conquerour restored vnto him by the liberality of king Stephen Milcolumbus the fourth son to Henrie prince of Scotland son to king David Vnable to withstand the ambition and greater power hereof he quitted Northumberland Westmoreland and Cumberland vnto Henry the second king of England retaining onely the Earledome of Huntingdon of all his English possessions left for a time vnto his successours He deceased without issue vnmarried VVilliam brother to Malcolme the fourth Taken prisoner at the battaill of Anwijck to procure his libertie peace with the English he did homage and sweare fealty vnto king Henry the second for the Crowne of Scotland Alexander the second son to William Alexander the third son to Alexander the second He deceased in the yeare 1285 without heires of his body or not long surviving The whole issue hereof and of king Alexander the second and William extinguished their contended for the soveraignety Iohn Balliol Lord of Galloway son to Iohn Balliol and Dornagilla daughter to Alan Lord of Galloway and Margaret eldest daughter to David Earle of Huntingdon brother to king William great vncle to Alexander the third and Robert Bruce Lord of Annandale son to Robert Bruce and Isabell second daughter to David Earle of Huntingdon and sister to Margaret both parties challenging a chiefer right and interest before the other Balliol as descended from the elder sister and Bruce as nearer by one degree to Earle David The Scots not able to determine the controversie or without armes Edward the first king of England is chosen vmpire After 6 yeares vacancy the right is adiudged on the behalfe of Balliol by king Edward with condition of his acknowledgment and homage to the English Crowne Iohn Balliol Lord of Galloway king of Scotland by the arbitration of king Edward the first He did homage to king Edward at the towne of Newcastle vpon Tine according to the agreement made betwixt them Discontenting his subjects through this his English subjection to regaine their lost loues or after my Scottish Authours provoked with some disgrace iniuries receiued from Edward he renounced not long after his homage and fealty sworne to the English warred vpon by Edward and after some ouerthrowes vnable to withstand so valiant and great a Monarcke forced to resigne into the hands hereof the whole right and interest he had or might claime to the Crowne of Scotland imprisoned afterwards in the towre of London and set at liberty by the mediation of Pope Boniface the eight and sent ouer to his inheritance and possessions in France where in a private fortune he dyed After this king Edward the first of England made a full conquest of the Scots whō he kept vnder hard subjection during his whole raigne although not without sundry defections and rebellions of this fierce stirring nation moued by William Walleys Robert Bruce and others most commonly to their losse He deceasing through their great victorie at Banocks-bourne neare Striueling obtained against Edward the second and the English and the tumults disorders hapning in England during the raigne of this weake and vnfortunate prince the Scots againe recouer their libertie Robet Bruce formerly crowned in the raigne of Edward the first is confirmed king Robert the first son to Robert Bruce lord of Anandale competitour of the kingdome with Iohn Balliol king of Scotland by right of warre his birth and the voluntary cession of Balliol the restorer of the Scottish name and liberty after a victorious and happy raigne deceasing in the yeare 1329. David the second king of Scotland son to Robert the first In the minority hereof Edward Balliol son to Iohn Balliol invadeth and by the helpe of the English obtayneth the Scottish Crowne to be held by him vnder the homage and protection of Edward the third king of England opposed by the faction of David Balliol and his Enhlish after long miserie and war being thrust out king David recovereth his almost lost kindgome taken prisoner shortly after at the battaill of Nevills crosse neere Durham invading England in favour of his auncient friends the French distressed through the many victories of Edward the third and the English He deceased without issue in the yeare 1370 the second and last king of Scotland of the house and name of Bruce Robert the second the first of the familie name of the Stewarts descended from Walter created Stewart of Scotland by Malcolme the third which name of office grew afterwards a surname to his house and ofspring king of Scotland in right from his mother eldest daughter to Robert the first and sister to Dauid the second Since this time the name and house of Stewarts haue still worne the regall Crowne of the Scottish dominions Iohn the second called Robert after his inauguration the name of Iohn as
wherein his father with the Normans had conquered the English annexing Normandy to his English Crowne his borther Robert being surprised in battaile and detayned prisoner during life He deceased in the yeare 1135 the first English-Norman king Stephen Earle of Mortaigne yonger son to Stephen Earle of Blois and Champaigne by Adcla daughter to the Conquerour king of England by the power of his faction the advantage of his sexe and the pretended will of king Henry vpon his death-bed opposed by Maude the onely legitimate daughter surviuing issue of Henry formerly wife to Henry the fourth Emperour of the Romans After long trouble warres betwixt the two sides a peace at length is concluded Stephen is continued in the possession of the Crowne to returne after his decease vpon Henry Fitz-Empresse son to Mande and to the heires of the first Henry Henry the second son to Geffrey Plantaginet Earle of Aniou in France Maude the Empresse daughter to Henry the first and Maude daughter to Malcolme king of Scotland and S t Margaret descended from king Edmund surnamed the Iron-side In this prince the surname of Plantaginet was first deriued vpon the house of England continued vnto Edward sonne to George Duke of Clarence the last Plantaginet or of the male issue hereof the rest extinguished during the ciuill warres betwixt the houses of Yorke and Lancaster put to death by king Henry the seaventh He marryed vnto Eleanor daughter and sole heire to William Duke of Aquitaine Guienne and by armes voluntary submission made first subiect the factious and devided Irish king of England Duke of Normandy Aquitaine Guienne Earle of Aniou The dominion title of Ireland he had given vnto his yongest son Iohn Maude his eldest daughter was married vnto Henrie surnamed the Lyon Duke of Saxony and Bavaria from whom are descended the present Dukes of Brunswyck and Lunenburg in Germany bearing the same armes with the more auncient kings of England Richard the first king of England Duke of Normandy Aquitaine Guienne Earle of Aniou son to Henrie the second He accompanied Philip surnamed Augusts king of France with other Latine princes towards the East for the recoverie of the Holy Land renowned for his victories against Saladine Sultan of Aegypt and the Infidels Not the least in that journey amongst his other conquest was that of the Cyprioâ—s whom occasioned by some hostile and churlish carriages of Cursar their king against his distressed and weather-beaten Fleete he in few daies subdued exchanging that Iland with Guy of Lusignan for the kingdome or title of Hierusalem remaining in the house of Guy for many descents vntill the vsurpation thereof by the Venetians He deceased without issue Iohn king of England Duke of Normandie Aquitaine and Guienne Earle of Aniou and Lord of Ireland which last title he first added yongest son to Henry the second opposed by Arthur Duke of Britaine son to Geffrey his elder brother and Constance inheretresse of that house He lost Normandy Aniou Touraine and Maine with Poictou part of the Dukedome of Aquitaine to Philip the second surnamed Augustus French king pretending their forfeiture holding of the French kings in fee vpon the decease of Arthur whom he surmised to haue beene murthered by Iohn forsaken in those troubles by his disloyall Nobility refusing their aydes and betrayed by the natiues of those countries better effected to the French Ingaged at once in three dangerous warres against the Pope Cleargie the French king and his rebellious subjects to make his peace with the Pope his more potent adversary and the chiefe authour of those evils Innocentius the third then succeeding in the Papacy he enthralled his Crowne to the tribute and vassallage of the sea of Rome Henry the third son to Iohn succeeding in the left dominions of his father and in his warres against the French and his traiterous English Barons Edward the first son to Henry the third He subdued the Scots and annexed the Welsh to his English kingdome Edward the second son to Edward the first He marryed vnto Isabel daughter to Philip the fourth French king deposed by a joint conspiracy of his disloyall Queene subjects pretending his bad government and vices Edward the third son to Edward the second Isabel of France The male issue of Philip the fourth extinguished in Charles surnamed the Faire in right from his mother daughter to Philip the next heire generall he made claime to the rich kingdome of France assuming the title hereof and quartering his English armoryes with the French Lillies continued still in his successours Hauing vanquished the French in two memorable battailes at Crecy and Poictiers taken Iohn their king prisoner he in the end nothwithstanding fortune changing lost to that enimy all Aquitaine and Guienne the remainder of the English possessions in that Continent Calais excepted yeelded vp by the treacherous inhabitants ill affecting the English government and coveting a revnion with France He deceased in the yeare 1378. Richard the second king of England France and Lord of Ireland son to Edward prince of Wales eldest son to Edward the third deposed by Henry the fourth without issue Henry the fourth king of England France Lord of Ireland son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster fourth son to Edward the third the first prince of the Lancastrian family whose vsurpation and vniust title gaue occasion afterwards to those long and miserable warres betwixt his house Yorke Henry the fift king of England France and Lord of Ireland eldest son to Henrie the fourth The field of Azincourt won and the vnfortunate French vnder a lunatike and weake king being devided into two great factions of Burgundie and Orleans by the aide of Burgundie hauing married Catharine the French kings daughter he is made Regent of France during the malady and indisposition hereof and declared his next successour to the Crowne Charles the Dolphin his son disinherited Henrie the sixt king of England France and Lord of Ireland son to Henry the fift Catherine of France Crowned French king at Paris in the yeare 1431. In the raigne hereof Richard Duke of Yorke layd claime to the Crowne of England in the right of the house of Clarence elder brother to Iohn of Gaunt father to king Henry the fourth ayded by Richard Nevile Earle of Warwick and other potent nobility the effect whereof was a bloody civill warre continued with variable fortune for the space of 25 yeares betwixt the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke the slaughter of the greatest part of the blood royall of both factions the deposing murder of this holy and just prince the irrecoverable losse of France by these tumults the establishing of the kingdome in Edward the fourth his succession the house of Yorke Edward the fourth son to Richard Plantaginet Duke of Yorke which Richard was son to Richard Earle of Cambridge sonne to Edmund Duke of Yorke fift son
meanes of this marriage the Earledome of Begorre Lordship of Bearn became annexed to the house of Navarra as they doe yet continue Francis Earle of Foix Begorre Lord of Bearn and king of Navarra son to Gaston prince of Viane son to Gaston the fourth and Leonora He dyed young sans issue Iohn duke of Albret in the right of his wife Catherine sister to Francis succeeding in the kingdome of Navarra the Earledome of Begorre and soveraigne Lordship of Bearn He lost Navarra vnto Ferdinand the fift and Elizabeth kings of Castille Aragon since incorporated with the kingdome of Castille retayning onely the countries of Begorre Bearne and the title of Navarra left vnto his successours Henry d' Albret titulary king of Navarra son to Iohn duke of Albret and Catherine Anthony de Bourbon duke of Vendosme prince of the blood in right of his wife Ioane d' Albret daughter to Henry d' Albret Earle of Begorre Lord of Bearn titulary king of Navarra Henry the third king of Navarra son to Anthony de Bourbon and Ioane d' Albret After the murther of Henry the third the last French king of the house of Valois â—e succeeded in the kingdome of France by the name of Henry the fourth being the next of the line masculine and descended from S. Lewes after infinite troubles mastered and ouerpast and a fast peace established in that kingdome slaine of late yeares in Paris by that bloody Assassine Ravaillart Lewes the thirteenth son to Henry the fourth succeeding now in the kingdome of France and in the right and title of Navarra THE KINGDOME OF ARAGON THE estate was begun shortly after that of Suprarbe or Navarra in the raigne of Garcias Innicus the second king of Suprarbe by one Aznarius son to Eudo the Great Duke of Aquitaine in France who hauing taken from the Moores certaine townes about the riuers Aragon and Subordanus by the good leaue of that Prince entitled himselfe from the riuer Earle of Aragon subiect then as were his successours for some time after vnto the kings of Suprarbe and commaunding here in nature of Marqueses In Fortunius sonne to Garcias Innicus king of Navarra and Vrraca sister to Fortunius Ximinius the last Earle hereof who deceased without issue the Earledome was annexed to the house and kingdome of Navarra King Sanctius the Great againe divided Aragon from Navarra giuing it with the title of king to his bastard sonne Ramir. The extent of the country was but little at what time vnder Ramir the first it was first made a kingdome By the time of king Ramir the second Saragoça Huescar and other townes being wonne from the Moores it became enlarged ouer the whole countrey called now Aragonia By the marriage of Petronilla daughter to Ramir the second vnto Raimund Berengarius the fift Earle of Barcelona in the yeare 1137 the country of Catalonia was added By Raimund son to Raimund Berengarius the fift the Earledome of Russillon By Iames the first the kingdomes of Valentia and of the Ilands of Mallorça and Menorça conquered from the Moores the present extent of the kingdome of Aragon In forreine parts Peter the third annexed to the house of Aragon the kingdome of Sicilye Iames the second the Iland of Sardinia Alfonsus the fift Naples all which the kings of Spaine in right hereof doe at this day enioy The Princes were Aznarius the first Earle of Aragon in the raigne of Garcias Innicus the second king of Suprarbe The country then onely contained certaine small townes about the riuer Aragon occasioning the name enlarging afterwards as did the conquests hereof Aznarius the second son to Aznarius the first Galindus son to Aznarius the second Semenus Aznarius son to Galindus slaine in the battaile of Ronceval against the Emperour Charles the Great Semenus Garcias vncle to Semenus Aznarius Fortunius Semenus or Ximinius He deceased without issue Fortunius king of Navarra Earle of Aragon in right from his mother Vrraca sister to Fortunius Semenus Sanctius Abarca king of Navarra brother to Fortunius king of Navarra succeeding in the Earledome of Aragon by the same right Garcias Sanctius king of Navarra son to Sanctius Abarca Sanctius Garcias and Ramir ioint kings of Navarra son to Garcias Sanctius Garcias the Trembler king of Navarra son to Sanctius Garcias Sanctius the Great king of Navarra and Earle of Castille son to Garcias the Trembler He againe divided Aragon from Navarra erecting it into a petty Kingdome in the person of Ramir his base son Ramir the first naturall son to Sanctius the Great King of Navarra the first King of Aragon advanced hereunto by his father at the earnest suite of his step-mother Elvira the defence of whose life and honour he had voluntarily vndertaken vniustly accused of adultery by her vnnaturall sonne Garcias de Nagera an honourable and iust beginning of afterwards so renowned and famous a Kingdome Sanctius the seauenth son to Ramir the first He was elected King of Navarra after Sanctius son to Garcias de Nagera Peter the first son to Sanctius the seauenth king of Aragon and Navarra Alfonsus the first King of Aragon and Navarra brother to Peter the first and son to Sanctius the seaventh Ramir the second surnamed the Monke King of Aragon brother to Peter the first and Alfonsus the first and to son to Sanctius the sevaenth Navarra by the wil of Alfonsus the first returned vpon the right heire thereof Ramir Earle of Mouçon descended from Garcias de Nagera The Kingdome of Aragon at this time contained onely the present country of Aragonia Raimund the first Earle of Barcelona in the right of his wife Petronilla daughter to Ramir the second succeeding in the Kingdome of Aragon In those two Princes the houses and estates of Aragon and Barcelona were vnited into one family and Kingdome Raimond the second King of Aragon son to Raimund the first and Petronilla Hee chaunged his name to Alfonsus Gerard the last Earle of Russillon deceasing without issue he added that Earledome to the dominion hereof Peter the second son to Raimund the second or Alfonsus Drawne on it is vncertaine by what superstitious zeale or necessity of state in the yeare 1214 he made the Kingdome of Aragon tributary to Pope Innocent the third and the See of Rome Repenting as it seemeth afterwards of this errour he tooke part with the Albigenses in France slaine in their quarrell by Simon Earle of Montfort and his crossed followers Iames the first son to Peter the second Hee tooke from the Moores their two Kingdomes of Valentia and of the Ilands of Malorça and Menorça remaining since parts of the Kingdome of Aragon He deceased in the yeare 1314. Peter the third son to Iames the first King of all the dominions of Aragon the Ilands of Malorça and Menorça excepted giuen with the title of King to Iames his yonger brother by his father Iames the first revnited notwithstanding not long after to the Kingdome of Aragon He married
called from the towne of Limburg first an Earledome afterwards made a Dukedome by one of the Henry Emperours By Iohn the first Duke of Brabant pretending some title hereunto it was conquered to the house of Brabant from Reinold the first Duke of Gelderlandt husband to Ermengarde the onely daughter of Herman the last Duke possessed now in this right by the Princes of Burgundy Austria The order and succession of the Princes we finde not THE EARLEDOME OF NAMVR NAmed thus from the chiefe towne thereof Namur The time when it first begun is vncertaine By Iohn or after others by Theodore or Theodoric the last Earle it was sold to Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy whose posterity the Pâ—inces of the house of Burgundy and Austria now enjoy it by that right THE EARLEDOME OF HAINAVLT IT tooke the name from the riuer Haine watering and dividing the country The estate is very auncient being sometime a part of the great Earledome of Ardenne from the which it was divided made a distinct Earledome in the person of Alberic surnamed the Orphelin one of the yongest sons of Brunulph Count of Ardenne dispossessed slain by Dagobert French King who restored dividing that country with his other brethren had this part giuen him with the title of Earle by Sigebert king of Austrasia to be held vnder the soveraignty of the French kings After long continuance and often change by Iaqueline the last Princesse wanting heires together with Holland Zealand and VVest-Freislandt vnited in that family it was surrendred vnto Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy her next kinsman in whose house the right and possession hereof now remaineth The Princes follow Alberic before mentioned one of the yonger sons of Brunulph Earle of Ardenne the first Earle of Hainault VVaultier the first son to Alberic VVaultier the second son to Waultier the first VVaultier the third son to Waultier the second He dyed without male issue Albon the first in right of his wife eldest daughter to Waultier the third Albon the second sonne to Albon the first and of the daughter of Waultier the third Manassier sonne to Albon the second Regnier the first son to Manassier Regnier the second son to Regnier the first Regnier the third son to Regnier the second Bauldwin Earle of Flanders in right of his wife Richilde sole daughter to Regnier the third Bauldwin the second son to Bauldwin Richilde aforesaid Hee succeeded only in the Earledome of Hainault Bauldwin the third son to Bauldwin the second Bauldwin the fourth son to Bauldwin the third Bauldwin the fift sonne to Bauldwin the fourth Bauldwin the sixt sonne to Bauldwin the fift Hee marryed vnto Margeret Countesse of Flanders by which meanes these two Earledomes were the second time vnited vnder one prince Bauldwin the seaventh sonne to Bauldwin the sixt and Margaret Earle of Flanders and Hainault Ioan eldest daughter to Bauldwin the seaventh Earle of Flanders Hainault She dyed sans issue having beene twise marryed to Ferdinand son to Sancius K. of Portugal to Thomas son to Thomas Earle of Savoy Margaret the second younger sister to Ioane aforesaid and daughter to Bauldwin the seaventh Countesse of Flanders and Hainault Shee married vnto William of Burbon Lord of Dampier brother to Archembauld Duke of Bourbon and deceased in the yeare 1279. Before her marriage she had by Buscart her Tutour or Guardian Prior of the Monasterie of S. Peter in L'isle a son named Iohn d'Avesnes by agreement consent of his other brethren succeeding in the Earledome hereof Flanders descending vpon the legitimate issue the heire of Margaret and William of Bourbon Lord of Dampierre Iohn d' Avesnes naturall son to Margaret the second and Buscart Earle of Hainault He marryed vnto Aleide daughter to Florentius the fourth and sister to the Emperour William Earles of Holland Iohn the second son to Iohn d'Avesnes and Aleide aforesaid After the decease of Iohn the first Earle of Holland without children in the yeare 1300 hee succeeded in the Earledomes of Holland Zealand and in the Lordship of West-Freisland continued still afterwards vnited in his successours William the first son to Iohn the second Earle of Hainault Holland Zealandt Lord of West-Freislandt William the second son to William the first He deceased without issue slaine at Staveren by the rebellious Frisons Margaret the third sister to William the second and wife to the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria Countesse of Hainault Holland Zealand and Lord of West-Freislandt Younger sister herevnto was Philippa Queene to Edward the third king of England Betwixt this princesse and her vnnaturall son William the third arose great quarrels contention about the possession hereof the oceasions of the factions d'Houc Cabelliau a long time after afflicting Holland the first taking part with the mother the other with the son the controversie at length being composed betwixt them the Empresse the mother being contented only with Hainault deceasing in the yeare 1355 and buried at Valenciens William the third younger son to the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria of Margaret aforesaid Earle of Hainault Holland Zealandt and Lord of West-Freislandt Tainted with this vnnaturall rebellion and wickednes against his mother he fell into a frensy wherein he languished for the space of 30 yeares deceasing without islue Albert the first son to the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria Margaret yonger brother to William the third during his sicknesse malady Governour of all the provinces of the Netherlands subject to the house of Bavaria Stephen the eldest son to the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria Margaret succeeded in the Dukedome of Bavaria William the fourth son to Albert the first Iaqueline daughter vnto William the fourth After long much trouble sundry vnfortunate and ill succeeding marriages shee resigned the Estates of Hainault Holland Zealand West-Frelslandt vnto Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy her next kinsman deceasing without issue Philip surnamed the Good sonne to Iohn Duke of Burgundy of Margaret daughter to Albert the first sister to William the fourth and aunt to Iaqueline by right of bloud and the resignation of Iaqueline Earle of Hollandt Zealandt and Hainault and Lord of West-Freislandt by whom these foure provinces were all brought vnto the house of Burgundy afterwards of Austria These Estates begun for the most part by the French seated in their part of Lorraine and first held vnder their right thorough the quarrels factions and sundry imperfections raigning in that nation haue since wholy withdrawne themselues from all subjection hereof acknowledging the soveraignety of the Dutch accompted part of their Empire and reckoned in their tenth circle of Burgundy At this day notwithstanding chiefely since their possession by the house of Burgundy thorough the no lesse sicknesse and maladies of the languishing German Empire they haue likewise freed themselues in a maner from all acknowledgment hereof neither suiting their Imperiall Court nor obeying the orders of their
Diets neither yeelding any ayde or service to the Emperour with the provinces of Flanders Artois subject only to their owne princes the Dukes of Burgundy Austria THE EARLEDOME of HOLLAND and ZEALAND THey were thus named from their low maritime situations Vexed with the pyracyes of the Normans about the yeare 857 for their better defence they were first giuen with this title together with the neighbouring countrie of the Frisons vnto Theodoric son to Sigebert prince of Aquitania by the Emperour Charles the Bauld By Arnulph their fourth prince quitting the French alleagiance they were first made subiect to the fief and soveraignttie of the Dutch Emperours In Iohn the second they became added to the house of Hainault In VVilliam the third to the house of Bavaria In Philip the Good to the familie of Burgundy In Philip the second to the house of Austria wherein now the right remaineth In the raigne of Philip the second king of Spaine and the third of that name Duke of Burgundy occasioned thorough their difference in Religion and the rough goverment of his Spanish officers together with the provinces of Vtreicht Over-Ysel Gelderland VVest-Freislandt Groningen they shoke off the yoake of their princes after about 40 yeares warre treated withall and acknowledged as free estates by his son Philip the third Their Princes follow Theodoric son to Sigebert prince of Aquitania first Earle of Holland and Zealand and Lord of West-Freisland in the raigne by the gift of the Emperour Charles the Bauld Theodoric the second son to Theodoric the first Theodoric the third son to Theodoric the second Arnulph son to Theodoric the third slaine against the Frisons with whom still rebelling this prince his successours had often and continuall war Hee made subject these provinces to the soveraignety of the German Emperours Theodoric the fourth son to Arnulph Theodoric the fift son to Theodoric the fourth He dyed sans issue Florentius the first son to Theodoric the fourth and brother to Theodoric the fift Theodoric the sixt son to Florentius the first In the minority hereof Rupert Earle of Flanders second husband to his mother Gertrude and protectour herevnto being overcome driven out the countries hereof are vsurped seazed vpon by Godfrey surnamed le Bossu Duke of Lorraine slaine by treason in the yeare 1075 accompted by some amongst the Earles of Holland Zealand Florentius the second son to Theodoric the sixt Theodoric the seaventh son to Florentius the second Florentius the third son to Theodoric the seaventh Theodoric the eight son to Florentius the third Hee deceased without male issue Ada daughter to Theodoric the eight marryed vnto Lewis Earle of Lossen driven out by William Earle of East-Friesland She dyed without heires William the first Earle of East-Freisland brother to Theodoric the eight and vncle vnto Ada Earle of Holland Zealand Lord of West-Freisland Florentius the fourth son to William the first It was Margaret daughter herevnto and wife to Herman Earle of Henneberg who is so famous in the Dutch histories for her monstrous birth of 365 children christned altogether by the names of Iohn Elizabeth by Guy Suffragan of Vtreicht deceasing vpon the same day with their mother in the yeare 1276 and buried at Losdun neere vnto the Hage whose monument epitaphe are there yet to be seene William the second son to Florentius the fourth He was elected Roman Emperour slaine by the rebellious Frisons Florentius the fift son to William the second He marryed vnto Beatres daughter to Guy Earle of Flanders by whom he had in way of dowry the whole right given vnto him which the Earles of Flanders chalenged in the Iland of Walcheren Zealand for a long time controversed betwixt the two houses Meyerus in his historie of Flanders would haue him to haue beene the first Earle of Holland who should take vpon him the title and name of Earle of Zealand Iohn the first son to Florentius the fift Hee marryed vnto Elizabeth daughter to Edward the second King of England deceased without issue in the yeare 1300 the last Earle of Holland Zealand Lord of West-Freisland of the house of Aquitaine Iohn the second Earle of Hainault son to Iohn d'Avesnes Alâ—ide or Adelheide daughter to Florentius the fourth sister to the Emperour William Earle of Holland Zealand Lord of West-Freisland William the third son to Iohn the second William the fourth son to William the third slaine at Staveren against the Frisons in the yeare 1345 sans issue Margaret eldest daughter to William the third sister to William the fourth the last princesse of the house of Hainault She marryed vnto the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria William the fift younger son to Margaret of Hainault to the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria Hee dyed phrenetique without issue noted for his rebellion disobedience towards his mother His elder brother Stephen succeeded in the Dukedome of Bavaria from whom haue descended the present Dukes of Bavaria Albert son to the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria of Margaret of Hainault younger brother to William the fift William the sixt son to Albert. Iaqueline daughter to William the sixt Shee dyed without issue the last princesse of the house of Bavaria Countesse of Holland Zealand Hainault aâ—d Lord of West-Freislandt Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy son to Iohn Duke of Burgundy of Margaret daughter to Albert sister to William the sixt Charles surnamed the Fighter Duke of Burgundy sonne to Philip the Good slaine by the Switzers Lorrainers before Nancie Marie daughter to Charles surnamed the Fighter the last princesse of the house or name of Burgundy Countesse of Holland Zealand Hainault and Lord of West-Freislandt Shee marryed vnto Maximilian the first Arch-duke of Austria and afterwards Emperour of the Romans Philip the second son to Maximilian Mary and afterwards the first of that name king of Spaine in right of his wife Ioane eldest daughter vnto Ferdinand the fift Elizabeth Kings of Castile Aragon Charles son to Philip Ioane aforesaid heire of the houses of Burgundy Austria Spaine and the fift of that name Emperour of the Romans Philip the third of that name Duke of Burgundy the second of the name King of Spaine son to the Emperour Charles the fift vnder whose government the provinces of Holland Zealand and West-Freisland first revolted The Bishopricke or Lordship of Vtreicht NAmed thus from the city Vtreicht The estate was first occasioned by one Willebrod an Englishman the Apostle of those parts vpon his conversion of the country from Paganisme instituted first Bishop hereof about the yeare 611 and during the Regency of Pepin the Fat Majour of the Palace in France The Successours of this Willebrod in continuance of time by the liberality of the French Kings of the German Emperours haue attayned vnto as well the temporall as the spirituall iurisdiction of the countrey together with Over-Ysel
succeeding in the kingdome of Burgundy dividing it betwixt theÌ„ the Mountain Iour bounding and severing their portions They also both dyed without heires or lawfull in whom ended the house of the Emperour Lotharius eldest son to the Emperour Lewis the Godly Charles surnamed the Bauld Emperour of the Romans â—ing of West-France vncle to Charles Lewis Lotharius the second brother to the Emperour Lotharius Vnder this prince this first French kingdome of Burgundy tooke end being added as a province to West-France parted by him into three divisions or governments of Burgundy on this side of the river of Soasne Of Burgundy beyond the Soasne and of Burgundy beyond the Iour contayning together and occasioning not long after the Dukedome of Burgundy on this side of the Soasne with the Earledomes of Lyon and Mascon the Dukedomes of Burgundy beyond the Iour and the kingdome of Arles or Burgundy whose beginnings and after fortunes follow The Dukedome of Burgundy on this side the Soasne THis was part of the devision of Burgundy on this side the Soasne subdevided by the Emperour Charles the Bauld into 5 lesser Cantons the Counties of Dijon Austun Chalon Mascon Lyon governed a part by their Earles not then hereditary and but such Magistrates of the Kings of West-France so named The estate was begun in the person of Theodoric Counte of Authun vnto whom Eudo King of France having given the Counties of Dijon Chalon vnited all three into one entier Dukedome from the first possession of this prince entitl'd then of Austun shortly after by Richard his son who succeeded him named of Burgundy The heires of this princely house haue in continuance of time got seazed of the many provinces of the Low-countries by the Emperour Charles the fift revnited with Germany making the tenth circle of the Empire called from hence the circle of Burgundy The Dukedome notwithstanding their first patrimony still held vnder the fief of the French Kings was in the raigne of Mary wrested from them and vnited to the Crowne of France by king Lewis the eleaventh nothing now hereof remayning vnto them but the title The princes follow Theodoric before mentioned the first Duke in the raigne of Eudo king of France He was stiled only Duke of Authun Richard son to Theodoric He first tooke vpon him the title of Duke of Burgundy Rodulph son to Richard Becomming afterwards Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine hee left this Dukedome vnto his younger brother Hugh surnamed the Black Hugh surnamed the Blacke brother to Rodulph the last Duke of Burgundy of the house of Theodoric Duke of Austun succeeded vnto by the house of Aniou and the brethren of Hugh Capet king of France by composition agreement made herewith forced by that potent family Otho the first Duke of Burgundy younger brother to Hugh Capet the vsurping King of France Eudo the first brother to Otho the first Henry the first brother the Otho Eudo the first They all three died without heires Robert the first King of France sonne to Hugh Capet Duke of Burgundy by the greater swey of that familie kingdome Otho Guillaume first Earle of Burgundy being excluded to whom the Dukedome had beene assigned by Duke Henry the first son to his wife Gerberge Robert the second eldest son to Robert the first French King His younger brother Henry succeeded in the kingdome of France Hugh the second son to Henry son to Robert the second Hee became Monke of Cluny resigning his temporall estates vnto his brother Otho Otho the second brother to Hugh the second He founded the famous Monasterie of Cisteaux Hugh the third son to Otho the second Otho the third son to Hugh the third Hugh the fourth son to Otho the third He deceased in the Holy Land left commaunder there of the army of Philip Augustus French King against Saladin the Infidels after the returne of that prince towards France Otho the fourth son to Hugh the fourth Hugh the fift son to Otho the fourth Robert the third son to Hugh the fift Hugh the sixt son to Robert the third He dyed vnmarryed Eudo the second brother to Hugh the sixt and son to Robert the third Philip the first son to Philip son to Eudo the second He deceased sans issue the last Duke of Burgundy of the house or name of Capet succeeded vnto by the house or name of Valois Iohn French king sonne to Philip de Valois French King and to Ioane of Burgundy daughter to Robert the third and sister to Hugh the sixt Eudo the third succeeding in the Dukedome of Burgundy in the yeare 1361. Philip the second surnamed the Hardy younger son to Iohn French King Duke of Burgundy Hee married vnto Margaret daughter to Lewis Malan Earle of Flanders heire of the houses of Flanders the Free County of Burgundy Artois Nevers Rethel Brabant Limburg by meanes whereof they all became vnited in the family of Burgundy Iohn the second son to Philip the Hardy slaine by Charles Daulphin of Vienne the occasion of the bloody civill wars in France betwixt the houses of Burgundy Orleans Philip the second surnamed the Good son to Iohn the second As thâ— next heire of that house after Iaqueline before mentioned he became Earle of Hainault Holland and Zealandt and Lord of West-Freislandt transmitted to his posterity He also added to his house the Dukedome of Luxemburg bought of Elizabeth the last Duchesse thereof and the Earledome of Namur purchased of Theodore the last Earle Charles surnamed the Fighter son to Philip the Good slaine in battail before Nancy in Lorraine by the Switzers and Lorrainers Mary Duchesse of Burgundy daughter to Charles the Fighter Shee lost this countrey vnto Lewis the eleaventh French King ever since incorporated with France retayning only the title left vnto her Successours Shee married vnto Maximilian the first Arch-duke of Austria afterwards Emperour of the Romans the last princesse of the house or name of Valois Philip the third son to Maximiliam the first Archduke of Austria and Emperour of the Romans and to Mary de Valois aforesaid succeeding in the provinces estates of the Netherlands and in the title of Duke of Burgundy Hee marryed vnto Ioane eldest daughter vnto Ferdinand the fift Elizabeth Kings of Spaine Charles the second of the name Duke of Burgundy the fift of the name Emperour of the Romans son to Philip the third Duke of Burgundy and to Ioane of Spaine heire of the three houses of Burgundy Spaine Austria He added to the dominions of Burgundy in the Low Countries the countryes of Gelderland Zutphen Vtreicht Over-Ysel and Groningen Philip the second of that name king of Spaine and the fourth of the name Duke of Burgundy In the raigne of this prince the provinces of Holland Zealandt Vtreicht Over-Ysel Gelderlandt Zutphen West-Freisland Groningen part of the dominions of Burgundy revolted from vnder the government of their princes knowne now by
Calis from Mary queene of England Francis the second son to Henry the second Charles the ninth son to Henry the second and brother to Francis the second Henry the third son to Henry the second and brother to Francis the second and Charles the ninth These three brethren kings all dyed without issue the last princes of the house of Valois Henry the fourth King of Navarre son to Antony of Bourbon Duke of Vendosme Ioane queene of Navarre the next prince of the blood of the line masculine descended from Lewis the ninth surnamed the Saint slain at Paris by that wretched Assassinate Ravaillart Lewis the thirteenth son to Henry the fourth King of France Navarre now raigning The Earledome of Flanders THis belonged sometimes vnto the kingdome of West-France held still by the princes thereof vnder the fief of this crowne quitted vnto Philip and second king of Spaine and to the heires of the house of Burgundy by Henry the second French King the late league of Cambray Concerning the occasion and beginning of the name hereof we cannot relate any thing certainely The estate was begun after Wassenburg in the person of one Lideric Buc vnto whom the Countrey was given with the title of Forester by Dagobert the first French King at that time for the most part lying waste and without almost inhabitants thorough the vastnes of the woods and marishes and the pyracyes of the Danes In the person of Bauldwin the last Forester it was made an Earledome by the Emperour Charles the Bauld whose sister Iudith he had marryed in which stile it hath ever since continued It contayned then besides moderne Flanders the countrey of Artois and the parts of France where now lie Vermanduois Boulognois or vnto the Some By Earle Philip the first the parts of Vermanduois Artois and Boulognois were severed from Flanders given in way of dowry with Isabel daughter to his sister Margaret and Bauldwin Earle of Hainault vnto Philip Augustus French king since incorporated by this meanes vnto the Crowne of France part whereof became afterwards the Earledome of Artois The Princes follow Lideric Buc the first Forester son to Salvart Prince of Diion created by Dagobert French King according to Wassenburg in the yeare 611 after Heuterus in the yeare 621. Antony Buc son to Lideric Buc slaine by the Danes Boschart son to Lideric Buc and brother to Antony He was driuen out by Theodoric French king hauing only left vnto him the Lordship of Harlebec After this for about one hundred yeares space we reade not of any Foresters or Lords hereof the country in the meane time being miserably spoiled by the Norman and Danish pyrats Estored Lord of Harlebec afterwards Forester by whom the Normans were expulsed He liued in the time of Charles Martel Regent of France Lideric the second son to Estored Inguelran son to Lideric the second Odoacer son to Inguelran Bauldwin the first son to Odoacer Hauing married Iudith sister to the Emperour Charles the Bauld he was created by him first Earle of Flanders in whom ended the title of Foresters Bauldwin the second son to Bauldwin the first Arnold the first son to Bauldwin the second Bauldwin the third son to Arnold Arnold the second sonne to Bauldwin the third Bauldwin the fourth sonne to Arnold the second Hee had giuen vnto him the Iland of Walcheren in Zealand by the Emperour Henry the second the cause of long contention betwixt the houses of Flanders Holland quitted afterwards by Earle Guye of Flanders vnto Florentius the fift Earle of Holland Bauldwin the fift son to Bauldwin the fourth Bauldwin the sixt son to Bauldwin the fift He marryed Richilde Countesse of Hainault daughter to Regnier the third vniting for a time those two Earledomes in his succession and family He deceased in the yeare 1070. Arnold the third son to Bauldwin the sixt Earle of Flanders and Hainault slaine in battaile sans issue by his Vncle Robert Robert the first son to Bauldwin the fift and Vncle to Arnold the third His nephew Bauldwin brother to Arnold the third succeeded in the Earledome of Hainault by which meanes those two estates were againe divided Robert the second Earle of Flanders son to Robert the first Bauldwin the seauenth son to Robert the second Wanting heires he bequeathed Flanders vnto Charles surnamed the Good son to Canutus king of Denmarke and Adela Charles surnamed the Good son to Canutus king of Denmarke and Adela daughter to Robert the first He dyed sans issue William the first son to Robert Duke of Normandy eldest son to William surnamed the conquerour Duke of Normandy and king of England and Maude wife vnto the Conquerour daughter to Bauldwin the fift and sister to Bauldwin the sixt He enioyed not long the Earledome expulsed in regard of his tyranny and cruelty Theodoric son to Theodoric Earle of Elsatz and of Gertrud daughter to Robert the first William the Norman being driuen out slaine Hee deceased in the yeare 1168. Philip son to Theodoric Margaret eldest sister to Philip. She marryed vnto Bauldwin the sixt Earle of Hainault Namur vniting againe these two Earledomes in one family Bauldwin the ninth Earle of Flanders Hainault son to Bauldwin Margaret Ioane Countesse of Flanders Hainault daughter to Bauldwin the ninth She dyed sans issue Margaret the second Countesse of Flanders Hainault daughter to Bauldwin the ninth yonger sister to Ioane She marryed vnto William of Bourbon Lord of Dampierre She had before this marriage by Buscart Prior of S. Peter in L'isle her gurdian a base son named Iohn d'Avesnes succeeding afterwards in Hainault William the second son to William of Bourbon Lord of Dampier Margaret Earle onely of Flanders Iohn d'Avesnes son to Margaret Buscart by composition amongst the brethren succeeding in Hainault He dyed without issue Guy Earle of Flanders son to Margaret William Lord of Dampier yonger brother to William the second Robert the third son to Guy Earle of Flanders Lewis the first son to Lewis son to Robert the third Mary daughter to Iames Earle of Nevers Retel He marryed vnto Margaret heire of the Earledomes of Burgundy and Artois He was slaine fighting against the English in the battaile of Crecy Lewis the second surnamed Malan from a castle thus called the place of his birth Earle of Flanders Artois and Burgundy son to Lewis the first Margaret daughter to Philip the Long second king and Ioane Countesse of Artois and Burgundy Margaret Countesse of Flanders Burgundy Artois daughter to Lewis the second She married vnto Philip de Valois surnamed the Hardy Duke of Burgundy son to Iohn French king by meanes whereof these three Estates descended vpon the house of Burgundy afterwards of Austria The Earledome of ARTOIS THis tooke the name from the Atrebates the auncient inhabitants or otherwise from Arras the chiefe towne It was sometimes a part of Flanders giuen with other peeces anciently belonging to
the Rhijn Lewis the first Duke of Bavaria son to Otho Otho the second son to Lewis the first Marrying vnto Gertrude sole daughter vnto Henry Count Palatine of the Rhijn he added to his house the Palatinat Electorship of the Rhijn created Paltzgraue and Electour by the Emperour Fredericke the second Henry Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhijn sonne to Otho the second Lewis the second Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhijn sonne to Otho the second and brother vnto Henry Lewis the third Duke of Bavaria sonne to Lewis the second Hee was elected Roman Emperour and deceased in the yeare 1347. His elder brother Rodulph had for his share the Palatinate of the Rhijn and Nortgow or the vpper Palatinate together with the title of Electour the founder of the house of the present Paltzgraues and Electours Stephen Duke of Bavaria sonne to the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria His brothers William and Albert were successiuely Earles of Haynault Hollandt and Zealandt and Lords of West-Frieselandt Lewis another brother succeeded in the Marquisate and the Electourall dignity of Brandenburg Stephen of Ingolstadt Iohn of Munchen and Fridericke of Landshut named thus from such parts of the Dukedome they possessed Dukes of Bavaria sonnes to Stephen the first Ernest Duke of Bavaria son to Iohn of Munchen Albert surnamed the Godly sonne to Ernest. Albert the second son to Albert the first William sonne to Albert the second Albert the third sonne to William William sonne to Albert the third Maximilian and Albert sonnes to William the second Dukes of Bavaria in the yeare 1610. The rest of those who haue borne the title of Dukes of Bavaria and haue deceased without issue or not continued the house in regard of our promised methode wee omit Hereof were sometimes parts the Dukedomes of Steirmark Karnten and Earledome of Tirol with part of Austria whose relations follow THE DVKEDOME OF AVSTRIA THis State was first occasioned vpon the warres of the Hungarians who vexing Germanie with continuall excursions and alarums during the raignes of the Emperours Lewis the fourth Conrade Henry the first were the cause that there were ordained by these Princes in the border of the Empire betwixt this enimie and the Bavarians certaine limitary prefects to defend that frontiere from Oosten-reich or the Easterne kingdome by which name Germany was then distinguished from France of whose limit they were Guardians called then the Marquesses of Oosten-reich and by Latin writers corruptly Austrasia and Austria becomming afterwards haereditary and deriving this their title and name to the country now thus called accruing vnto them by their conquests and winnings from the Hungarians and by their after encroachments vpon the Dukes of Bavaria Vnto the Princes of this familie the most potent at this day through the Christian world are now subiect the Kingdomes of Spaine of the Indies Naples Sicilie Bohemia and Hungary the great Dukedomes of Milan Schlesi Steirmarke Karnten and Krain the Marquisates of Lausnitz and Marheren the Earledomes of Burgundie and Tirol Brisgow Sungâ—w the vpper Elsatz the greatest part of the Low Countries together with the kingdome of Germanie and the Empire of the Romans They were first as before stiled Marquesses then Dukes and now lastly Archdukes Their order and succession follow Leopold surnamed the illustrious sonne to Henry Earle of Bamberg descended from the Dukes of Schwaben the first Marquesse of Austria deriving the title and honour hereof to his ofspring and posterity the former after the custome of those times being only but such Leiftenants or Deputies of the Emperours created by the Emperour Henry the first about the yeare 928. Henry the first sonne to Leopold the Illustrious Albert sonne to Henry the first Ernest sonne to Albert. Leopold the second sonne to Ernest. Leopold the third sonne to Leopold the second Leopold the fourth sonne to Leopold the third Henry the second sonne to Leopold the fourth Marquesse of Austria and Duke of Bavaria He was the first Duke of Austria and added to the name and account hereof the country betwixt the rivers Ens and Inn giuen vnto him by the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa in lieu of the Dukedome of Bavaria adiudged from him vnto Henry surnamed the Lion Duke of Saxonie Leopold the fift Duke of Austria brother to Henry and sonne to Leopold the fourth Hee most iniuriously detained prisoner Richard the first king of England in his voyage homewards out of the Holy Land suffering shipwrack vpon the coast of Istria and surprised travelling disguised through his country Hee added to the house of Austria the Dukedome of Steirmark purchased from Ottacarus the last Duke with the mony gotten by the ransome of the king of England Fredericke the first Duke of Austria sonne to Leopold the fift His elder brother Leopold succeeded in the Dukedome of Steirmarck He deceased without heires of his body Leopold the sixt eldest sonne to Leopold the fift and brother to Fredericke the first Duke of Austria and Steirmarck Fredericke the second Duke of Austria and Steirmarck sonne to Leopold the sixt Hee deceased sans issue in whom failed the line masculine of Leopold the Illustrious the two Provinces of Austria and Steirmarck becomming after this vsurped by stranger families Ottocarus sonne to Wenceslaus the first king of Bohemia by the pretended right of his wife Margaret daughter to Leopold the sixt succeeding in both Dukedomes Hee became likewise seazed of the countries of Karnten Krain and Marca Trevisana sold by Vlric their last Prince Overmatched by the greater power of the Emperour Rodulph the first hee quitted vnto him and the Empire all these his new got possessions vpon a new quarrell not long after slaine by him in battle at the riuer of Marckh Rodulph the first Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany by right of warre of the Empire Lord of Austria Steirmarck Karnten Krain and Marca Trevisana gotten from Ottocarus In the yeare 1283 by consent of the estates of the Empire assembled in a Diet at Auspurg hee divided these countries and other his hereditary possessions amongst his two sonnes Albert Rodulph and Meinard Earle of Tirol his brother in law whereof Albert the elder brother had Austria Steirmarck and Krain Rodulph Argow the vpper Elsatz and other peeces in Schwaben the proper inheritance of the house of Habspurg with the title of Duke of Schwaben and Meinard Karnten and Marca Trevifana Albert the first eldest sonne to the Emperour Rodulph the first Duke of Austria Steirmarck and Krain of the familie of Habsping created in the yeare 1283. After the decease of his father hee was elected Emperour of the Romans and king of Germanie Hee was slaine by Iohn sonne to his brother Rodulph Duke of Schwaben whose guardian hee had beene in his minoritie discontented with him for detaining his inheritance from him Rodulph created the first Archduke in a Diet held at Nurenberg Frederick the third Leopold the seauenth Henry the third Otho surnamed the
ominous cast off by a decree of the states vnluckie to the Scottish French and English Monarchs son to Robert the second Iames the first son to Iohn or Robert the third murthered in his bed at Perth by Walter Earle of Athol Iames the second sonne to Iames the first slaine at the siege of the Castle of Rosburg against the English Iames the third son to Iames the second slaine in battaill against his seditious and rebellious subjects neere the towne of Sterling Iames the fourth son to Iames the third He married the Lady Margaret eldest daughter to Henry the seaventh king of England He was slaine at the field of Floddon by Thomas Howard Earle of Surrey and the English Iames the fift son to Iames the fourth and Margaret daughter to king Henry the seaventh He deceased without male issue Mary daughter to Iames the fift Iames of happy memory son to Henry Stewart Lord Darly and Mary Queene of Scotland The famous and victorious Queene Elizabeth in the yeare 1602 deceasing vnmarryed the last descended from the male issue of Henry the seaventh and Elizabeth he succeeded in the English dominions descended from Lady Margaret aforesaid the right and vndoubted heire of the three princely houses of the Saxon Scottish and Norman Kings and the first sole Monarke of Great Britaine Ireland and the neighbouring Ilands Charles king of great Britaine France and Ireland son to Iames of happy memory whom God long preserue THE ENGLISH THey were a German people mentioned by Tacitus and Ptolemy contayning part of the great and populous nation of the Suevi Ptolemy placeth them in this time about the middle of that vast continent and the riuer Albis with which riuer they were bounded vpon the North having towards the West the people of the Longobards They inhabited then most probably according to his discription the parts where now lie the Bishopricke of Hall and the Higher Saxony about Wittenberg Their interpretations seeme absurd who in regard of the affinity of the names would haue them seated about Engerne in Westphalen or Angloen in Pomerania places farre distant from the river Elb or the heart of Germany Afterwards towards the waine of the Romane Empire they flitted to the German Ocean more Westwards Beda before their invasion of this Iland placed them there betwixt the Iutes lying vpon the North of them and the Saxons vpon the South Ethelwerd an auncient Authour liuing not long after Beda more distinctly maketh Sleswiick then to be their chiefe citie situated in the Cimbrian Chersonese betwixt the two nations now mentioned The name of Angelen in the present Dukedome of Schleswiick together with these authorities manifestly proue that to haue beene their country in Dutchland immediatly before their English arriuall THE IVTES THe Iutes doubtles were the Gutae of Ptolemy inhabiting the Southerne part of Scandia which he mistaketh to be an Iland and attributeth vnto Germany In the declining age of the Westerne Empire the exact time we finde not sayling ouer the Bay Codanus or the Straights of the Sundt they flitted into the neighbouring Cimbrian Chersonese subdued or made viode which is the more likely vpon the departure of the Cimbri and other Dutch people drawing more Southwards towards the Romane frontier vniting into the common names of Saxons French or Almans Beda placeth them in this Chersonese vpon the North of the English or of Sleswiick their chiefe towne Their memorie is here yet preserued in the name of Iutlandt the part of the Chersonese or of Denmarke lying vpon the North of the Dukedome of Schleswiick THE SAXONS OF this nation we haue spoken more fully in the relation of Germany They were likewise a Dutch people mentioned by Ptolemy inhabiting then the necke of the Cimbrian Chersonese now Holstein Afterwards passing the riuer Elbe and sundry other German names joyning into this common they spread Southwards as farre as the French These conquering and remouing into Gaule they enlarged vnto the right shore of the riuer Rhijn By the raigne of the Emperour Charles the great they extended along the German Ocean from the river Eydore deviding them from the Danes vnto the Rhijn from the fall of that river vpwards as high as Colen parting them from the French These three German nations since their affaire with the Britons are onely by Beda thus particularly named and distinguished By Ammianus Marcellinus Gildas and other Authours before his time the Dutch infesting Britaine are all called by one generall name of the Saxons After Beda and the more ancient English historians they are sometimes named the English by others the Saxons and English-Saxons That they were the different parts of one generall Dutch name or people it is by all agreed In the yeare 449 according to Beda if his accompt be right Valentinian the third and Theodosius the second then governing the Roman Empire after long pyracies vpon the sea-coasts hereof they first to any any purpose enter and inhabit Britaine called in by Vortigerne and the Britons to their aide against the Scots and Picts and vnder Hengist and Horsa their Captaines planted in the Iland of Thanet in Kent given vnto them by Vortigerne The Scots Picts being vanquished and overthrowne through their valour neere Stamford after Henry of Huntingdon and the weakenesse of the Ilanders discouered new supplies from Germany are sent for by Hengist with his faire daughter Rowena marryed shortly after to the lustfull prince Vortigerne bewitched with her beauty by whom for his consent and more firme friendship with the Saxons Kent is allotted to Hengist about the yeare 455 by him erected into a kingdome the first dominion of the Saxons in Britaine This forreine friendship and alliance with the daily intrusion of the Dutch growing suspected by the Britons Vortigerne deposed and Vortimer his son by a former wife elected king hot warres ensue betwixt the two nations continued with deadly hate furie for many hundred yeares betwixt them whose effect was the finall expulsion of the Britons beyond the Severne amongst the Welsh Mountaines which happened by the raigne of their King Caereticus about the yeare 586 and the conquest of the plaine and Easterne countrey by the Saxons with fresh companies continually invading the Iland vpon occasion of those warres or allured with the happy successe of those first adventurers and beginning sundry small kingdomes in the parts where they arrived or tooke vp to inhabite whereof some one notwithstanding still bore a sway over the rest whose King was accōpted soveraigne or Monarch the kingdomes of Kent the South-Saxons East-Saxons East-Angles Northumberland Mercia and of the West-Saxons whose originall continuance and fortunes vntill their vnion into the kingdome of the West-Saxons name of England come next in place THE KINGDOME OF THE KENTISH SAXONS THis contained onely Kent It was begunne by Hengist aforesaid the first Saxon Captaine that invaded Britaine vnto whom the countrey was
the Great king of the Frenchmen vnder their king Godfrey wee finde them in Aymonius extended Southwards in the Chersonesse as far as the riuer Eydore dividing them from the Saxons beyond the Elb the present bounds now of Denmark from the land of Holstein and the German Empire In the yeare 787 and raigne of Brithric king of the West-Saxons agreeing with the 20 yeare of Charles the Great we first heare of them in England with three ships landing in the South-West parts hereof not so much attempting a conquest as making a discouery of the country In the next raigne of Great Egbert they first to any purpose invaded the Iland arriuing at seuerall times in the Iland of Lindisferne in the North in Wales and in the I le of Shepeye in Kent not without much difficulty driuen out by Egbert He deceasing they fell on with greater power and rage in the raignes of his sons Ethelwolf and Athelstan and of the succeeding English Monarches sons to Ethelwolf laying waste and beating downe all before them and subduing the Provinces of the Mercians East-Angles and Northumbrians where the English Governours or Princes being either slaine or beaten out they erected petty tyrannies of their owne Nation omitting no kinde of barbarous cruelty vpon the miserable and distressed inhabitants By the wisdome patience and great valour of learned Alfred this violent torrent is somewhat asswaged and the edge of their fury abated By Edward surnamed the Elder the East-Angles are recovered and vnited againe to the English Empire By Athelstan Northumberland or the rest of England the Danes being either wholy expulsed by him or made subject to his government mixing amongst and ioyning in alliance with the English By Edmund the first and Edred the Danes rebelling in Northumberland are againe vanquished and reduced into the English obedience after whom we heere read no more of them during the more peaceable raignes of Edwy Edgar and Edward surnamed the Martyr and vntil Ethelred the second In the vnfortunate raigne of this Prince they begin afresh their intermitted pyracies war which after the treacherous massacre of the Nation by Etheldred they maintained with a more eager pursuit and bloudie revenge managed in person by Swaine and Canutus their powerfull kings In the yeare 1016 both sides wearied with their continuall fights and mutuall butcheries they come to a composition with the English and the kingdome is divided betwixt the reconciled kings Canutus son to Swaine and Edmund Ironside son to Etheldred The death of the Iron-side hapning in the same yeare put shortly an end to this division and a beginning to the Monarchie of the Danes after whom the English loath as before any more to hazard submitted voluntarily to Canutus and the Danish government The time from the first arrivall of the Danes in the raigne of Brithricus king of the West-Saxons vnto the conquest of England by Canutus was 229 yeares The male issue of Canutus fayling in his son Hardi-canute the English in the person of Edward surnamed the Confessour resume the soveraignty the Danes thrust out The kings of England follow of the Danish descent off-spring Canutus surnamed the Great king of England Denmarke Norweye and Sweden son to Swaine He tooke to wife Emme sister to Richard the third Duke of Normandy widow to king Ethelred mother to Edward the Confessour Peace his kingdome established hee vnburthened the land of the multitudes of his Danish souldiers contented with a large salary at the request of Emme sent back into their Country Hauing governed with much piety iustice moderation for the space of 19 yeares hee deceased in the yeare 1035 buried at Winchester Harold king of England naturall son to Canutus intruding in the absence of his brother Hardi-canute to whom England with Denmarke had beene allotted by the will of Canutus He deceased without issue in the yeare 1040. Hardi-canute king of England son to Canutus Emma He deceased likewise sans issue in the yeare 1042 the last prince of the Danish bloud The house of Canutus being thus extinguished the Crowne of England all Danish forraine bloud by a present Decree of the States excluded returneth againe vpon the English Edward for his Saint-like life surnamed the Coufessour son to Ethelred Emma is sent for out of France where with Richard William Dukes of Normandy he had soiourned during the Danish vsurpation by a generall consent succeedeth in the kingdome to whom besides his nearenesse in regard of his English descent the right of the Danes did seeme in a manner to appertaine being halfe brother to the late deceased king THE KINGDOME OF ENGLAND recovered by the English or VVest-Saxons EDward surnamed the Confessour king of England son to king Ethelred the second Emma Daughter to Richard the second Duke of Normandy succeeding in the yeare 1042 Edward surnamed the out-law eldest son to Edmund Ironside the right heire remaining then in Hungarie passed ouer by the practise of Queene Emma very gracious in the subjects eyes or for that liuing in too forreine remote parts He deceased in the yeare 1066 marryed but hauing neuer vsed the company of his wife reputed in those blind times amongst his many true noble vertues deserving his accompt and name of Saint the last in the line masculine of the house of the West-Saxons Edward deceased Edgar Ethelinge the true heire son to Edward surnamed the out-law neglected as too young a forreiner borne in Hungary Harold son to Goodwin Earle of Kent Duke of the West-Saxons without either choyse or dislike of the irresolute English intrudeth into the Gouernment well approved for his great valour other Princely vertues befitting a king Harold king of England son to Goodwin Duke of the West-Saxons Earle of Kent succeeding in the yeare 1066 opposed by Harold Haardread king of Denmarke challenging the Crowne in the right of his Danish succession and by William surnamed the Bastard Duke of Normandy pretending the donation of Edward the Confessour The Dane vanquished slaine at Stamfordbridge in Yorkeshire with his torne and wearied troupes adventuring shortly after his person and the fortunes of the English against the Norman at the great battaile neare Hasting in Sussex he there most vnfortunately within the first yeare of his raigne lost both his kingdome and life the last English or Saxon king succeeded vnto by William the Conquerour and the Normans whose turne now falleth in the last place THE KINGDOME OF ENGLAND vnder the Normans THe word Normans or Nortmans signified Northerne men with the Dutch of which Nation and language they were The name was common to the Danes Norvegians and Swethlanders or to whatsoeuer German people inhabiting towards the Pole Artique and the North taken vp or giuen vnto them from such their more Northerly situation An ancient Frencb Historian liuing in the raigne of the Emperour Lewis the Godly about which time we finde them
to king Edward the third by Anna his wife daughter to Roger Mortimer Earle of March son to Edmund Mortimer Philippa daughter and sole heire of Lionel Duke of Clarence third son to king Edward king of England and France Lord of Ireland by conquest and the right of his house Edward the fift king of England and France and Lord of Ireland son to Edward the fourth deposed and afterwards murthered by his vnnaturall vncle Richard the third deceasing without issue Richard the third son to Richard Duke of Yorke and yonger brother to Edward the fourth He was slaine at Bosworth field against Henry the seaventh the last king of the name of Plantagenet Henry the seaventh king of England France and Lord of Ireland son to Edmund Earle of Richmund and Margaret his wife daughter to Iohn Duke of Somerset sonne to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster by Catherine Swinford the next and almost onely surviuing person of the house of Lancaster butchered in the late warres The better to assure the kingdome to his posterity and to prevent all future quarrells he tooke to wife Elizabeth eldest daughter to king Edward the fourth vniting in his issue the vndoubted rights of both factions of Lancaster Yorke Henry the eight son to Henry the seaventh He made Ireland a kingdome and first assumed the title of Defendour of the faith Edward the sixt king of England France and Ireland son to Henry the eight Mary Queene of England France and Ireland daughter to Henry the eight sister to Edward Elizabeth of famous memory Queene of England France Ireland sister to Edward Mary Iames of happie memory the sixt of that name king of Scotland in the yeare 1602 the whole issue of king Henry the eight being extinguished in Elizabeth succeeding in the kingdome of England and the dominions therevnto belonging son to Henry Stuart Lord Darly and Mary Queene of the Scots daughter to Iames the fift son to Iames the fourth Margaret eldest daughter to king Henry the seaventh the first sole Monarch of Great Britaine and of the neighbouring Ilands Charles king of Great Britaine France Ireland whom God long preserue sonne to Iames of happie memorie In this sort the Iland of Great Britaine having suffered so many alterations is at length now become devided into two onely kingdomes governed by one Monarch but not any wise depending or subordinate to another the kingdome of England lying vpon the South of the river Tweede Solwey Frith and the kingdome of Scotland lying beyond The kingdome of England our present subject hath beene formerly devided into 52 Shires or Counties Kent Sussex Surrey Barkeshire Hantshire Wiltshire Somersetshire Dorsetshire Devonshire Cornwall Glocestershire Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire Hartfordshire Middlesex Essex Suffolke Norfolke Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Northamptonshire Rutlandshire Leicestershire Lincolneshire Nottinghamshire Darbyshire Cheshire Staffordshire Warwickshire Worcestershire Shropshire Herefordshire Monmouthshire Glamorganshire Brecknockshire Radnorshire Caermardenshire Penbrokeshire Cardiganshire Merioneihshire Caernarvonshire Anglesey Denbighshire Flintshire Lancashire Yorkeshire the Bishopricke of Durham Westmoreland Cumberland Northumberland Of these Kent retayneth yet the auncient name Essex Sussex haue bin thus called from the East South-Saxons Midlesex from the situation of the English or Dutch inhabitants planted betwixt the West South East Mercian Saxons Devonshire or Denshire from the Danmonij the auncient British inhabitants Westmoreland from the more Westerne position and quality of the countrey being hilly and full of fruitles wasts named Mores by the Northerne English Northumberland from the English kingdome of Northumberland whereof it was a part Rutlandshire most probably from the ruddie colour of the soile Barkeshire from the wood Berroc after Asser Menevensis Glamorganshire from the word Mor signifying the sea with the Britons or Welsh vpon which it lyeth Wiltshire and Somersetshire from Wilton and Somerton decayed townes sometimes the chiefe of the Shires Anglesey from the English since the possession hereof by the Nation Suth-rey or Surrey signifyeth with the English the Southerne kingdome a part of the kingdome of the South-Saxons Suffolke Norfolke the more Southerne and Northerne people compared thus together the parts sometimes of the kingdome of the East-Angles The occasion of the names of Cornwall and Cumberland we euen now related Merioneth was the auncient name given by the Welsh The reason hereof we finde not The rest haue beene named from the chiefe townes of each devision Their descriptions follow L. D. THE THIRD BOOKE Contayning the Chorographicall description of England KENT BOunded vpon the South and East with the English channell and the German Ocean vpon the North with the river Thames from Essex and vpon the West with Surrey and Sussex The country is hilly shaded with hedge-rowes woods populous and fruitfull planted with a frugall and industrious inhabitant The aire is thick and in many places agueish and vnholsome for this cause or in regard of some bad vapours from a wet cold and vnhealthfull ground Places of better note are Canterbury vpon the river Stour Darvernum of Ptolemy Durovernum of Antoninus Durovernia of Beda the chiefe towne and an Archbishops sea the Primate of the kingdome founded by Ethelbert the first Christian king of Kent in the person of S. Austine the Apostle of the English Vpon the Ocean Reculver a country village Regulbium of the Notitia the Station of the 1 Cohort named of the Vetasii Sandwich a Cinque Port. In the neighbouring fields stood the towne Rhutupiae of Ptolemy and Rhitupae of Antoninus the tract of whose streets are yet discovered by a more thin growth of corne in those places named S. Augustines crosse by the vulgar people a famous port of the Romans and the Mansion of their 2 d Legion surnamed Augusta drawne hither in the waine of that Empire from Isca Silurum now Caer Leon in South-Wales to defend the coast against the pyracies and incursions of the Saxons North hereof lyeth the I le of Tenet Thanatos of Ptolemy made by the river Stour here dividing and falling into the Ocean with two branches or channels The foreland a promontory of the Iland is named Cantium by Ptolemy in some editions corruptly Nucantium and Acantium Dover vnder the cliffs and where they divide Dubris of Antoninus and Dubrae of the the Notitia the Station of a foot company of the Tungricani a noted passage into France and one of the Cinque ports defended with a spacious and strong castle mounted vpon a high and praecipitous rocke commaunding the subject Ocean The Constable hereof is Warden of the Cinque ports The straight of the sea betwixt this and the Continent named by the French Le Pas de Calais by the Latines Fretum Caletanum containeth about 30 miles in breadth At the castle of Deale a low shore in the way towards Sandwich Caesar is thought to haue landed when he first invaded Britaine Along the cliffs Folkeston Hide a cinque port
enjoyed both kingdomes of Castille and Leon wherevnto he added that of Toledo since incorporated with the kingdome of Castille and in regard thereof now called Castillia la Nueva injuriously taken from his late hostes the Moores thereof with whom not long before during his exile hee had beene friendly entertayned In the raigne and by the favour advancement hereof in the person of Henry of Lorraine a Frenchman began the Earledome of Portugall made afterwards a kingdome by Alfonsus son to Henry He deceased in the yeare 1109 Vrraca daughter to Alfonsus the sixt succeeding in both kingdomes Alfonsus the seaventh son to Vrraca the mother resigning He was likewise king of both Ferdinand the second younger son to Alfonsus the seauenth His elder brother Sanctius the second had for his share the kingdome of Castille Alfonsus the ninth king of Leon son to Ferdinand the second Hee marryed vnto Berengaria sister to Henry the first king of Castille Ferdinand the third son to Alfonsus the ninth king of Leon and Berengaria sister to Henry the first king of Castille in whom those two kingdomes of Castille Leon were lastly vnited neuer afterwards disjoyned THE KINGDOME OF CASTILLE THe estate name was first occasioned begun amongst the Vaccaei by certaine honourable gentlemen of the kingdome of Leon liuing vnder the commaund and authority of the princes hereof and by the name title of Earles defending then enlarging those the Marches of that kingdome against the neighbouring Infidell Moores from the great number of Castles fortresses their erected as vsually hapneth in all frontire places called afterwards by the name of Castille What were the names of those first Earles at what time and by whom they were instituted in what parts they seuerally commaunded for many lived together or in what maner whether as free princes vnder the fief homage of the kings of Leon or rather onely as their deputies or prefects we finde not By the time of Ordonius the second this name accompt was extended over the whole country of the Vaccaei contayning now the greatest part of old Castille devided then from the Moores by the Mountaines of Segovia and Avila In the raigne of Froila the second incensed with the late murther of the Earles hereof by Ordoninus the second the countrie first shoke off the yoake of Leon and became a free gouernment commaunded first by Iudges afterwards by Earles By Sanctius the Great king of Navarra in the person of his younger son Ferdinand the first it was erected into a kingdome King Ferdinand the first added vnto the accompt and name of Castille part of the country of Navarra lying beyond Monte D'oca He also vnited in the right of the princes hereof the kingdome of Leon afterwards for some time againe devided therefrom Alfonsus the sixt added the kingdome of Toledo now Castillia la Nueva Iohn the first the countries of Biscaia Guipuscoa Ferdinand the third Andaluzia Murcia Ferdinand the fift of late yeares and in the memory of our ancestours Navarra Granado to omit sundry other petty enlargements By so many additions the kingdome of Castile together with Leon incorporated with it extendeth at this day ouer thirteene great Provinces of Galitia Asturia Biscaia Olava Guipuscoa Leon Castillia la Veia Castillia la Nueva Murcia Andaluzia Extremadura Granado and Navarra containing now some two third parts of the Continent of Spaine the largest and the most noble of the three kingdomes hereof The first Earles vnder the subiection of the kings of Leon whereof we finde any mention for the greatest part of them are not remembred were Roderique liuing in the time of Alfonsus the second surnamed the Chast. Iames surnamed Porcellus son to Roderique in the raigne of Alfonsus the third Nunnius Ferdinandus with the rest of the Earles slaine by King Ordonius the second After the murther of the first Earles and the revolt of the country from vnder the government of Leon succeeded Nunnius Rasura and Lainus Calvus chosen by the people commaunding by the name of Iudges the former whereof governed in ciuill affaires the other in matters military Consalvus Nunnius son to Nunnius Rasura succeeding in the same title and authority of Iudge He married vnto Semena daughter to Nunnius Ferdinandus murthered by Ordonius the second transmitting by that meanes vnto his house the right of the ancient Earles of Castile Ferdinandus Consalvus son to Consalvus Nunnius and Semena He reassumed the title of Earle of Castille continued in his successions vnto Sanctius the Great King of Navarra Vpon composition made with Sanctius surnamed the Grosse in the yeare 965 he freed the estate hereof from all right and acknowledgement of the Kings of Leon. Garcias Ferdinandus Earle of Castille sonne to Ferdinandus Consalvus Sanctius sonne to Garcias Ferdinandus Garcias sonne to Sanctius slaine by treason yong and without issue Sanctius surnamed the Great king of Navarra and Earle of Aragon in right of his wife Elvira elder sister to Garcias Earle of Castile the last Earle He made Castile a kingdome giuen by him with this title vnto Ferdinand his second son Ferdinand yonger son to Sanctius the Great king of Navarra the first king of Castile The bounds hereof in the time of this Prince were the river Pisverga from the kingdome of Leon Monte D'Oca from Navarra and the mountaines of Segovia Avila from the kingdome of Toledo and the Moores He further extended those limits beyond Monte D'Oca ouer part of Navarra won from his elder brother Garcias king of Navarra and since incorporated into the name of Castile Hee also annexed to his house the kingdome of Leon Veremundus the third king hereof being slain by him in battaile sans issue brother to his wife Sanctia Sanctius the first king of Castile eldest son to Ferdinand the first His yonger brother Alfonsus succeeded in the kingdome of Leon driuen out by Sanctius amongst the Moores of Toledo Hee deceased without issue slaine before Zamora Alfonsus the sixt king of Leon brother to Sanctius the first king of Castile after the decease hereof returning from banishment out of the countrey of the Moores and inheriting both kingdomes He added herevnto the city and kingdome of Toledo afterwards named Castilia la Nueva vnkindly taken from his late hoasts the Moores and Hyaia their last king Vrraca daughter to Alfonsus the sixt succeeding in both kingdomes Alfonsus the seauenth sonne to Vrraca she resigning succeeding likewise in both Sanctius the second king of Castile eldest son to Alfonsus the seaventh His yonger brother Ferdinand the second inherited Leon the two kingdomes being the third time divided Alfonsus the eight son to Sanctius the second whose wife was Eleanor daughter to Henry the second king of England He tooke from Ramir the second king of Navarra the townes of Logrogno Nagera and Calahora and almost whatsoeuer els the Navarrois held on that side of the riuer Ebro which he added vnto Castile in which
name and accompt they at this day continue Henry the first king of Castile son to Alfonsus the eight He dyed without issue Ferdinand the third son to Alfonsus the ninth king of Leon and of Berengaria yonger sister to Henry the first deceased in right from his mother king of Castile Blanche elder sister to Berengaria then wife to Lewes son to Philip the French King refused His father deceasing hee succeeded likewise in the Kingdome of Leon. After this last vnion the two Kingdomes were neuer againe seuered incorporated into one entire state knowne now by the name of Castille Leon. He recouered from the Moores the countries of Andaluzia and Murcia contayning then the petty Kingdomes of Murcia and Sivillia with part of the Kingdome of Cordova In the raigne hereof and yeare 1239 began the famous kingdome of Granado by Mahomet Aben-Alhamar King of Cordova vpon the surprisall of that city by Ferdinand remouing hither his royall seate Alfonsus the tenth King of Castile and Leon son to Ferdinand the third He was that famous Astronomer whose workes are now extant with vs the framer of the Tables of Alfonsus named from him The German Electours diuided he was chosen by his factiō Emperour of the Romans against Richard Earle of Cornwall brother to Henry the third King of England detained notwithstanding at home during his whole raigne with civill warres against his vnnaturall son Sanctius much more happy in the loue of the Muses then of his subiects Sanctius the third king of Castile and Leon the rebellious son of Alfonsus the tenth Ferdinand the fourth son to Sanctius the third Alfonsus the eleauenth son to Ferdinand the fourth Peter the first son to Alfonsus the eleauenth He was driuen out for his cruelty and was restored againe by Edward named the Blacke Prince son to Edward the third king of England Destitute of the English succours not long after he lost both his kingdome life overcome and slaine by his brother Henry Henry the second brother to Peter the first and naturall son to Alfonsus the eleaventh Iohn the first king of Castille Leon son to Henry the second opposed by Iohn of Gaunt duke of Lancaster pretending the right of Constance his wife daughter to Peter the first In this prince by his marriage of D. Maria Diaz de Haro daughter and inheretresse to Don Lopez Diaz de Haro last prince of Biscaia and Guipuscoa these seigneuries were annexed to the crowne of Castille Comming to composition with Iohn duke of Lancaster hee marryed his sonne Henry vnto Catherine daughter to the other by agreement created vpon the marriage prince of Asturia which title occasioned from the English whose eldest sons are named princes of Wales hath ever since bin continued in the heires of Castille or Spaine Henry the third son to Iohn the first He married vnto Catherine daughter to Iohn of Gaunt duke of Lancaster Iohn the second son to Henry the third Henry the fourth son to Iohn the second He deceased without heires of his body Elizabeth queene of Castille Leon sister to Henry the fourth She married vnto Ferdinand the fift king of Aragon Sicily In the raigne hereof the countreyes of Granado Navarra the French Moores being expulsed became annexed to the house hereof and incorporated with Castille and the whole Spaine the kingdome of Portugall excepted vnited vnder one Monarch Naples likewise was then conquered from the French and the house of Ferdinand the bastard and the rich new-found world first discovered added to the dominion hereof Philip the first Arch-duke of Austria and Duke of Bungundie son to the Emperour Maximilian the first Mary Dutchesse of Burgundie king of Castille Leon in right of his wife Ioane eldest daughter to Ferdinand the fift and Elizabeth kings of Castille Aragon Philip deceasing and Ioane of Aragon his Queene in regard of her frenzy and indisposition being vnfit to governe Ferdinand the fift in the minority of Charles the fift reassumed againe the kingdome of Castille Charles the fift son to Philip the first and Ioane of Aragon after the decease of his grandfathers Maximilian the first Emperour and king Ferdinand the fift elected Emperour of the Romans and succeeding in the kingdomes of Castille Leon Aragon Naples Sicily Hierusalem and of the Indyes the Dukedomes of Austria Burgundy and the dominions of the low-countries He added vnto these in Italy the great Dukedome of Milan after the decease of Francis Sforcia without heires according to the composition made betwixt them and in the Netherlands the Provinces of Vtreicht Over-Ysel Zutphen Gelderland Wearyed with long sicknes and the burthen of so great an Empire he voluntarily surrendred all his estates vnto his younger brother Ferdinand and his son Philip the second cloistering himselfe vp in the monastery of S t Iustus in Estremadura where in a private fortune he dyed Philip the second son vnto the Emperour Charles the fift lord of all the kingdomes and possessions belonging to the house of Burgundy Spaine The German Empire and the dominions of Austria were left vnto his vncle Ferdinand Sebastian king of Portugal being slaine in Afrique by the Moores at the battaile of Alcacar and his vncle Cardinall Henry not long after surviuing by the great captain Don Ferdin̄d Alvares de Toledo in the yeare 1580 he cōquered that kingdome the first Monarch of Spaine since king Rodericus and the Gothes To giue a checke vnto this sudden and over-great prosperity the Low-countries in his time revolted eight of whose richest provinces Holland Zealand Vtreicht Over-Ysel Gelderland Zutphen West-Freisland Groninghen haue now by armes freed themselues from the Spanish yoake and subjection Philip the Third son to Philip the second succeeding in the dominions conquests of Spaine The Netherlands were assigned by his father vnto his sister Isabella marryed vnto Albert Arch-duke of Austria Philip the fourth son to Philip the third now king of Castille Spaine and of the many provinces subject to the great Empire hereof THE KINGDOME OF NAVARRA THe Kingdome hereof was first begun amongst the Pyrenean Mountaines in the parts whereabout now standeth the towne of Suprarbe by the Vascones the naturall inhabitants or rather by certaine remnants of the shipwrack'd and flying Christians in that great invndation of the Moores retreating amongst the safer rocks and shelters hereof The exact time when it begun is not set downe Onely thus much is agreed vpon that Garcias Ximinius the first king dyed in the yeare 758 some 42 yeares after the first erection of the kingdome of the Asturians or Leon. It was first entituled the kingdome of Suprarbe then the chiefe towne of those mountainous parts Afterwards it tooke the name of Navarra most probably vnder Innicus Garcias at what time first descending from the mountaines where the former kings had kept themselues immur'd they tooke in Pampelona and the plaine countrey from the Moores By the raigne of Sanctius the Great
the Earledomes of Castille Aragon being annexed the kings hereof were seazed of the whole Biscaia Olava Navarra old Castille with part of Aragonia By this prince Castille Aragonia were againe devided from Navarra giuen by him with the title of kings to his sons Ferdinand Ramir. By the after encroachments of Ferdinand the first and Alfonsus the eight kings of Castille the townes of Nagera Calahora and Logrogno with other parts of Navarra betwixt the riuer Ebro and Monte D'oca were lopped off herefrom joyned to the name and accompt of Castille Biscaia and Olava were likewise afterwards rent off But when and by what meanes we finde not Overmatched by their more potent neighbours the kings of Castille Aragon and by their interveening betwixt them the Moores being barred from enlarging any further their dominions in this continent crossing over the Pyrenaean mountaines into France by their marriages alliances with the houses of that kingdome the princes hereof in their severall times became possessed of the Earledomes of Champaigne and Brie Foix Begorre the soveraigne Lordship of Bearn the Dukedome of Eureux Albret Vendosme lastly of the most mighty kingdome of France the which now being shut out of Spaine by the armes of the Castillians Navarra won from them by king Ferdinand the fift the heires of the house at this day onely enjoye The kingdome was hereditary and whereof women their issue were capable The princes hereof were Garcias Ximinius the first king of Suprarbe deceasing in the yeare 758. Garcias Innicus son to Garcias Ximinius Fortunius Garcias son to Garcias Innicus Sancius Garcias son to Fortunius Garcias Ximinius Garcias son to sancius Garcias He died without heires the last king of Suprarbe of the house of the first Garcias Ximinius An Interregnum for 4 yeares Innicus Garcias surnamed Arista Earle of Begorre elected in the yeare 840. He conquered Pampelona the champian countrey from the Moores in whose time most probably the kingdome tooke the name of Navarra Garcias Innicus son to Innicus Garcias Arista king of Navarra He voluntarily resigned the kingdome turned Religious Fortunius son to Garcias Innicus Vrraca sister to Fortunius Ximinius the last Earle of Aragon Fortunius Ximinius Earle of Aragon deceasing without heires in right from his mother Vrraca hee got seazed of that Earledome continued in the house of Navarra vntill Sanctius the Great He dyed vnmarryed Sanctius the second surnamed Abarca brother to Fortunius Garcias Sanctius son to Sanctius Abarca Sanctius Garcias Ramirus joynt kings of Navarra sons to Garcias Sanctius Sanctius Garcias sole king of Navarra Ramir deceasing vnmarried Garcias surnamed the Trembler son to Sanctius Garcias Sanctius surnamed the Great king of Navarra son to Garcias the Trembler He marryed vnto Nunnia or Elvira sister to Garcias the last Earle of Castille by which right Garcias dying sans issue he became possessed of Castille in the yeare 1028. Deviding his dominions he gaue Castille vnto his younger son Ferdinand to Ramir his naturall son Aragonia vnto both with the title of kings Garcias de Nagera eldest son to Sanctius the Great succeeding in the rest of the dominions of the house of Navarra After this prince tainted with vnnaturall wickednes against his mother wrongfully accused by him of adultery the kingdome of Navarra continually languished never prospered daily encroached vpon by the neighbouring kings of Castille Aragon lastly in Iohn d' Albret wrested from the posterity hereof and added as a province to Castille Sanctius Garcias son to Garcias de Nagera slaine by the treason of his brother Raimund without surviuing issue Raimund broâ—her vnto Sanctius Garcias He enjoyed not long the kingdome expuâ—sed presently after his vsurpation Sanctius Ramir king of Aragon and Navarra son to Ramir the first king of Aragon brother to Garcias de Nagera Peter the first king of Aragon Navarra son to Sanctius Ramir. Alfonsus the first king of Aragon Navarra brother to Peter the first He deceasing sans issue and Aragon descending to his brother Ramir surnamed the Monke Navarra returned vpon Ramir Lord of Mouçon descended from Garcias de Nagera from whose house the kingdome had beene for a time wrongfully detayned Ramir Lord of Mouçon king of Navarra son to Ramir Lord of Calahora younger sonne to Garcias de Nagera In this Princes raigne Alfonsus the eight king of Castille pretending title to the Crowne hereof and warring herevpon tooke from Navarra the townes of Logrogno Nagera and Calahora vniting them with Castille Sanctius surnamed the Wise son to Ramir the second Lord of Mouçon Sanctius the eight son to Sanctius the Wise succeeding in the yeare 1194. Vntill this prince for the space of aboue 500 yeares the kingdome of Navarra had beene still continued in the line masculine After his decease sans issue it first fell to the right of women transported ouer the mountaines into France where transmitted from one French family vnto another it hath rested vnto our times and the vnion thereof with that kingdome Theobald the fift Counte Palatine of Champaigne Brie king of Navarra sonne to Count Theobald the fourth and Blanche sister to Sanctius the eight and daughter to Sanctius the seaventh king of Navarra succeeding in the yeare 1234. Theobald the sixt Earle of Champaigne Brie and king of Navarra sonne to Theobald the fift Henry the first Earle of Champaigne Brie king of Navarra brother to Theobald the sixt Philip le Bel king of France in right of his wife Ioane daughter to Henry the first in the yeare 1284 succeeding in Champaigne and Brie and the kingdome of Navarra Lewes surnamed Hutin king of France Navarra and Earle of Champaigne Brie son to Philip le Bel and Ioane aforesaid Philip le Long king of France Navarra brother to Lewes Hutin Charles le Bel king of France Navarra brother to Lewes Hutin and Philip le Long. Hee deceasing without issue male and the kingdome of France according to the pretended Salique law descending vpon Philip de Valois the next of the line masculine Navarra returned vpon Ioane de France daughter vnto Lewes Hutin The Earledomes of Champaigne Brie were incorporated with the Crowne of France Philip Earle of Eureux in the right of his wife Ioane of France daughter to Lewes Hutin succeeding in the kingdome of Navarra Charles the second Earle of Eureux king of Navarra son to Philip Ioane aforesaid Charles the third Earle of Eureux and king of Navarra son to Charles the second Iohn of Aragon younger son to Alfonsus the fift king of Aragon in right of his wife Blanche daughter to Charles the third succeeding in the kingdome of Navarra After the decease of his brother he succeeded likewise in Aragon Gaston the fourth Earle of Foix Begorre and Soveraigne Lord of Bearn king of Navarra in right of his wife Leonora daughter to Iohn of Aragon and Blanche aforesaid By
Constantia daughter to Manfredus King of both the Sicilies by whose right the choyse of the Ilanders and the legacy of Corradinus the last Duke of Schwaben beheaded at Naples by Charles duke of Aniou the French being massacred at that fatall Sicilian Vespers hee became king of Sicily transmitting the kingdome to his posterity Alfonsus the third K. of Aragon younger son to Peter the third His elder brother Iames succeeded in the kingdome of Sicily He deceased in the yeare 1291. Iames the second king of Sicily eldest son to Peter the third after the decease of his brother Alfonsus the third succeeding in the kingdome of Aragon He added to the house and dominion hereof the Iland of Sardinia by right of conquest and the gift of Boniface Bishop of Rome about the yeare 1323 which Iland hath ever since beene held by those princes He lost on the other side the kingdome of Sicily vsurped by his yonger brother Frederique whose heires held the same vntill that it was revnited in Martin the first Alfonsus the fourth King of Aragon sonne to Iames the second Peter the fourth K. of Aragon sonne to Alfonsus the fourth He revnited with Aragon the kingdome of the Ilands of Mallorça Menorça taken from the house of Iames yonger brother to Peter the third Iohn the first sonne the Peter the fourth Hee deceased without issue-male Martin the first brother to Iohn the first and son to Peter the fourth In this prince Sicily returned againe to the right possession of the kings of Aragon bequeathed vnto him by his son Martin king of that Iland He dyed without surviuing issue-male in whom ended the race masculine of the kings of Aragon descended from Raimund Earle of Barcelona Ferdinand the first son to Iohn king of Castille and to Leonora daughter to Peter the fourth after Martin the first other competitours rejected succeeding in the kingdomes of Aragon and Sicily Alfonsus the fift king of Aragon Sicily son to Ferdinand the first By armes and the pretended gift of Ioane the last queene of Naples of the house of Aniou he got seazed of the kingdome of Naples ever since continued in his house Hauing no lawfull issue he gaue Naples to his naturall son Ferdinand Duke of Calabria from whom descended the succeeding Kings of Naples vntill King Ferdinand the fift Iohn the second King of Aragon Navarre Sicily brother to Alfonsus the fift Ferdinand surnamed the Catholique King of Aragon Sicily son to Iohn the second Ioane daughter to Henriques Constable of Castille He marryed vnto Elizabeth Queene of Castille conquered the kingdomes of Navarra Granado Naples discovered the golden Indies and by the marriage of his eldest daughter Ioane vnto Philip Duke of Burgundie Austria vnited to his house the Low-countries and dominions of Austria the founder of the succeeding Spanish greatnesse whose succession of-spring reade in the princes of Castille Leon. His sister Eleanor daughter to Iohn the second by Blanche of Navarra his first wife inherited by that right the kingdome of Navarra THE KINGS OF THE ILANDS OF THE HOVSE OF ARAGON THe kingdome was begun by the Moores It contayned as before the Ilands of Mallorça and Menorça Iames the first King of Aragon who had conquered it from the Moores gaue it with this title to Iames his second son with the countries of Ceretania or Cardona and Russillon in the Continent The Kings vntill their revnion with Aragon were Iames the first before mentioned sonne to Iames the first King of Aragon Iealous of the envy greatnes of his brother Peter the third King of Aragon he submitted himselfe and his succession to the perpetuall fief and vassallage of that Crowne Iames the second son to Iames the first King of the Ilands Ferdinand brother to Iames the second Iames the third son to Ferdinand Denying his accustomed homage he was overcome slaine and his estates seazed vpon by Peter the fourth King of Aragon remayning ever since parts of the kingdome of Aragon THE KINGS OF SICILY OF THE HOVSE OF ARAGON THis contayned that noble Iland In the person of Peter the third King of Aragon thorough the expulsion of the French and the right of his wife Constantia it became first possessed by the familie of Aragon The princes of this house vntill their revnion with the Kings of Aragon were Peter the third King of Aragon before mentioned Iames eldest son to Peter the third Succeeding vnto his brother Alfonsus the third in the kingdome of Aragon his yonger brother Frederique vsurped the dominion of Sicily continued in his posterity Frederique brother to Iames son to Peter the third King of Aragon Sicily Peter son to Frederique Frederique the second Peter the third Lewes son to Peter the third Frederique Duke of Athens brother to Lewes Martin son to Martin King of Aragon in right of his wife Blanche daughter to Frederique the third Deceasing without heires hee bequeathed the Iland and kingdome of Sicily vnto his father Martin King of Aragon remaining ever after vnited in the princes of that kingdome THE KINGS OF NAPLES OF THE HOVSE OF ARAGON THis kingdome was first annexed to the house of Aragon by King Alfonsus the fift by right of conquest and a pretended gift from Ioane the second the last princesse of the house of Aniou or France Having no lawfull issue he left it to his base son Ferdinand Duke of Calabria The princes follow Alfonsus the fift king of Aragon the first of this house King of Naples thorough the right meanes now mentioned Ferdinand the first duke of Calabria naturall son to Alfonsus the fift King of Aragon and Naples Alfonsus the second son to Ferdinand the first Ferdinand the second son to Alfonsus the second the father resigning He was driven out by Charles the eight French king restored not long after by the aide of Ferdinand the fift surnamed the Catholique king of Castille Aragon Frederique brother to Alfonsus the second and son to Ferdinand the first thrust out by the joynt armes of Lewes the twelfth and Ferdinand the fift Kings of France Spaine Lewes the twelfth French king and Ferdinand the fift king of Spaine joynt Kings of Naples after the expulsion of the house of Ferdinand the first These two mighty neighbours not long agreeing and the French by the valour and wisedome of the great Captaine Consalvo being beaten out Ferdinand becommeth master of the whole countrey ever since continued in his successours the kings of Spaine belonging to the right of Aragon THE EARLEDOME OF BARCELONA LEwes surnamed the Godly son to the Emperour Charles the Great during the raigne hereof and in the yeare 801 having surprised the city of Barcelona from the Moores first occasioned this name and estate the French governours after the custome of those times being then stiled Earles hereof and in time becomming proprietary and deriving the honour to succession The Earledome at what time that
it was vnited with the kingdome of Aragon extended ouer the whole countrey of Catalonia The first Earle was Bernard a Frenchman Earle or Governour of Barcelona for the Emperours Charles the Great and Lewis the Godly After him succeeded in the Earledome Wifredus the first Governour for the Emperour Lewis the Godly These two Earles were onely such magistrates thus named commaunding for the French during life or for a set number of yeares Wifredus the second son to Wifredus the first In this Earle the estate became first proprietary hereditary by the liberality gift of the Emperour Charles surnamed the Fat to bee held vnder the fief of the Roman Emperours not long after freed from forreine iurisdiction the house of that Emperour expiring and the power of the factious devided French declining Miron Earle of Barcelona son to Wifredus the second Godefridus or Wifredus son to Miron Borellus sonne to Wifredus brother to Miron Raimund the first son to Borellus Berengarius Borellus son to Raimund the first Raimund the second son to Borellus Raimund the third son to Raimund the second Raimund the fourth son to Raimund the third Raimund the fift sonne to Raimund the fourth He married vnto Petronilla daughter to Ramir the second King of Aragon by which meanes these two estates became vnited continued in the Kings of Aragon THE KINGDOME OF PORTVGALL THe name hereof some haue derived from the towne of Porto standing vpon the river of Duero and the Galli or Frenchmen the founders of the nation of the Portugalls Others from the port or haven-towne named Cale now Caia lying at the mouth of that riuer sometimes a rich and flourishing emporie whereof the first princes should be entitl'd The estate was begun long after the rest by the Frenchmen in the yeare 1090 and in the person of Henry a Lorrainer or after others a Burgundian borne in the city of Besançon and descended from the auncient Earles of the Free county who comming hither to the holy warres and hauing married Therasia base daughter to Alfonsus the sixt king of Castille Leon had given vnto him by way of dowry the towne and countrey thus called to bee held with the title of Earle vnder the right tribute of the Kings of Castille The Earledome at the time that it was first instituted was extended only over the part hereof which is contayned now betwixt the riuers of Duero Minio part then of the dominions of King Alfonsus the sixt and by this meanes seperated Earle Henry the first prince added to the accompt and name hereof the part contayned betwixt the Duero and the towne of Coimbre won from the Moores Alfonsus the first his victorious son the first king the townes of Lisbona Leira Santaren Sintra in a manner the rest of the kingdome Algarve excepted taken from the same enemy Sanctius the first the towne of Silvis Alfonsus the second Alcaçar Alfonsus the third the rest of Algarve by conquest from the Infidell and by his marriage with Beatrix base daughter to Alfonsus the tenth K. of Castille the whole extent of the kingdome of Portugall Afterwards Spaine being cleered from the Moores the princes hereof wanting other honourable just wars and meanes of further enlarging their dominions discovering towards the South East made themselues Lords the Canary Ilands excepted belonging to the Crowne of Castille of the whole sea-coasts of Afrique Brasil and Asia extended betwixt the Straights of Gibraltar Magellan the Promontories of Good Hope Malaca planted with their colonies people Henry Cardinall Arch-bishop of Evora the last king deceasing without heires the country was subdued by Philip the second K. of Castille and vnited with the rest of Spaine pretending right herevnto from his mother Isabel daughter to K. Emanuel The Princes follow Henry son to Guy Earle of Vernol son to Reginald Earle of Burgundy created first Earle of Portugall in the yeare 1090 by Alfonsus the first K. of Castille Leon. He added the townes of Lamego Viseo and Coimbre beyond the riuer of Duero Alfonsus the first son to Henry Therasia Having vanquished the Moores in a great battaill fought at Ourique in the yeare 1139 hee tooke vpon him the title of king confirmed afterwards vnto him for a certaine tribute by Pope Alexander the fourth continued in his successours He subdued the great city of Lisbona with the rest of the country vnto Algarve Hauing raigned about 72 yeares he deceased in the yeare 1184. Sanctius the first king of Portugal son to Alfonsus the first Alfonsus the second son to Sanctius the first Sanctius the second son to Alfonsus the second He deceased without heires Alfonsus the third brother to Sanctius the second Casting of his former wife Maude Countesse of Boloigne notwithstanding that he had issue by her marrying vnto Beatrix base daughter to Alfonsus the tenth king of Castille and Leon he had giuen vnto him by way of dowry the kingdome of Algarve to be held vnder the fief of Castille which right was remitted afterwards by Alfonsus of Castille in favour of his Nephew Dionysius He won from the Moores the towne of Faro all other places they held in Algarve extending by this meanes the accompt of Portugall Southwards vnto the Ocean Since this Prince the kings of Portugal alwaies haue bin stiled kings of the Algarves Dionysiê° king of Portugal of the Algarves son to Alfonsus the third Beatrix He fouÌ„ded the Vniversity of Coimbre instituted the military order of Christ. Alfonsus the fourth son to Dionysius Peter son to Alfonsus the fourth At this time raigned three Peters in Spaine all noted for their tyranny and cruelty who were this Prince Peter King of Castille and Peter the fourth King of Aragon Ferdinand son to Peter He died without heires male Iohn the first naturall son to Peter by Therasia Gallega his concubine after the decease of Ferdinand elected King of the Portugals in the yeare 1383. Edward son to Iohn the first and Philippa daughter to Iohn of Gaunt duke of Lancaster Alfonsus the fift son to Edward Warring vpon the Moores in Afrique he tooke from them the towns of Tangier Arzilla and Alcaçar Iohn the second son to Alfonsus the fift Vnder this Prince to the great honour of the Nation begun first the happy discoueries of the Portugals in the Atlantique and Aethiopique Oceans the Westerne shore of Afrique coasted a supposed inhabitable Torride Zone found inhabited populous nations to dwell in the Southerne Hemispheare not beleeued by the Auncients and the vnknowne Continent of the World and Afrique to end to the South in a promontory or wedge of land shewing a passage to the Indies the East for this cause named by the Portugals the Cape of Good Hope He deceased in the yeare 1495. Emmanuel king of Portugal and the Algarves son to Ferdinand Duke of Viseo son to king Edward In the Golden dayes of this Prince the discoueries
Lorraine betwixt the Meuse and the Rhijn Lotharius the third French King and of Lorraine on this side the Meuse Otho the second Emperour of the Romans and King of Germany and of Lorraine beyond the Meuse Lewis the fift French King and of Lorraine on this side the Meuse and Otho the third Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany and of Lorraine beyond the Meuse Vnder those two princes the title and kingdome of Lorraine ceased to be incorporated and vnited with West-France Germany The many States arising out of the ruines hereof follow THE DVKEDOMEOE LORRAINE THis now onely retayneth the auncient name of the kingdome of Lorraine It was begun in the yeare 993 in the person of Charles Duke of Brabant younger brother to Lotharius the third and vncle to Lewis the fift the last French Kings of the house of Charles the Great to whom it was given with this title by the Emperour Otho the second It contayneth then besides moderne Lorraine the countrey of Brabant vnited to the name hereof and called Basse Lorraine together with Luick Gulick The manner how these were rent herefrom we will shew in the Catalogue of the Princes whose succession and order follow Charles Duke of Brabant Vncle to Lewis the fift King of France Duke of Lorraine by the gift of the Emperour Otho the second He dyed in bonds caught and imprisoned by Hugh Capet the vsurping King of France jealous of his better right to that Crowne Otho son to Charles He deceased without issue Godfreye the yonger surnamed with the Beard eldest son to Godfrey Earle of Ardenne Buillon and Verdun after the decease of Otho succeeding in the Dukedome hereof by the gift of the Emperour Henry the second the heires generall Gerberge and Hermengarde sisters to Otho excluded Gozelo brother to Godfrey the yonger Godfrey the second son to Gozelo Godfrey the third son to Godfrey the second He died without issue Godfrey of Buillon the fourth of that name son to Eustace Earle of Buillon and of Ydain sister to Godfrey the third He became king of Hierusalem and deceased in the Holy land without heires He sold the temporalty of the city and country of Luick vnto Speutus then Bishop hereof continuing euer since by this right severed from the Dukedome belonging to these Prelates About the same time as it is thought the towne and country of Gulick were likewise divided herefrom seazed vpon with the title of Earle by Eustace brother to Godfrey Bauldwin brother to Godfrey of Buillon king of Hierusalem and Duke of Lorraine He lost Brabant or Basse Lorraine to Geffrey surnamed with the Beard Earle of Lorraine descended from Gerberge daughter to Charles of France the first Duke of Lorraine He also dyed without heires Theodoric son to William Baron of Ianville brother to Godfrey and Bauldwin kings of Hierusalem Simon the first son to Theodoric Mathew the first son to Simon the first Simon the second son to Mathew the first Frederique the first son to Simon the second Theobald the first son to Frederique the first Mathew the second son to Frederique the first and brother to Theobald the first Frederique the second son to Mathew the second Theobald the second son to Frederique the second Frederique the third son to Theobald the second Rodulph son to Frederique the third Iohn son to Rodulph Charles the second son to Iohn Reiner d'Aniou Duke of Bar and afterwards king of Sicily Duke of Lorraine in right of his wife Isabel daughter to Charles the second Iohn the second son to Reiner of Aniou Duke of Bar and of Isabel of Lorraine aforesaid Nicholas d' Aniou son to Iohn the second He dyed without heires Reiner the second son to Frederique Earle of Vaudemont and of Yoland daughter to Reiner d' Aniou and Isabel of Lorraine After the decease of his grandfather Reiner d' Aniou he became also Duke of Bar. Antonye son to Reiner the second Francis son to Antony Charles the third son to Francis Duke of Lorraine and Bar and Earle of Vaudemont in the time of Wassenburg and of Albizius my Authours THE BISHOPRICK OF LIEGE IT was thus named from the city of Liege the chiefe of the country seate of the Prince It was sometimes a part of the Dukedome of Lorraine by Godfrey of Buillon sold to Speutus Bishop of that See and made a particular State The order of the Bishops and Princes we finde not THE DVKEDOME OF IVLIERS IT * was so called from the chiefe city Iuliers It was also a part of the Dukedoâ—e of Lorraine rent and divided therefrom and made a particular Earledome by Eustace brother to Godfrey of Buillon king of Hierusalem the first Prince In the yeare 1329 and in the person of William the fourth it was translated to a Marquisate by the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria Shortly after in the person of the same Prince it was made a Dukedome by the Emperour Charles the fourth By Mary onely daughter to William the fift wife to Iohn the third Duke of Cleve it was brought with the Dukedome of Bergen vnto that family wherein euer since it hath continued belonging now to the Princes of Brandenburg Nuburg heires of that house The order of the first Princes we finde not The rest for brevity sake we omit THE DVREDOME OF CLEVE THis lyeth in both Provinces of Gaule Germany divided by the Rhijâ— named thus from the towne of Cleve When the state begun or by whom it is not agreed Their assertion is lesse absurd who draw the beginning hereof from one Aelius Gracilis to whom the country should be giuen with the title of Earle by Pepin the Fat and Charles Martel Maiors of the Palace in France By the Emperour Sigismond in the Councell of Constance and in the person of Adolph the eleaventh it was made a Dukedome The right hereof of Gulick and Bergen with the Earledome of Marck appertaine now to the Princes of Brandenburg and Nuburg the line masculine failing and extinguished in William the second the last Duke From Theodoric the tenth and more cleare times the Princes follow Theodoric the tenth living about the raigne of the Emperour Lewes of Bavaria Mary daughter to Theodoric She married vnto Adolph the ninth of that name Earle of Marck whereby these two Earledomes became vnited in one family Adolph the tenth son to Mary and Adolph the ninth He liued in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fourth Adolph the eleaventh son to Adolph the tenth created first Duke of Cleve by the Emperour Sigismond at the Councell of Constance in the yeare 1417. Iohn the first son to Adolph the eleaventh Iohn the second son to Iohn the first Iohn the third son to Iohn the second He marryed vnto Mary daughter vnto William the fift Duke of Gulick and Bergen by meanes whereof those two estates became added to this family Amongst other issue he had Anne of Cleve Queene to Henry the eight
certaine order of the first Lantgraues we finde not These countries with the townes Bishopricks of Trier Colen Mentz Metz Toul Verdun Spier and Worms are by their princes immediately held of the Empire thorough their long commerce with and subjection to the Dutch for the greatest part now speaking that language and accompted proper parts of the kingdome or empire of the Germans THE DVREDOME OF BRABANT THe name of the countrey is auncient so named after some from the towne Bratispantium of Caesar mentioned in the second booke of his Commentaries The Dukedome was begun in the person of Charles of France vncle to Lewis the fift and brother to Lotharius the fourth French Kings by the gift hereof belonging to his share of the kingdome of Lorraine This first prince by the liberality of the Emperour Otho the second becomming afterwards Duke of Lorraine vnited this vnto that Dukedome and accompt called then Basse Lorraine in which name vnion it continued both during the Caroline line and that of Ardenne vnto Bauldwin Duke of Lorraine and King of Hierusalem brother vnto Godfrey of Buillon Vnder this prince busied in wars abroad against the Infidels by the favour and aide of the Emperour Henry the fift whose sister he had married in the yeare 1108 it was againe divided from the Dukedome of Lorraine and made a distinct dukedome by Geffrey surnamed with the beard Earle of Lovaine before mentioned descended from Gerberge eldest daughter to Charles of France the first prince in which division and estate it hath still continued vnto our times By Margaret daughter to Iohn the third wife to Philip the Hardy Duke of Burgundy it came to the familie of Burgundy carried hereby to that other of Austria wherein now it resteth Since the division hereof from Lorraine the Princes follow Geffrey the first surnamed with the beard Earle of Lovain descended from Gerberge the house of France by whom the Dukedome was recovered from Lorraine and the house of Ardenne Geffrey the second son to Geffrey the first Geffrey the third son to Geffrey the second Henry the first son to Geffrey the third Henry the second son to Henry the first Henry the third son to Henry the second After the decease hereof Aleide his widow in the minority of her children for eight yeares space governed the Dukedome the heire not being designed Iohn the first second son to Henry the third elected by the Estates of the Countrey his eldest brother Henry in regard of his many defects and infirmities rejected approved only by the city of Lovain a cause of some warre betwixt the sides with litle adoe in regard of their inequality soone after appeased Iohn the second son to Iohn the first Iohn the third son to Iohn the second Wenceslaus Duke of Luxemburg son to Iohn King of Bohemia and brother to the Emperour Charles the fourth in the right of his wife Ioane eldest daughter to Iohn the third They dyed without issue in the yeare 1406. Anthony the second son to Philip the Hardy Duke of Burgundy and of Margaret daughter to Lewis Malan Earle of Flanders Margaret younger daughter to Iohn the third his elder brother Iohn afterwards Duke of Burgundy yeelding over his right vpon condition that the house hereof failing the Dukedome should return vpon him and his heires He was slaine fighting againg the English at the battail of Agen-court in France Iohn the fourth son to Anthony He marryed vnto Iaquâ—line Countesse of Holland from whom he was divorced dying young without heires in the yeare 1426. He founded the Vniversity of Lovain Philip the first son to Anthony and brother to Iohn the fourth He also dyed young vnmarried without heires in whom ended the house of Anthony son to Philip the Hardy Philip the second surnamed the Good Duke of Burgundy son to Iohn Duke of Burgundy grand-child to Philip the Hardy nephew to Anthony and cosen German to Iohn the fourth and Philip the first the house of Anthony failing succeeding in the Dukedome of Brabant by right of blood and of the former agreement made with Antony Charles surnamed the Fighter Duke of Burgundy Brabant son to Philip the second Maximilian Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy and Brabant in the right of his wife Mary of Burgundy daughter to Charles the Fighter Philip son to Maximilian and Mary Charles afterwards Roman Emperour son to Philip. Philip the second king of Spaine son to the Emperour Charles the fift Isabella daughter to Philip the second king of Spaine now Dutchesse of Burgundy and Brabant and Princesse of the Netherlands THE DVKEDOME OF LVXEMBVRG THis was sometimes a part of the Principality of Ardenne first divided therefrom in the raigne of the Emperour Otho the first by Sigifrid son to Ricuin Prince of Ardenne vnto whose share it fell in the division of that Principality betwixt him and his other brethren entitled thus from the castle now the towne of Luxemburg belonging aunciently to the Monastery of S. Maximinus of Trier and exchaunged with him for other lands the seate of the Prince By the Emperour Charles the fourth it was made a Dukedome in the person of his brother Wenceslaus By Elizabeth the last Princesse wanting heires it was sold to Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy in which family and the succeeding name and house of Austria it hath euer since remained possessed now by Isabella of Austria and accompted amongst the 17 Provinces of the Netherlands The order of the first Princes we finde not The latter follow Henry the first from whom my Author beginneth Earle of Luxemburg slaine in fight neere vnto the castle Worancan taking part with Reinold Earle of Gelderland against Iohn the first Duke of Brabant contending for the Dukedome of Limburg Henry the second son to Henry the first in the yeare 1308 elected Roman Emperour Iohn son to Henry the second Hauing marryed vnto Elizabeth daughter to Wenceslaus the third he was elected king of Bohemia slaine by the English fighting for the French at the battaile of Cressy Wenceslaus the first yonger son to Iohn created the first Duke of Luxemburg by his brother the Emperour Charles the fourth He dyed sans issue Wenceslaus the second eldest son to the Emperour Charles the fourth Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia He also deceased without issue Sigismond yonger son to the Emperour Charles the fourth Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia By the right of his wife Mary he became also king of Hungary Enriched with so many states and kingdomes he surrendred his right hereof vnto Elizabeth daughter to his brother Iohn Marquesse of Brandenburg Elizabeth daughter vnto Iohn Duke of Gorlitz and Marquesse of Brandenburg by the gift of her Vncles the Emperours Wenceslaus and Sigismond Dutchesse of Luxemburg the last prince Hauing no heires she sold the inheritance hereof vnto Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy possessed euer since by that house THE DVKEDOME OF LIMBVRG IT was so
beyond the Rhiin belonging likewise vnto the sea which vnder the fief hereof they still held subject vnto them vntill the Emperour Charles the fift who taking occasion vpon their many losses and dammages susteined from the Gelders with whom the Bishop then had warre pretending their disability to resist that enimy by the consent of Henry Counte Palatine then Bishop seazed vpon the whole temporall domaine hereof leauing onely the spirituall to the Prelates which also since the vsurpation of the Countryes by the States of the Vnited Provinces hath likewise beene taken from them remayning afterwards onely titulary In the raigne of Philip the second king of Spaine these Countryes were likewise freed from the yoake of Spaine or house of Austria contayning now two distinct States or Provinces of Vtreicht and Ouer-ysell The order and succession of the Bishops for breuity sake we let passe The Dukedome of GELDERLAND IT was so called from the castle afterwardes the towne of Gelders founded here by two brothers VVickard and Luppolà created by the inhabitants first guardians or protectours of the country in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Bauld continuing this title to succession In the person of Otto Earle of Nassau hauing marryed Aleide daughter to Wickard the last guardian it was made an Earledome by the Emperour Henry the third In Reinold the first it was made a Dukedome by the Emperour Lewes of Bavaria After the decease of Charles of Egmond the last Duke by composition betwixt him and the Emperour Charles the fift and the pretence of a former donation made by Duke Arnold vnto Charles the Fighter Duke of Burgundy this Province with the Earledome of Zutphen vnited for a long time in the house of the Dukes of Gelderland descended vpon the Emperour Charles the fift added by him to his other Provinces of the Netherlands Vnder Philip the second King of Spaine for the greatest part this shoke off the Spanish yoake with Zutphen gouerned now in maner of a Free estate confederate with the rest of the vnited Provinces The princes follow Otto earle of Nassau before-mentioned in right of his wife Aleide daughter to VVickard the last guardian created first Earle of Gelderland in the yeare 1079 by the Emperour Henry the third He had for second wife Sophia daughter to Wickman the last Earle of Zutphen by which meanes that Country and Earledome became annexed to the house of Gelderland Gerard the first son to Otto and Aleide Earle of Gelderland Gerlac his yonger brother and son to Otto and Sophia inherited the Earledome of Zutphen After the decease of Gerlac without heires he succeeded likewise in the Earledome of Zutphen continued euer since in the same Princes with Gelderland Henry the first son to Gerard the first Earle of Gelderland and Zutphen Gerard the second son to Henry the first He dyed sans issue Otho the second brother to Gerard the second Gerard the third son to Otho the second Otho the third son to Gerard the third Reinold the first son to Otho the third created first Duke of Gelderlandt in the yeare 1339 by the Emperour Lewes of Bavaria Reinold the second Duke of Gelderlandt Earle of Zutphen sonne to Reinold the first Reinold the third sonne to Reinold the second Hee deceased sans issue Edward brother to Reinold the third He also dyed without issue Mary sister to Edward and Reinold the third She marryed vnto William the first Duke of Iuliers William son to William the first Duke of Iuliers and Mary aforesaid He dyed without issue Reinold the fourth brother to William and son to William Duke of Iuliers and Mary He likewise deceased without issue Mary C. of Gelderland daughter to Ioane sister to William and Reinold the fourth and daughter to William Duke of Iuliers and Mary Arnold son to Mary and to Iohn Lord of Egmond Worthily incensed against his vnnaturall son Adolph by whom he had beene a long time most inhumanely detayned in prison hee partly sold and bequeathed these estates vnto Charles surnamed the Fighter Duke of Burgundy to be occupyed enioyed by that house after his decease Charles surnamed the Fighter Duke of Burgundy after the decease of Arnold succeeding in the Dukedome of Gelderland and Earledome of Zutphen Adolph son to Arnold hauing beene disinherited by his father by vertue of the sale and legacy before-mentioned Adolph of Egmond the vnnaturall son of Duke Arnold after the decease of Charles the Fighter slaine before Nancye restored by Mary Dutchesse of Burgundy daughter to Charles the Fighter Charles of Egmond Duke of Gelderland and Earle of Zutphen son to Duke Adolph Wearyed with long warres against the Princes of the Netherlands of the house of Burgundy and Austria pretending the legacy sale of Duke Arnold vpon agreement composition made with the Emperour Charles the Fift hee yeelded ouer these estates vnto him to bee enioyed after his decease in case that he left no issue He dyed without issue Charles the fift Emperour of the Romans and king of Spaine by vertue of the agreement before-mentioned made betwixt him and Duke Charles of Egmond succeeding in the Dukedome of Gelderland and Earledome of Zutphen Philip the second King of Spaine son to the Emperour Charles the fift In the raigne of this Prince these two Provinces revolted with the rest from vnder the Spanish goverment with those of Holland Zealandt Vtreicht Over-ysell West-Friselandt and Groningen making now the most potent and renowned confederate and vnited States of the Netherlands The KINGDOME of BVRGVNDY THis Kingdome was begun in the person of Charles son to the Emperour Lotharius and brother to the Emperour Lewis the second to Lotharius King of Austrasia or Lorraine whose share it was of the French dominions in the division of the part of the Emperour Lotharius made betwixt him his other brethren It contained the greatest part of the auncient Kingdome of the Burgundians occasioning the name together with Provençe It comprehendeth now besides Provençe the Dukedome Free County of Burgundy Savoy Daulphinye Lionois the Confederacy of the Switzers It lay divided from Germany by the Rhijn from Italy by the Alpes from the Kingdome of Lorraine by the Mountaine Vauge from the kingdome of West-France by the river Rhosne and by the moderne Westerne limits of the Dukedome of Burgundy These three brethren Lewis Lotharius Charles sons to the Emperour Lotharius not long after deceasing without male issue or issue legitimate and the house of the Emperour Lotharius being by that meanes extinguished the kingdome became vsurped seazed vpon by the Emp Charles the Bauld vnited by him as a province to his kingdome of West-France The Kings of Burgundy vntill this vnion follow Charles yonger sonne to the Emp. Lotharius the first French K. of Burgundy He dyed without issue Lewis the 2 d Emp. of the Romans Lotharius the second K. of Austrasia brothers vnto Charles the first K. after the decease of their brother
the name of the Vnited Provinces Isabella daughter to Philip the second king of Spaine by the gift and assignment of her father succeeding in the title of Burgundy and in what is left of the Netherlands Shee married vnto Albert Arch-duke of Austria younger son to the Emperour Maximilian the second lately deceased THE EARLEDOME of LYON and MASCON now LIONOIS THey contayned the rest of Burgundy lying on this side the Soasne devided by the Emperour Charles the Bauld as hath beene before related into fiue lesser Cantons the Counties of Dijon Austun and Chalon making the Dukedome of Burgundy and those other of Lyon Mascon commaunded by their severall Earles being then but such officers of the Emperour thus named becomming after this to be Vsu-fructuaryes and hereditary They came afterwards to the right of the Bishops Church of Lyon vnited with France and making the countrey now called Lionois held as was still the Dukedome of Burgundy vnder the right soveraignety of the French Kings THE DVKEDOME OF BVRGVNDY BEYOND THE IOVR. IT was situated betwixt the Mountainous ridge of the Iour and the Alpes and the Rhijn comprehending at this day the Dukedome of Savoy and the confederacy of the Switzers Grisons It was first an Earledome begun in the person of Conrade brother to Robert the great and vncle to Eudo afterwards French King appointed first Counte or governour hereof by the Emperour Charles the Bauld In the person of Rodulph son to Conrade succeeding herevnto in the Earledome or government it was raised to a petty kingdome named of Burgundy by Eudo French King the more hereby to enoble his house and to affront Bozon Earle of Burgundy beyond the Soasne who already had vsurped the title of King of Burgundy by the aide assistance of the German Emperours Rodulph notwithstanding after the decease of Eudo being vnwilling to displease the Emperours changed afterwards his more odious title of King for that lesser of Duke continued by the succeeding princes By Bozon the second the last Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine vpon the decease of his brother Rodulph the second without heires succeeding in the kingdome of Arles or Burgundy it became vnited to that kingdome continuing in this vnion vntill the expiration and end of that State The princes follow Conrade aforesaid first Earle or Governour of Burgundy beyond the Iour in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Bald. Rodulph the first son to Conrade first King afterwards Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine in the raignes of Eudo and Charles the Simple French Kings Charles the Simple being imprisoned and deposed by his factious nobility he became afterwards King of France The better to strengthen his side and to assure his ill got kingdome he gaue the Dukedome of Burgundy Transiuraine vnto Rodulph Duke of Burgundy on this side the Soasne Rodulph the second Duke of Burgundy on this side the Soasne by the gift of Rodulph French King succeeding in the Dukedome of Burgundy Transiuraine Contending with Hugh King of Arles Burgundy for the Empire and kingdome of Italy he exchanged his right vnto Italy for the kingdom of Arles resigning vnto his brother Hugh surnamed the Blacke the Dukedome of Burgundy on this side the Soasne and to his brother Bozon this other of Burgundy Transiuraine Bozon Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine by the gift of his brother Rodulph king of Arles His brother Rodulph King of Arles deceasing without issue he became also King of Arles Burgundy in whom ended the name title of the Dukedome of Burgundy Transiuraine or beyond the Iour vnited to the kingdome of Arles The Kingdome of ARLES and BVRGVNDY THis Kingdome was begun in the person of Bozon brother to Iudith wife vnto the Emperour Charles the Bauld by the gift of this prince made first Earle or Governour of Burgundy beyond the Soasne after his decease in the raigne of the two bastard brothers Lewis and Carloman French Kings created king of Arles and Burgundy for thus were these kings stiled by the Emperour Charles the Fat to bee held vnder the right of the German Emperours It contained at the time when it was first erected onely the division or Earledome of Burgundy beyond the Soasne before-mentioned lying betwixt that riuer and the mountaine Iour the Rhosne and the Alpes and the Vauge and the Sea Mediterranean cōprehending now the Countryes of Provençe Daulphinye the Free County of Burgundy By Bozon the second Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine vpon the decease of his brother Rodulph the first sans issue succeeding in this kingdome the Dukedome of Burgundy Transiuraine was added hereunto In Rodulph the second deceasing without heires the kingdome state tooke end giuen by him to the Emperour Conrade the second to Henry surnamed the Black son herevnto and of his sister Gisela incorporated by them to the German Kingdome Empire parted afterwards into sundry lesser Signeuryes Gouerments the Earledomes of Provençe of the Free County of Burgundy the Dukedome of Savoy Daulphinye and the Confederacy of the Switzers and Grisons partly at this day holding of the Empire partly vnited with the Kingdome of France partly being Free Estates The order of the Princes follow Bozon the first Earle of Burgundy on this fide of the Soasne created first king of Burgundy or Arles in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Fat of Lewes and Carloman French kings Lewis son to Bozon of Ermengarde daughter to the Emperour Lewes the second He was chosen crowned king of Italy Roman Emperour by the factious Italians betrayed afterwards at Verona to his Competitour Berengario Duke of Friuli sent back with his eyes plucked out Hee dyed sans issue leauing the kingdome vnto Hugh d' Arles bastard son to Lotharius the second King of Lorraine Waldrada his concubine Earle of Provençe Hugh d' Arles by the gift of Lewis succeeding in the kingdome of Arles and Burgundy Elected together with Rodulph Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine by their severall factions king of Italy for his more easie quiet possession of Italy he gaue Arles Burgundy vnto Rodulph his competitour Rodulph the first Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine vpon composition with Hugh d' Arles succeeding in the kingdome of Arles Burgundy He gaue the dukedome of Burgundy Transiuraine vnto his brother Bozon the second died without issue Bozon the second Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine after the decease of his brother Rodulph the first succeeding in the kingdome of Arles Burgundy By this Prince and meanes Burgundy Transiuraine or beyond the Iour became vnited with the kingdome of Arles Burgundy Conrade son to Bozon the second Hee married vnto Maude sister to Lotharius daughter to Lewes the fourth French kings Rodulph the second son to Conrade Maude Iustly incensed against the French kings of the house of Aniou in regard of their iniuries done vnto his family and to the house of Charles the Great
of Artois married vnto Philip surnamed the Long French King it became with Artois possessed by the house of France By Margaret daughter to Ioane and Philip the Long French King marrying to Lewis the first Earle of Flanders it was carryied to the house of Flanders from whence it descended to those of Burgundy Austria where now it resteth The order of the Earles follow Otho-Guillaume before mentioned first Count Palatine of Burgundy in the raigne of Robert King of France Reinard the first son to Otho-Guillaume William the first son to Reinard Stephen son to William the first slaine in the holy wars against the Infidell William the second son to Stephen Reinard the second He gaue to Berthold son to the Emperour Conrade the third the cities of Geneve Lousanne Frederique Barbarossa Emperour of the Romans in the right of his wife Beatres daughter to Reinard the second Otho the first third son to the Emperour Frederique Barbarossa of Beatres He deceased without heire male After the decease of Otho the first the right was questioned betwixt Otho D. of Merā husbād to Beatres eldest daughter to Otho Girard Counte of Vienne husband to Ioane younger daughter to Otho both princes being acknowledged by their factions and vsurping the title of Earles of Burgundy a cause of long war and contention betwixt the sides Otho the second Duke of Meran and Girard Counte of Vienne in the right of their wiues Beatres Ioane aforesaid daughters to Otho the first Otho the third Duke of Meran son to Otho the second and Stephen son to William Earle of Chalon Salins next heire to Girard Counte of Vienne Iohn son to Stephen Hugh son to Iohn This tooke to wife Aliz daughter to Otho the third Duke of Meran in whom the two different houses were vnited and the quarrell composed Othelin son to Hugh Aliz aforesaid He tooke to wife Maude Countesse of Artois Ioane Countesse of Artois Burgundy daughter to Othelin Maude Shee marryed vnto Philip surnamed the Long French King Margaret Countesse of Artois and Burgundy daughter vnto Philip the Long French King Ioan. Shee marryed vnto Lewis the first Earle of Flanders He was slaine fighting against the English for the French in the battail at Crecy Lewis the second surnamed Malan Earle of Flanders Burgundy Artois son to Lewis the first and Margaret Margaret Countesse of Flanders Burgundy Artois daughter to Lewis the second surnamed Malan Shee marryed vnto Philip de Valois surnamed the Hardy Duke of Burgundy sonne to Iohn French King By this meanes the three great Earledomes of Burgundy Flanders and Artois became annexed to the family of Burgundy by Mary of Valois wife to Maximilian the first brought afterwards to the house of Austria The Earledome of Burgundy hath alwayes beene held vnder the Empire being a parcell of the kingdome of Arles Burgundy THE DVKEDOME OF SAVOY THe Estate was begun in the person of Beroald surnamed the Saxon in recompence of his many good services done herevnto created first Earle of Maurienne by Rodulph the second king of Arles and Burgundy Amadis the second of that name Earle of Maurienne having given vnto him by the Emperour Henry the fourth the litle countrey of Savoy adding it herevnto and leaving his former title of Maurienne first tooke vpon him the name of Earle of Savoy continued by the succeeding princes In the Councell of Constance and in the person of Amadis the eight it was made a Dukedome by the Emperour Sigismond The Princes follow Beroald first Earle of Maurienne surnamed the Saxon in the raigne of Rodulph the second King of Arles Burgundy Humbert the first son to Beroald Earle of Maurienne confirmed by the Emperour Conrade the second Amadis the first Earle of Maurienne son to Humbert the first Humbert the second Earle of Maurienne son to Amadis the first Amadis the second son to Humbert the second He first named himselfe Earle of Savoy in the raigne of the Emperour Henry the fourth Humbert the third Earle of Savoy sonto Amadis the second Thomas the first son to Humbert the third Amadis the third son to Thomas the first Boniface son to Amadis the third He dyed without heires Peter son to Thomas the first brother to Amadis the third He dyed without male issue Philip the first brother to Peter He deceased also without heires Amadis the fourth son to Thomas of Savoy son to Thomas the first Edward the first son to Amadis the fourth He deceased without heires Amadis the fift son to Amadis the fourth and brother to Edward the first Amadis the sixt son to Amadis the fift Amadis the seaventh Earle of Savoy sonne to Amadis the sixt Amadis the eight son to Amadis the seaventh created first Duke of Savoy in the Councell of Constance by the Emperour Sigismond He turned Religious living an Anchoret at Ripaille vpon the Lake of Geneve Hee was afterwards by the Councell of Basil made Pope against Eugenius the fourth by the name of Faelix the fourth after some 9 yeares Papacy againe quitting the world and returning to his Cell at Ripaille where in a private state he dyed Lewis Duke of Savoy sonne to Amadis the eight Amadis the ninth son to Lewis Philibert the first Duke of Savoy son to Amadis the ninth He deceased without heires Charles the first brother to Philibert the first Charles the second son to Charles the first He dyed without heires Philip the second sonne to Lewis son to Amadis the eight great vncle to Charles the second Philibert the second son to Philip the second He also left no heires of his body Charles the third son to Philip the second and brother to Philibert the second Emanuel Philibert son to Charles the 3d. Charles Emanuel son to Emanuel Phil. now Duke of Savoy The League and Vnion of the Switzers THis is an aggregate state consisting of sundry different particulars vnited onely in a generall league named thus from the Canton of Switz one of the three first joyning in this confederacie occasioning and bringing on the vnion of the rest They comprehend the whole auncient countrey of the Helvetij parts of the Allobroges Rauraci Germans beyond the Rhijn together with the Mountaine people of the Veragri Seduni Lepontij Sarunetes with others inhabiting the hollow bottomes of the Alpes Lepontiae Rhaeticae and Paeninae at this day whatsoever is contayned betwixt the Mountainous ridge of the Iour the Lakes of Como Maggiore in Italy the Lake of Geneve and the Rhiin intercepted from the head thereof vnto below Basil. Simlerus devideth them into three distinct rankes the Cantons the Confederate States and the Prefectures subject to the Cantons The Cantons of the Switzers THese properly make the body of the Common-wealth of the Switzers vnited in a more strict league then the rest and enjoying sundry rights prerogatiues before the other who alone haue voices in their generall assemblies consult
surnamed the Stammerer joynt Kings created in the minority of Charles the Simple Lewis the second deceasing Carloman raigned alone who dyed not long after Lewis the third surnamed le Fay-neant sonne to Carloman His raigne was but short deposed for his slought many vices and shorne Monke of Saint Denys Charles surnamed the Fat son to Lewis the Auncient King of Germany and Emperour of the Romans called in by his faction elected King of West-France in the minority of Charles the Simple Hee was deposed not long after and deprived of all his estates dying in great misery and want nere vnto Constance in Germany in the yeare 889. Eudon guardian to Charles the Simple son to Robert Earle of Aniou son to Witichind prince of the Saxons in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great in the minority of his pupill after the Emperour Charles the Fat created French King After some two yeares raigne he was likewise deposed by this factious vnconstant nation succeeded vnto by Charles the Simple By meanes notwithstanding of this election there followed afterwards long quarrels and contention for the kingdome betwixt his kindred the house of Aniou and Charles the Simple and his issue during the whole Caroline line a chiefe pretence of Capets vsurpation Charles the Simple the legitimate son of the Emperour Lewis surnamed the Stammerer He had warres with Robert Earle of Aniou brother to King Eudon in regard of the election of Eudon pretending right to the kingdome and slaine by him in a battaill After a short and troublesome raigne caught imprisoned at Peronne by Hebert Earle of Vermandois and forsaken by the nobility hee resigned the kingdome to Rodulph Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine Rodulph Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine son to Conrade Earle of Burgundy Transiuraine brother to Robert the first Earle of Aniou vncle to King Eudon vpon the imprisonment and forced resignation of Charles the Simple elected French King Lewis the fourth son to Charles the Simple and Elgina daughter to Edward surnamed the Elder and sister to Athelstan Kings of England surnamed the Forreiner for that during the captivity of his father and the vsurpation of Rodulph he lived exiled with his vncle Athelstan in England after the death of the vsurper called home and restored to the kingdome Hee had wars with Hugh surnamed the Great Earle of Paris Majour of the Palace son to Robert the second jealous of the popularity greatnes and the ambition of that house Lothaire son to Lewis the fourth In the raigne hereof Hugh Capet heire of the house of Aniou son to Hugh the Great begun againe to renew the auncient quarell of his family touching the kingdome the which not long after he obtayned Lewis the fift son to Lothaire He dyed young without issue the last French King of the house of Charles the Great Hugh Capet son to Hugh the Great Earle of Paris and Majour of the Palace after much quarrell betwixt the houses of Aniou and of Charles the Great thorough a long basenes slougth and pusillanimity of the degenerate princes of that line the present dislike of Charles Duke of Lorraine the next heire the long greatnes and still growing popularity of his house his flattery and crafty insinuations with the nobility and people and religious pretences and of his right and succession to King Eudo and Rodulph in the yeare 965 elected king by this wavering nation Charles Duke of Lorraine excluded caught afterwards by him and imprisoned during life Robert son to Hugh Capet Henry the first younger son to Robert preferred by his father before Robert his elder brother succeeding in the Dukedome of Burgundy Philip the first son to Henry the first Lewis the sixt son to Philip the first Lewis the seaventh son to Lewis the sixt About the raigne of this prince dyed Iohn de Temporibus by the stiffe consent of the French and German writers reported to haue lived from the Emperour Charles the Great vnto this time for aboue the space of 300 yeares Philip the second surnamed Augustus sonne to Lewis the seaventh Lewis the eight son to Philip the second Lewis the ninth surnamed the Saint son to Lewis the eight Philip the third son to Lewis the ninth Philip the fourth surnamed the Faire son to Philip the third Lewis the tenth surnamed Hutin son to Philip the Faire Hee deceased without male issue Philip the fift surnamed the Tall brother to Lewis the tenth Hee also dyed without issue male Charles the fourth brother to Lewis Hutin and Philip the Tall. He also deceased without male issue Philip the sixt surnamed of Valois the next prince of the blood of the line masculine succeeding by the pretence of a Salique Law In the raigne hereof began those long and fierce wars betwixt the French Edward the third King of England descended of Isabel daughter to Philip the fourth pretending in this right for the kingdomes the issue whereof was the great overthrowes of the French at the battails of Crecy and Poictiers the captivity of Iohn French King and the restitution of Normandy and other parts of France taken from the English by King Philip Augustus lost notwithstanding not long after to King Charles the fift with Aquitaine Guienne vntill that time still held by the English nation Iohn French King sonne to Philip the sixt taken prisoner in the English warres by Edward Prince of Wales son to Edward the third at the battaile of Poictiers Charles the fift son to Iohn He recovered againe the countries of Normandy Aquitaine and Guienne and whatsoever else the English held in the continent of France the towne and forts about Calis onely excepted Charles the sixt son to Charles the fift In the raigne hereof fell out that fatall discord betwixt the houses of Orleans and Burgundy by the advantage whereof the weakenes of this phrenetique king and their victory at Agincourt Charles the Dolphin disinherited and Henry the fift King of England having married Catherinne his daughter made Regent of France the English again got seazed of the chiefest parts of the kingdome hereof Henry the sixt King of England being afterwards crowned king of France at Paris Charles the seaventh son to Charles the sixt After long trouble warres Philip the Good and the faction of Burgundy reconciled hee againe cleered France of the English the towne countrey of Calis excepted Lewis the eleaventh son to Charles the seaventh Charles the eight son to Lewis the eleaventh He dyed sans issue Lewis the twelth Duke of Orleans and Valois the next prince of the blood of the line masculine Hee marryed vnto Anne Dutchesse of Bretaigne and deceased without heire male Francis the first Duke of Engoulesme the next prince of the blood of the race masculine He marryed vnto Claude Dutchesse of Bretaigne daughter to Lewis the twelth Anne and incorporated Bretaigne to the crowne of France Henry the second son to Francis the first He wonne the towne countrey of
that Earledome now incorporated with France by Earle Philip vnto Philip Augustus French king with Isabel of Hainault daughter vnto his sister Margaret and Bauldwin the sixt Earle of Hainault wife to Philip Augustus Lewis the eight French king son to Philip Augustus Isabel deceasing bequeathed this country vnto his yongest son Robert to be held with this stile vnder the fief soveraignty of the kings of France created first Earle of Artois by his brother Lewis the ninth French king By the marriage of Margaret heire of the Counties of Burgundy Austria vnto Lewis the first Earle of Flanders it descended vpon the house of Flanders carried afterwards to those of the Dukes of Burgundy Austria wherein now it continueth The princes follow Robert the first fourth son to Lewis the Eight French king He deceased in the Holy Land in the yeare 1249. Robert the second sonne to Robert the first Maude daughter to Robert the second Countesse of Artois the Parliament of Paris thus adiudging for her against Robert sonne to her brother Philip of Artois Shee married vnto Othelin or Otho the fourth Earle of Burgundy Ioane eldest daughter to Otho the fourth Maude Shee marryed vnto Philip surnamed the Long French King Margaret eldest daughter to Philip French King Ioane Countesse of Artois and Burgundy She marryed vnto Lewis the first Earle of Flanders Lewis the second surnamed Malan son to Lewis the first Margaret Earle of Artois Flanders Burgundy from whom these descended vpon the house of the Dukes of Burgundy Austria In this maner the rich countrey of Gaule or France is become at this day devided into and contayneth the whole or parts of 6 different Free Common-wealths governments not any wise now subject one to another 1 the provinces or countries subject to the confederate States of the Netherlands 2 to the princes of the house of Burgundy and Austria 3 to the empire or kingdome of the Germans 4 to the Popes 5 to the vnion and confederacy of the Switzers 6 and the kingdome of France To the confederate states of the Low-countries belong all Holland Zealandt Vtreicht the greatest part of Gelderlandt the townes of Sluis Bergen vpon Zome Steenbergen and Graue together with the Countries of Zutphen Over-Ysel West-Freislandt and Groningen lying without the circuit of the auncient Gaule and beyond the Rhijn in Germany To the princes of Austria and Burgundy appertayne all Artois Hainault Namur Limburg and Luxemburg the greatest parts of Flanders and Brabant and part of Gelderlandt Vnto the Empire held by their princes vnder the right and soveraignety hereof and for the most part yet comming vnto and acknowledging the Imperiall Diets the Free Countye of Burgundy immediately nowe possessed by the princes of the house of Burgundy and Austria the Dukedomes of Lorraine Zweibruck Cleve Gulick Savoy the Palatinate of the Rhijn Elsass Sungow and the townes and Bishopricks of Mentz Colen Trier Luick Spire Worms Strasburg To the confederacy of the Switzers the Cantons confederate states and Prefectureships before mentioned To the Popes the city and country of Avignon And to the kingdome of France the rest of Gaule or auncient France devided now from Italy the German Empire and the Netherlands with the Alpes and with the rivers of the Soasne Meuse and the Some our present subject The Country containeth as hath been before related 24 greater devisions or provinces of Bretaigne Normandy Picardy Champaigne Brie France Special Beausse Poictou Engoulmois Berry Bourbonois Forest and Beauiolois Lionois Auvergne Limousin Perigord Guienne Gascoigne Quercy Rovergne Languedoc Provençe Daulphinie Bourgongne Of these Poictou Berry Auvergne Limousin Perigord Guienne Quercy and Revergne haue beene thus named from their first and more auncient inhabitants the Pictones Bituriges Cubi Auverni Lemovices Petrocorij Aquitani Cadurci Rhuteni Bretaigne Normandy Gascoigne Languedoc Bourgongne and France Speciall from the Northern barbarous Nations planted in them the Bretons Insulaires Normans Vascones Gothes Burgundians and Frenchmen Engoulmois Bourbonois Forest and Lionois from their chiefe townes Engoulesme Bourbon Furs and Lions Champaigne from its more plaine and even situation Brie from the shadines thereof covered with trees woods Beausse from its pleasure fertility Daulphinie from the princes thereof stiled Daulphins of Vienne Provençe from the auncient name of the Countrey in the time of Caesar being part of the further Roman Province of the Gaules The occasion of the name of Picardy we cannot of any certainety determine Their descriptions follow according to their Resorts or Parliaments L. D. OF THE STATE OF EVROPE The X Booke COntaining a Chorographicall description of France THE PARLIAMENT OF RENES COmprehending onely the Dukedome of Bretaigne BRETAIGNE HAving vpon the North West and South-West the French and British Oceans vpon the South Aniou and Poictou and vpon the East Maine and Normandy It containeth some 200 French leagues in compasse The country is pleasant and fruitfull full of most delightfull woods downes meadowes and of all other pleasing and profitable varieties wines and the hotter fruits excepted which as neither doth Normandy this colder clime yeeldeth not or not to any purpose It is divided into the Higher and the Lower Bretaigne severed after Merula by a line drawne from Chasteau-Audron a towne neere to St. Brieu and extended betwixt Corlay and Quintain towards the farthest part of the Bay of Vannes vnto the riuer Vilaine or as Bertrand doth delineate in his map hereof from Port Toriao vpon the sea-coast nere St. Brieu betwixt Corlay and Quintain vnto the meetings of the rivers Vilaine and the Aoust and beyond these vnto the mouth of the Loire nere the towne of Croisic Chiefer townes here are Brest a noted port and strong towne of warre the key and chiefe bulwarke of the Lower Bretaigne vpon a spacious creeky bay of the Westerne Ocean The haven is the fairest and largest in France containing many creekes and inlets of the sea resembling so many severall harbours able to containe an infinite number of shipping S t Pol de Leon civitas Osismorum of Antoninus Treguier both of them sea-coast townes and Bishops seas Morlaix a well frequented port vpon the same sea-coast The country about S. Pol were the Ossismi of Antoninus the Osissimi of Caesar the Osismij of Strabo Ptolemie and Plinie Betwixt S. Pol Brest lyeth the noted promontory le Four Gobaeum of Ptolemie Kemper-Corentin civitas Corisopitum of Antoninus a Bishops sea and the chiefe towne in Cournovaille vpon the river Odet neere vnto the cape Penmarch a noted promontory vpon the South-west point of Bretaigne answerable to le Four Kimperle Conscerneau Poudagon all three in Cournovaille or the Diocese of Kemper the Curiosolites of Caesar the Cariosuelites of Pliny and the Corisopiti of Antoninus Hitherto or in the Dioceses of S t Pol Treguier and Kemper which take vp all the Westerne part of Bretaigne almost as farre as S t Brieu
Then in the raigne of the Emperour Valentinian the first with the Scots and Picts sorraging Bretaigne and with the Frenchmen Gaâ—â—e It was after this in the raigne of the Emperours Valentinian the third and Marcianus that accompanyed with the Angli and Vitae they subdued Bretaigne giuing the name of England vnto the best and largest part of that great and famous Iland Their first dwelling was after Ptolemies description wholy beyond the Elb bounding according to Chytrâ—us vpon that river vpon the South on the Ocean vpon the West vpon the Cimbri on the North and on the East vpon the Tentones and Tentonoari and inhabiting where now is the Dukedome of Holstein In the time of the latter Roman Emperours passing over the Elb they spread Southwards as farre as the French whether beating out the ancient inhabitants or which is more probable communicating vnto them this their more noble and victorious name For otherwise it is altogether impossible that so small a nation as these were in Ptolemies time should of themselues possesse and fill so large and spatious a country The Westerne Empire overthrowne the French withdrawing towards the heart of Gaule they enlarged to the Rhijn vnto against Colen Their more precise bouÌ„ds in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great was vpon the North the riuer Eydore dividing them from the Danes vpon the West first the Ocean betwixt the riuer Eydore and the Rhijn then the Rhijn from the mouth or fall thereof vnto about Colen parting them from France vpon the East first a line from Stargard vpon the sea Balticke drawne vnto the Elb about Hamburg then the Elb from about Hamburg vnto the meeting of that riuer with the Saltza then the Saltza together seuering them from the Sclaâ—es Winithi and vpon the South the Thuringians now Duringen and Hessen They contained nowe the Dukedomes of Holstein Wagerland excepted of Brunswijck and Lâ—nenburg the Bishops of Bremen Ferden Hildesheim Halberstat and Meydburg the Earledome of Mansfeldt the old Marches of Brandenburg Westphalia the two Freislandts and Over-Ysel with parts of Gelderlanâ—t and Hollandt They were divided into 4 distinct nations or parts of the Saxons beyond the Elb comprehended betwixt that riuer the Ocean and the rivers Eydore and Trave and containing now Holstein of the Ostphali contained betwixt the Elb the Ocean and the riuers Weser and Saâ—tza and containing now the fiue Bishopricks before mentioned and the Dukedomes of Brunswijck and Lunenburg of the Angriuarij coasting along the South-west shore of the Weser now the part of Westpâ—alia where lie the townes of Wildehusen Minden Hervorden Lâ—â—gow Osenburg Diepholt Soest Waldes Arnsbâ—rg with Surland in the diocese of Colen of the Westphali now the rest of moderne Westphalia extended vnto the Rhâ—â— coÌ„preheÌ„ding now the Dukedome of Bergâ—Ì„ the Earledome of Marck Tremond Wesel Embrick Zutphen Relinghâ—seâ— Benthem Mâ—ster with others After sundry revolts from vnder the French by which nation vnder their princes Clâ—tarius Charles Mâ—â—tel Carlomâ—n Pepin they had divers timeâ— before beene vanquished and made tributarie they were at length after 35. yeares warre vtterly subdued by the Emperour Charles the Great and reâ—â—ced into a French province or Dukedome the title whereof remaineth vnto this day By the Emperour Henry the first and the succeeding princes of the house and nation of the Saxons the Winithi or Sclaves lying beyond the rivers Elb and Saltza where now are Meissen Lâ—usnitz Brandenburg Mecklenburg Lewenburg Pomeren were conquered or otherwise added vnto this name and accompt peopled with their language and colonies Henry surnamed the Lion Duke of Saxony and Bavaria being proscribed by the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa the whole broke into sundry lesser states and goverments the chiefe whereof and which remaine vnto this day are the Dukedomes of Brunswijck Lunenburg Holstein Westphalen Clâ—ve and Bergen of whose beginnings successions and conâ—â—â—ance together with the Dukedoâ—e Electorship entitl'd of Saxony although now lying without the bounds of the ancient wee will speake inordâ—â— The ELECTORSHIP DVKEDOME of SAXONY This Dukedome was first begun by the Emperour Charles the Great after his conquest of the Saxons ordering the subdued country hereof into a province thus stiled The first Duke was Witichind king of this nation during their warres with Charles the Great appointed by this Emperour After other Bruno was the first Duke brother vnto Witichind From Bruno Fabritius deriveth the succeeding Dukes in manner following Luitulphus the first sonne to Bruno Bruno the second sonne to Luitulphus the first He dyed sans issue Otho the first brother to Bruno the second Henry the first surnamed the Fowler sonne to Otho the first The house of France and of Charles the Great being extinguished in Conrade the first he was elected Emperour of the Romanes and king of Germany continuing for a time in his posterity During the raigne of the Emperours of the house of Saxony this Dukedome or country was divided amongst sundry lesser princes whereof all did beare this title amongst whom was Berâ—ard Duke of Saxony Engern and Westphalen and Lord of Lunenburg created Electour of the Empire by the Emperour Otho the third Bernard Duke of Saxony Engern and Westphalen and Lord of Lunenburg first Electour of the Empire of the Dukes and house of Saxony From this Bernard the Duke Electours of Saxony haue beene continued as followeth Bernard the second Electour and Duke of Saxony sonne to Bernard the first Ordulphus sonne to Bernard the second Magnus sonne to Ordulphus Taking part with Rodulph Duke of Schwaben against the Emperour Henry the 4 he was taken prisoner and deprived of all his dignities the last Duke Elector of Saxonie of the house of Bernard Lotharius the first Earle of Supplinburg and Arnsperg created Electour and Duke of Saxonie by the Emperour Henry the first After the decease of the Emperour Henry the fift hee was made Roman Emperour and king of the Germans Henry the first surnamed the Proud Duke of Bavaria created Duke Electour of Saxonie by the Emperour Lotharius his father in law whose daughter Gertrude he had married proscribed by the Emperour Conrade Henry the second surnamed the Lion sonne to Henry the first He marryed vnto Maude daughter to Henry the second king of England besides the ancient Saxonie which excepting Holstein and what the Bishops possessed he almost wholy enioyed Lord of both Bavariaes and of the parts beyond the Elb where now lye the Dukedomes of Mecklenburg and Lawenburg conquered by him from the Winithi the greatest of all the German Princes before and almost since his time Forsaking the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa excommunicated by the Pope at the seige of Alexandria in the Dukedome of Milan he was proscribed by him and depriued of all his dignities and possessions Brunswijck and Lunenburg excepted restored vpon his reconciliation at the mediation of his father in law the king of England the occasion of those Dukedomes After this proscription the country of Saxonie vntill
this time for the most part continuing entire and vnder one became scattered as hath beene before related into sundry lesser peeces and names Brunswijck and Lunenburg being erected into the Dukedomes before mentioned Westphalia vsurped by Philip Bishop of Colen whose successours still hold the title of Dukes hereof the parts beyond the Weser by Bernard Bishop of Paderborn the Palatinate of Saxonie by Herman Lantgraue of Duringen Lubeck being annexed to the Empire and other parts otherwise carried Bernard the third descended of the familie of Anhalt sonne to Albertus Vrsus Marquesse of Brandenburg created Duke Electour of Saxonie by the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa after the proscription of Henry the second surnamed the Lion He had the towne and little country of Wittenberg given vnto him by the Emperour Conrade the third his seat and of sundry the succeeding Dukes which part although lying without the riuer Saltza and the bounds of the ancient hath since notwithstanding obtained the account name of Saxonie called now the Higher Saxonie Albert the first sonne to Bernard the third Albert the second sonne to Albert the first Rodulph the first sonne to Albert the second Rodulph the second sonne to Rodulph the first Wenceslaus brother to Rodulph the second Rodulph the third sonne to Wenceslaus He died without issue male Albert the third brother to Rodulph the third He deceased without issue in the yeare 1422 in whom ended the Duke Electours of Saxonie of the house of Anhalt Fredericke the first surnamed the warlike Lantgraue of Duringen Marquesse of Meissen and Count Palatine of Saxonie created Duke Electour of Saxonie by the Emperour Sigismond By this meanes after so many flittings the title and dignitâ—e of the Electours and Dukes of Saxonie hath become quite remoued out of the ancient and true Saxonie confined within Duringen Meissen and the country about Wittenberg the only possessions of the moderne Dukes Fredericke the second sonne to Fredericke the first Ernest the first sonne to Fredericke the second Fredericke the third sonne to Ernest the first Hee deceased vnmarried Iohn brother to Frederick the third and sonne to Ernest the first Iohn-Fredericke sonne to Iohn the first He was taken prisoner in the Protestants warres in the yeare 1547 by the Emperour Charles the fift by whom he was depriued of his Electourship conferred vpon Duke Maurice his Dukedome and patrimony yet continuing in his house Maurice Duke of Saxonie of a younger house sonne to Henry Duke of Saxony sonne to Albert brother to the Electour Ernest the first appointed Electour in the place of Iohn Fredericke by the Emperour Charles the fift He died without male issue Augustus Duke Electour of Saxony brother vnto Maurice Christian the first son to Augustus Christian the second sonne to Christian the first deceasing in the yeare 1611 without heires Iohn George brother to Christian the second Duke Electour of Saxonie in the yeare 1616. The DVKEDOME of BRVNSWIICK This was sometimes a part of the ancient Dukedome of Saxonie The Estate as before was occasioned by meanes of the proscription of Henry surnamed the Lion Duke of Saxonie and Bavaria who being depriued of all his large possessions and honours by the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa and afterwards by the mediation of his father in law Henry the second king of England being againe reconciled vnto the Emperour had the two citties of Brâ—nswijck and Lunenburg with their countries restored vnto him which left by him vnto his sonnes William and Henry with the title of Earles were afterwards in their persons erected into Dukedomes by the Emperour Fredericke the second In memory of their English descent the Princes hereof and of Lunenburg haue still since borne the armes of the first Kings of England in their escotcheons which theÌ„ were only two Lions rampant The Princes followe Henry Earle of Brunswijck sonne to Henry surnamed the Lion Duke of Saxonie and Bavaria created afterwards Duke of Brunswijck by the Emperour Fredericke the second He deceased without issue male succeeded vnto by Otho son to his brother William Duke of Lunenburg Otho Duke of Lunenburg sonne to William Duke of Lunenburg and grand-child vnto Henry the Lion duke of Saxonie and Bavaria after the decease of his vncle Henry without issue male succeeding likewise in the Dukedome of Brunswijck by the gift of the Emperour Fredericke the second By lands partly bought and partly giuen vnto him by the Emperour Fredericke the second hee much augmented the dukedome hereof in circuit and revenues Albert the First sonne to Otho the first duke of Brunswijck His brother Iohn succeeded in the Dukedome of Lunenburg the two Dukedomes being againe divided Albert the second sonne to Albert the first His brother Henry succeeded in the part of this Dukedome lying beyond the wood Hartz called afterwards from the seat of the prince the Dukedome of Grubenhagen continued in his successours vnto Wolfang and Philip in whom the line was extinguished Magnus the first sonne to Albert the second Duke of Brunswijck Hee became also Duke of Lunenburg the house of Iohn brother to Albert the first being extinguished in Otho and William Magnus the second surnamed with the chaine Duke of Brunswijck and Lunenburg sonne to Magnus the first Henry Duke of Brunswijck and Lunenburg sonne to Magnus the second William Duke of Brunswijck and Lunenburg sonne to Henry Vpon composition made with his vncle Bernard sonne to Magnus the second he yeelded vp vnto him the Dukedome of Lunenburg continued in his posterity William Duke of Brunswijck sonne to William Henry Duke of Brunswijck sonne to William the second Henry Duke of Brunswijck sonne to Henry Iulius Duke of Brunswijck sonne to Henry the younger Henry Iulius sonne to Iulius Duke of Brunswijck Hee married vnto Elizabeth daughter to Frederick the second and sister vnto Christierne the fourth kings of Denmarke Fredericke-Vlric and Christian Administratour of Halberstat sonnes to Henricus Iulius and Elizabeth sister to Christian the fourth king of Denmarke The rest of the princes of this house stiled likewise Dukes of Brunswijck but not continuing the house their lines being extinguished in regard of their number and to avoid confusion wee haue purposely omitted which methode we will obserue in the orders of the rest of the German Princes The DVKEDOME of LVNENBVRG How this state was first begun and occasioned we haue shewed in the Dukedome of Brunswijck The order of the Princes continuing the house follow William first Earle of Lunenburg afterwards Duke sonne to Henry the Lion Duke of Saxony and Bavaria Otho Duke of Lunenburg son to William His vncle Henry deceasing without male he succeeded likewise in the Dukedome of Brunswijcke Iohn Duke of Lunenburg sonne to Otho Duke of Brunswijck and Lunenburg His brother Albert succeeded in Brunswijck the two Dukedomes againe divided Otho Duke of Lunenburg sonne to Iohn Otho and William Dukes of Lunenburg sonnes to Otho the Elder They both deceased without issue male by which meanes after the custome of Germany
of Imperiall townes Dukedomes Earledomes and pettie Baronies The estates of chiefer note partly arising out of those ruines and partly before this maine dissolution divided and cut off from the great body hereof were the Dukedome of Zeringen the Earledomes of Habspurg Pfirt Friburg and Elsass the Marquisate of Baden the Dukedome of Wirtenberg and the Palatinate of the Rhijn whereof part are at this day extinguished and not in being part yet remaine of which in the next place THE DVKEDOME OF ZERINGEN This took the name from a Castle thus called whose ruines are yet seen nere vnto the towne of Friburg in Brisgow The Princes thus named were sometimes Lords of Brisgow with a great part of moderne Zwitzerlandt Of these we finde much mention in the Dutch and French Antiquaries but obscure and confused The last Duke of Zeringen was Berchtold a name affected by this familie deceasing in the yeare 1218 vpon the birth-day of the Emperour Rodulph the first What became of the possessions hereof it will appeare afterwards THE EARLEDOME OF HABSPVRG This was so called from a Castle of this name standing sometimes vpon the river Aar in Argow in Switzerlandt now ruinated It contained Argow or the greatest part thereof The Princes hereof after Gerard de Roo were first named Earles of Altemburg or of Argow the first of whom whereof there is any certaine mention was one Guntram living about the yeare 950. It was after that this Castle was builded that they were entitl'd Earles of Habspurg From Guntram they were continued as followeth Betzelinus Earle of Altemburg sonne to Guntram Rapato sonne to Betzelinus conjectured by Gerard de Roo to haue first founded the castle of Habspurg and to haue taken vpon him the title of Earle of Habspurg Warnerus the first Earle of Habspurg sonne to Rapato Otho son to Warnerus the first Warnerus the second son to Otho Albert the first sonne to Warnerus the second Rodulph the first son to Albert the first Albert the second son to Rodulph the first He laid to the possessions of the house of Habspurg the Vpper Elsatz Rodulph the second son to Albert the second created afterwards Roman Emperour by the name of Rodulph the first Falling at odds with Ottocarus king of Bohemia he tooke from him the countries of Austria Steirmarck Karnten and Krain with other neighbouring peeces which he then lately had got seazed of since possessed by this familie the first raiser of the house of Habspurg since named of Austria the most numerous great and potent of Europe at this day branching over the most part of the princely houses of Christendome whereof more eminently amongst others are the German Emperours and the Kings of Spaine THE EARLEDOME OR ADVOCATESHIP OF FRIBVRG This comprehendeth Brisgow named thus from the towne of Friburg the cheife of the country The Princes hereof succeeded vnto the Dukes of Zeringen but by what meanes and who was the first it is vncertaine Eggon the last Earle or Advocate of Friburg turmoiled with civill warres of his rebellious subiects sold his whole right and interest hereof for 12000 Ducats to Albert and Leopold Archdukes of Austria and sonnes to Albert the Short whose successours of the house of Austria are now Lords hereof THE DVKEDOME OF PFIRT THis contained Sungow was named thus from the towne of Pfirt yet standing herein When this Earledome began we finde not Vlric the last Earle deceasing without heire male the estate became seazed by Albert surnamed the Short Archduke of Austria in right of his wife Ioane daughter herevnto Vrsula the other sister being compounded with for her part for the summe of 8000 crownes By this meanes the Princes of the house of Austria vnto this day haue continued in the possession hereof THE DVKEDOME OF WIRTENBERG THis was first a petty Earledome containing only the Castle of Wirtenberg standing now not farre from the towne of Stutgard the Neccar with some little portion of country about it occasioning the name It encreased to its present greatnes through the addition of sundry neighbouring states accruing to the princes hereof by marriages purchase and armes and their ancient names abolished vniting into this common These were after Crusius the Dukedome of Teck whereof the princes are yet entitled and of Vrslingen Schiltach the Earledomes of Calb Tubingen Gryningen Vrach Achellen Vahingen Herrenbergen and Aspergen together with the Baronnyes of Niffen Winspergen Hohen-stauffen Ebenspachen and Helfenstein Birtius addeth Zabergow Kreichgow and Zolleren The Princes follow Conrade the first which we can finde of the Earles of Wirtenberg descended from the ancient Barous of Beutelspach and living about the yeare 1100 in the raigne of the Emperour Henry the fourth Vlric the first sonne to Conrade Iohn son to Vlric the first Lewis son to Iohn Henry son to Lewis Eberhard son to Henry Vlric son to Eberhard Eberhard and Vlric sons to Vlric Vlric and Henry sons to Eberhard Eberhard and Vlricke sons to Vlric Vlrick son to Eberhard Eberhard son to Vlrick Eberhard son to Eberhard This Prince having marryed Henrica daughter to Henry Earle of Mompelgard augmented his house with that Earledome Lewis and Vlric sons to Eberhard Eberhard son to Lewis first Duke of Wirtenberg created by the Emperour Maximilian the first He founded the Vniversity of Tubingen He dyed without surviving lawfull heires Eberhard and Henry sons to Vlric brother to Lewis father to Eberhard the first Duke Vlric son to Henry expulsed by the confederate states of the Suevian League his Dukedome by the Emperour Charles the Fift being given to his brother Ferdinand Archduke of Austria restored againe by the armes of Philip Lantgraue of Hessen His younger brother George succeeded in the Earledome of Mompelgard Christopher son to Vlric Lewis son to Christopher He deceased without issue Fredericke son to George Earle of Mompelgard brother to Vlric the house or succession of Vlric being extinguished in Lewis succeeding in the Dukedome Iohn-Fredericke son to Fredericke now Duke of Wirtenberg THE PALATINATE OF THE RHIIN COncerning this state see France THE MARQVISATE OF BADEN THe estate was occasioned by the Emperour Otho the third ordaining in this frontire against the Frenchmen a Limenarch or Marquesse in continuance of time becomming haereditary and named thus of the towne of Baden his seat or residence The first Marquesse after Irenicus was one Herman liuing about the yeare 1120. agreeing with the time of the Emperour Henry the fift more probably the first who deriued this title and honour to his issue and succession Others more distinctly place this Herman in the yeare 1155 and in the raigne of Fredericke Barbarossa created Marquesse by this Emperour The Princes continuing the house follow Herman the first before mentioned Marquesse of Verona created Marquesse of the Empire by the Emperour Fredericke the first He is said to haue maried Imutha daughter to a former Earle of Baden From the towne of Baden their first seat the Princes
Brabant Otho and Iohn Lantgraues of Hessen sonnes to Henry surnamed the Infant Henry and Lewes Lantgraues of Hessen sons to Otho Herman Lantgraue of Hessen sonne to Lewis Lewis surnamed the Milde Lantgraue of Hessen sonne to Herman He added to the house of the Lantgraues the Earledomes of Zigenheim and Nidda Henry and Lewes Lantgraues of Hessen son to Lewes the milde This Henry became likewise Earle of Catzenelbogen having marryed Anne daughter vnto Philip the last Earle William the Elder and William surnamed the Midle Lantgraues of Hessen sonnes to Lewes distinguished thus from William surnamed the younger son to their vnckle Henry Philip Lantgraue of Hessen and sole heire of the house son to William surnamed the Midle famous in the Protestant warres detained prisoner by the Emperour Charles the fift freed by Maurice Duke Electour of Saxony He lastly added to his house the Earledome of Catzen-elbogen formerly adiudged by the Emperour to the Earles of Nassau giving vnto the Earles for composition sixe hundred thousand crownes and the Earledome of Dietz reserving notwithstanding the title William Lewes Philip and George Lantgraues of Hessen sonnes to Philip. Maurice son to William and Lewes of Darmstadt sonto George Lantgraues of Hessen at this present THE BOIOARIANS TO finde out the originall of this nation we are first briefly to set down the ancient seat progresse flittings storie of the Boij from whom the best authours deriue if not their descent yet their name The Boij to let passe the dreames of Lazius and Aventinus drawing them I know not by what waies from Asia and the Armenians were a people of the Gaules beyond the Alpes Pliny in the fourth booke of his Naturall history and 19. chapter maketh mention of a people of this name inhabiting in his time part of Gaule Lugdunensis containing after moderne interpreters the country now called Burbonois But whether these were some left remainders of the first Boij it is vncertaine It is more probable that they were the remainder of the Boij following the Helvetians in their warres against Caesar and the Romanes after their overthrow at the request of the Hedui placed in their country In that great disbourdment of the Gaules in the raigne of Ambigatus king of the Celtae and of Tarquinius Priscus king of Rome these first Boij amongst other people followed Bellovesus into Italy seating themselues betwixt the Mountaine Apennine and the river Po where for many hundred yeares they continued famous for their sundry battles fought with the Romanes although most commonly with their losse In the 21. booke of Livy and towardes the beginning of the second Punique warre we heare of them rebelling against and invading the Romane country about Mutina In the 32 booke themselues invaded and scattered by the Consul Minutius In the 33 booke vnder their king Corolamus killing 3 thousande of the army of the Consul Marcellus subdued shortly after by the same Consul and by his Colleage L. Furius Purpureo In the 35 booke slaine in a great battle at Mutina by L. Cornelius Merula to the number of 14. thousand In the 36. booke in an other great fight overcom'd and slaine by P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica according to Valerius Antias his computation herein to aboue 32 thousand wholy submitting themselues after this overthrow vnto the mercy of this enimie and amercyed with the losse of halfe their country After this their memory in Italie languisheth and dies driven from hence after Strabo in his 5. booke beyond the Alpes amongst the Taurisci and towards the Danow but without setting downe the expresse time of their flitting Most probably this hapned betwixt the second Punicke warre about which time fell out these their affaires with the Romanes and the warres of the Cimbri whom in the 7. booke of the same authour we read in their passage towards Italie setting vpon the Boij then inhabiting the wood Hercynian and to haue beene repulsed by them From these scattered troupes of the Boij we find fower several colonies thus named to haue descended inhabiting within the Great Germany or the neighbouring parts therevnto if not rather all these were but one company by meanes of their sundry misfortunes and flittings seeming diverse 1. The Boij mentioned by Caesar in the first booke of his Commentaries of the warres of Gaule seated amongst the Norici and ioining with the Helvetians in their warres against Caesar after their overthrow planted by him in the country of the Hedui at the entreaty hereof 2. The Boij mentioned by Strabo in his 5. booke dwelling amongst the Taurisci and vtterly extirpated by the Daci 3. The Boij mentioned by Strabo in his 7. booke but without naming their place consumed and rooted out by Baeribista king of the Getae whose left country most likely was that Deserta Boiorum Regio of Pliny in the 3. booke of his Naturall History 4. And the Boij mentioned by Tacitus in his booke de Moribus Germanorum dwelling beyond the wood Hercynian driven out succeeded vnto by the Marcomanni leaving notwithstanding their name vnto their left seat called from hence by Tacitus Boiemum by Paterculus Boïohaemum and at this day Bohemia From these last Boij or rather from the Marcomanni inhabiting their left roomes Beatus Rhenanus conjectureth the name and nation of the Boioarians to haue descended from their country Boiemum of Tacitus named by Ptolemy the Baemi afterwards by long corruption not vnprobably the Boioarij in the waine of the Roman Empire and the generall flittings of the Barbarous nations removing more nere towards the Danow and the Romane frontires amongst the Narisci and Hermunduri consenting and ioining with them in their common name The first expresse name of the Boioarij wee finde in the raigne of Clovys the Great king of the French in Gregorie de Tours Aymonius Vrspergensis with other French and Dutch authors for more ancient authority we haue not vnder their king Adalgerio aiding the Almans in that their great battle at Tolbiacum against the Frenchmen partakers of their overthrow and French subiection Their seat then was that of the Hermunduri and Norisci before mentioned inhabiting altogether beyond the Danow and containing now the country called Nortgow or the Vpper Palatinat with Voitlandt Theodo son to Adalgerio their first Duke about the yeare 508 and the 17. yeare of Anastasius Emperour of the East passing over the river Danow by the aide of the Frenchmen and the association of sundry other barbarous people tooke in the second Rhaetia or Vindilicia with part of Noricum subduing and driving out the Romanes extending by this meanes their dominion and the Dutch name and language as farre as the Alpes and Italy confining vpon the South with Gaule Cisalpine possessed then by the Ostrogothes vpon the West with the riuer Lech and the Almans vpon the East with the riuer Ens and the Avares and vpon the North with the Sorabi or the Sclaves inhabiting Meissen They comprehended now besides Nortgow
and Voitlandt their first and more ancient country the Dukedomes of Bavaria and Karnten Krain the Earledome of Tirol the Bishoppricke of Saltzburg with the part of Austria lying betwixt the rivers of Ens and the Inn which was the whole extent of Boioaria or Bavaria vntill Tassilo and the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great Long afterwards the Emperour Charles the Great hauing conquered and driuen out the nation of the Avares possessing then Pannonia with the rest of Noricum added those two countries cōtaining now the Vpper Austria Steirmarck Windischlandt and the Lower Hungary vnto the Province of the Boioarians peopled with their Colonies in which accompt and name these continued vntill the time of the Emperour Lewis the fourth in whose raigne they were againe wonne from this nation the Dutch by the Hungarians Their estate whilest they were free was vnder kings of which name was Adalgerio before mentioned for higher or more we read not of Overcome with the Almans at Tolbiacum they shared of their fortunes being made subiect to king Clovys and the Frenchmen yet permitted as a free people to liue vnder their owne lawes and Princes but with the title only of Dukes Their Princes as they are set downe by Lazius follow Theodo sonne to king Adalgerio slaine at Tolbiacum their first Duke Passing the riuer Danow he subdued Noricum and Vindilicia won from the Romans Theodo the second Theodebert Theodo the third This was the first Christian Prince of the Bavarians converted by Rupert Bishop of Worms about the yeare 580 and in the raigne of Theodebert king of Austrasia Tassilo the first Garibaldus Theodo the fourth Tassilo the second Theodo the fift Theodebert Theodo the sixt Grimold Hugobert Vtilo and Tassilo the third the last Duke of Bavaria of the house of king Adalgerio deposed for treason and shorne Monke by the Emperour Charles the Great conspiring against him with Desiderius king of the Lombards The country after this was made immediatly subiect to the French governed by their prefects and enlarged by the addition of Pannonia wonne from the Avares Not long after in the raigne of the Emperour Lewis surnamed the Godly it was erected to a kingdome in which title and in the house of the Emperour Charles the Great it continued vnto the raigne of the Emperour Henry the first the expiration of the house of France in Germany when againe it became a Dukedome The Princes who haue borne the title of kings of Bavaria follow out of Aventinus Lotharius afterwards Emperour of the Romanes the first king of Bavaria of the house of Charles the Great created by his father the Emperour Lewis the Godly Lewis surnamed the Ancient brother to Lotharius Carloman Lewis and Charles surnamed the Fat afterwards Romane Emperour sonnes to Lewis the Ancient Arnulph afterwards Emperour sonne to Carloman Lewis afterwards Emperour sonne to Arnulph In this Princes time Pannonia was conquered and lopped off from the name and accompt of Bavaria by the Hungarians Arnulph descended from Charles the Great after the decease of the Emperour Lewis the fourth without issue elected by the people king of Bavaria opposed by the Emperours Conrade and Henry the first After long contention being reconciled with the Emperour Henry the first he changed his title of king into that lesse envious stile of Duke continued still by his successours the occasion and beginning of the Dukedome of Bavaria whereof in the discourse following THE DVKEDOME OF BAVARIA THe name of Bavaria is affected and new called more properly Boioaria for thus we finde it written in all the more ancient Dutch Histories The estate or rather the title of Duke was begun in the raigne of the Emperour Henry the first in the person of Arnulph before mentioned some times king of Bavaria The maner how we haue shewed It comprehended then in a maner the whole ancient Bavaria subiect to the kings the parts conquered by the Hungarians excepted Since by sundry casualties and mutilations it hath become confined within straighter bounds The order of the Dukes follow Arnulph aforesaid the first Duke Everhard son to Arnulph deposed by the Emperour Otho the first Berchtold brother to Arnulph by the gift of the first Otho Emperour the last Duke of Bavaria of the French ofspring and house of Charles the Great Henry Duke of Bavaria brother to the Emperour Otho the first Henry son to Henry the first Henry surnamed the Saint He succeeded afterwards vnto Otho the third in the Empire the first Emperour elected Henry surnamed Heczel brother vnto Chunigund wife vnto Henry the first Emperour elected He was afterwards deposed conspiring here against Henry Welph sonne to Robert Earle of Altorp created by the Emperour Conrade the second Welpho the second son to Henry Welph Ernest by the gift of the Emperour Conrade the second He was againe deposed conspiring against this Emperour Henry Cuno accused of conspiracy and deposed by the Emperour Henry the third Henry son to the Emperour Henry the third He was afterwardes elected Roman Emperour by the name of Henry the fourth Conrade brother to the Emperour Henry the fourth Agnes Empresse mother to the Emperour Henry the fourth by the gift hereof Otho by the gift of the Empresse Agnes Hee was deposed by the Emperour Henry the fourth Welpho the third sonne to Coniza daughter to Welpho the second by one Azon a Marquesse in Italy created Duke of Bavaria by the Emperour Henry the fourth Welpho the fourth son to Welpho the third Henry surnamed the Prowd brother vnto Welpho the fourth Marrying vnto Gertrude daughter to the Emperour Lotharius the second hee became Duke and Electour of Saxony Hee was proscribed and deprived of both Dukedomes by the Emperour Conrade the thirde Leopold sonne to Leopold the fourth Marques of Austria by the gift of the Emperour Conrade the thirde Henry brother vnto Leopold Marques and afterwards Duke of Austria Henry surnamed the Lion Duke Electour of Saxony son to Henry the Prowd by the arbitrement of the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa the right herevnto being controversed betwixt him and Henry Marques of Austria Vpon cōposition in lieu hereof the Marques of Austria had given vnto him the country lying betwixt the rivers Ens and the Inn anciently a part of Bavaria annexed ever since to the Dukedome and family of Austria Hee was proscribed deprived of both Dukedomes of Saxony and Bavaria by the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa His posterity haue since succeeded in the Dukedomes of Brunswijck and Lunenburg parts of Saxony Otho Count Palatine of Scheuren and Witelspach descended from Arnulph the first Duke created Duke of Bavaria by the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa This Prince first constantly derived to his issue and posterity the title and right of Dukes of Bavaria before his time vncertainely wandering from one Dutch family to another and placed removed at the pleasure of the Emperours the founder of the two houses of Bavaria and of the Electours of
Pleasant and Albert the second surnamed the Short Dukes of Austria sonnes to the Emperour Albert succeeding in both the parts and diuisions of their father and their vncle Rodulph Duke of Schwaben forfeited by the treason of Iohn son to Rodulph the murtherer of the Emperour Albert. The foure first brethren deceasing without male issue as did Frederick and Leopold sonnes to Otho the Pleasant the whole possessions of the house of Habspurg and Austria fell vpon Albert the Short the sole surviving male issue of the Emperour Albert and heire of the house He enriched his house with the additions of Karnten Marca Treuisana and Sungow descending vpon him by marriage and the donation of the Emperour Lewis of Bauaria Rodulph the second Albert the third and Leopold the ninth Archdukes of Austria sonnes to Albert surnamed the Short Vnto these three brethren accrued the Earledome of Tirol given vnto them by Margaret surnamed Maltasch the last princesse her young sonne Meinard deceasing before her being without hope of more issue Rodulph the second dying sans issue the dominions belonging to the house of Austria were shared betwixt the two younger brethren Albert and Leopold of which Albert had Austria Steirmarck Karnten Krain and Marca Trevisana and Leopold Sungow Argow the Vpper Elsatz with the parts of Scwaben belonging to this familie the auncient possessions of the house of Habspurg In those two princes were againe added to the house of Austria Brisgow or the Earledome of Friburg sould vnto them by Eggon the last Earle Leopold being oppressed with a numerous issue obtained afterwards of his brother Albert Steirmarck Karnten Krain and Marca Trevisana contented only with the province of Austria Albert the fourth Archduke of Austria son to Albert the third Albert the fift sonne to Albert the fourth He married vnto Elizabeth heire vnto the Emperour Sigismond vnto whom he succeeded in the Empire of the Romanes and the kingdomes of Bohemia and Hungary Ladislaus sonne to the Emperour Albert and Elizabeth Arch-duke of Austria and king of Hungary and Bohemia He dyed without issue the last of the house of Albert the third by which meanes the right and inheritance of the country of Austria descended vpon the posterity of Leopold the ninth William Leopold the tenth Fredericke the fift and Ernest Arch-dukes of Austria sonnes to Leopold the ninth succeeding with ioint authority in the whole William dying without issue the other brethren divided the inheritance whereof Leopold had Brisgow Sungow Turgow the Vpper Elsatz with the parts yet left belonging to this house amongst the Helvetians and in Schwaben Fredericke had the Earledome of Tirol and Ernest Steirmarck Karnten and Krain Marca Trevisana was before this time vpon composition surrendred by Leopold the ninth to the house of the Carrarioes Lords of Padua possessed afterwards by the more powerfull Venetians subduing that citty and family by whom now it is held Leopold the tenth deceasing without heires as did likewise Sigismond son to Fredericke the fift the whole right and possessions of the house of Leopold the ninth fell vpon the succession of Ernest. Fredericke the sixt and Albert the fourth Archdukes of Austria sonnes to Ernest. His brother Albert the fourth and Ladislaus king of Hungarie and Bohemia dying without issue Fredericke the sixt remained sole Lord of the dominions of the house of Austria Hee was elected Romane Emperour after Albert the second by the name of Fredericke the third continued ever since in his house The possessions then of the house of Austria were Austria Steirmarcke Karnten Krain Tirol Brisgow Sungow and the Vpper Elsatz with some pieces in the proper Schwaben The parts these sometimes held amongst the Helvetians which were Lucerne Glarona Zug Friburg Schaffhausen Baden Bremgarten Mellingen the Free provinces in Wagenthal Raperswyl and Turgow were before this time lost vnto the confederate Switzers during the long warres of that nation against the Archdukes Leopold the ninth Fredericke the fift Sigismond and other Princes of this house Maximilian the first Emperour of the Romanes and Archduke of Austria sonne to the Emperour Fredericke the third He marryed vnto Mary Dutchesse of Burgundie and Princesse of the Low countries Charles the fift and Ferdinand the first Archdukes of Austria and successiuely Emperours of the Romanes sonnes to Philip Duke of Burgundy sonne to the Emperour Maximilian the first and Mary Dutchesse of Burgundy and to Ioane eldest daughter to Ferdinand the fift and Elizabeth kings of Castile and Aragon The Emperour Charles the fift contented with the dominions of Spaine and Burgundy left those of Austria vnto his younger brother Ferdinand the first This likewise succeeded in the two kingdomes of Hungary and Bohemia having marryed Anne sister vnto Lewis slaine without issue in the battle at Mohacz against Soliman the Great Turke continued ever since in his house Philip the second king of Spaine and Archduke of Austria sonne to the Emperour Charles the fift Philip the third king of Spaine and Archduke of Austria sonne to Philip the second Philip the fourth king of Spaine and Archduke of Austria now raigning sonne to Philip the third Maximilian the second Romane Emperour and king of Hungary and Bohemia Ferdinand the second and Charles the second Archdukes of Austria sonnes to the Emperour Ferdinand the first Rodulph the second and Matthias successiuely Emperours of the Romanes and kings of Hungary and Bohemia Maximilian Master of the Dutch order and Albert Lord of the Low countries Arch-dukes of Austria sonnes to the Emperour Maximilian the second Ferdinand the second of that name Romane Emperour and king of Hungary and Bohemia Leopold Bishop of Passaw and Charles Bishop of Breslaw Archdukes of Austria in the yeare 1616 sonnes to Charles The issue of Ferdinand the second sonne to the Emperour Ferdinand the first in regard of their base parentage on the mothers side being a Burgers daughter of Augspurg were excluded from this title and honour THE DVKEDOME OF STEIRMARCK THe name of Steirmarck signified in the Dutch language the Marches of the Taurisci the ancient inhabitants of the country and the limit or bounds on this side of the Germane empire It was first an Earledome then a Marquisate afterwards a Dukedome The first Earle after Lazius was one Ottocarus to whom the country should be given with this title by the Emperour Conrade the second The princes vntill their vnion with the house of Austria follow out of the same authour Ottocarus before mentioned first Earle of Steirmarck created by the Emperour Conrade the second Ottocarus the second sonne to Ottocarus the first Ottocarus the third the first Marques Leopold Marques of Steirmarck sonne to Ottocarus the third Ottocarus the fourth son to Leopold created Duke of Steirmarck by the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa Infected with the incurable disease of leprosie and without hope of issue he sould the Dukedome and country hereof for an easie price vnto Leopold the fift Duke of Austria in which family it hath beene
Mauritius miserably vexing and afflicting the Romane provinces Their dwelling during this their first mention was altogether in Sarmatia beyond the Ister with the Antae coasting along the greatest part of the shore thereof and thwarting vpon the other side of that river the countries of Illyricum and Thrace Iornandes who lived in the raigne of Iustinian the first nameth them then a part of the populous nation of the Winidae Their name and accompt being communicated afterwards to all the rest of the Sarmatians and these after the custome of other barbarous nations swarming into neighbouring countries they overspread in a short time the whole Easterne moitie of Europe extending from the river Tanais the Euxine sea Westwards as farre as the river Elb in Germany and Southwards from the sea Baltique and the Frozen Ocean vnto the Mountaines of the Alpes Haemus besides the whole Sarmatia comprehending Mysia Dardania Illyricum and Dalmatia with part of Pannonia now the Russes Muscovites Hungarians Polonians Moldavians Walachians Transylvanians Bulgarians Rascians Servians Croatians and Sclavonians particularly so called all descended from and speaking their language togither with one halfe part of the ancient Germany contained betwixt the river Wixel and the rivers Saltza and the Elb the occasion of this discourse When these first disbourded into the continent of Germany cannot be defined out of any approved authours Most probably with Becanus this hapned presently vpon or shortly after the departure of the Almans Burgundians Boioarians and other people of the Suevians towards the South and the Romane confines whose left or ill inhabited roomes they tooke vp We first finde them here named in the raigne of Clotarius the second king of the Frenchmen agreeing with the raigne of Heraclius Emperour of the East vpon occasion of one Samo a Frenchman by birth chosen king of the Scalves Winidi They comprehended the whole North-east moity hereof divided from the rest of Germany by a line drawne from the towne of Stargard vpon the sea Baltique vnto the river of Elb about Hamburg parting them from the Saxons beyond the Elb the river Elb from Hamburg vnto the meeting thereof with the river Saltza dividing them from the Saxons Ostphali the river Saltza parting them from the Thuringians and the mountaines of Bohemia from the Boioarians They contained here at this day the Dukedomes of Schlesi Mecklenburg Pomeren and Lawenburg the Marquisates of Meissen Lausnitz and Marheren the Midle and New Marches of Brandenburg Saxony about Wittenberg Wagerlandt the kingdome of Bohemia with parts of Poland and Hungary They were divided into foure generall names or nations the Winithi Bohemians Moravians and Poles whereof in order THE WINITHI THese with the Winidae Winidi Vendi Vindae Winuli and Heneti for all those names we finde were but the corrupt languages of the ancient Veneti or Venedae accounted by Ptolomie amongst the nations of the Sarmatae The more exact bounds hereof after their descent into Germany were vpon the North the sea Balticke intercepted betwixt the towne of Stargard the river Wixel vpon the West a line drawne from the towne of Stargard vpon the sea Baltique vnto the river Elb or Hamburg the part of the Elb taken from Hamburg vnto the meeting of that river with the Saltza together with the river Saltza dividing them from the Saxons and Thuringians vpon the South the Mountaines of Bohemia and vpon the East the riuer Wixel and Poland They comprehended the sundry names and people of the Wagrij containing now Wagerland part of Holstein the Obotriti Polabi Linguones Warnani Kircani Circipani Redarij and Tholenzi now the Dukedomes of Mecklenburg and Lawenburg the Wiltzi now Pomeren on this side of the river of Odera the Pomerani the part now of Pomeren betwixt the rivers Odera and Wixel the Rani or Rugiani now the Iland Rugen the Helveldi Leubuzi Wilini Stoderani and Brizani now the Middle and New Marches of Brandenburg and the Sorabi containing now Meissen and Lausnitz Their gouerment whilst that they were a free people was vnder sundry Princes Their Religion was Gentilisme maintained with great stiffenesse and hatred to Christianity vntill their subjection or rather extirpation by the Dutch After long wars with the neighbouring Saxons sundry revolts and much obstinacie they were by the raigne of the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa at length totally hereby subdued their country being planted with new Dutch Colonies accounted afterwards part of Saxonie containing at this day besides some lesser states the Marquisates of Meissen Brandenburg Lausnitz the Dukedomes of Mecklenburg Lawenburg and Pomeren whose beginnings and fortunes vnto our times follow THE MARQVISATE OF MEISSEN THe estate hereof was first occasioned about the yeare 930 by the Emperour Henry the first vpon his conquest of the Sorabi building the cittie Meissen and after the policy then of the Dutch Empire appointing there a Limenarck or Marques to guard that frontire against the Poles and other neighbouring Sclaves becomming afterwards hereditarie and giving the title and name to the whole limit or border The first Marques was one Bruno descended from Witichind king of the Saxons appointed by the Emperour Henry the first Vnto him succeeded Ridacus Earle of Mersburg vnto whom Echard succeeded son to Gunter Earle of Ostland the first prince or vsu-fructuary and proprietarie Marques by the gift of the Emperour Otho the third the former being only such deputies of the Emperours commaunding in nature of Lord Marchers with vs. The order of the Marqueses continuing the house from more certaine and cleare times follow Conrade Marques of Landsberg and Lusatz created Marques of Meissen by the Emperour Henry the fift He deceased in the yeare 1156. Otho the first surnamed the rich son to Conrade the first Theodoric son to Otho the first He marryed vnto Iudith daughter to Herman Lantgraue of Duringen Henry son to Theodoric and Iudith daughter to Herman Lantgraue of Duringen Henry the last Lantgraue deceasing without issue he succeeded by right from his mother in the Lantgraue-ship of Duringen and the Palatinate of Saxony continued ever since in his house Albert Marques of Meissen and Lantgraue of Duringen son to Henry Frederick the first son to Albert. Fredericke the second son to Fredericke the first Fredericke the third son to Fredericke the second Fredericke the fourth Marques of Meissen and Lantgraue of Duringen son to Fredericke the third He was created Electour and Duke of Saxony by the Emperour Sigismond The succeeding Marqueses of Meissen and Lantgraues of Duringen wee haue continued in the order of the Duke-Electours of Saxony THE MARQVISATE OF BRANDENBVRG IT hath beene so called from the towne of Brandenburg situated vpon the river Havel sometimes the chiefe towne of the country and the seat of the Marqueses The Emperour Henry the first before mentioned having wonne that citty from the bordering Heneti or Sclaves first ordained the Marquisate to affront and keepe in that enemie It encreased
afterwardes to its present extent and greatnesse by the dayly winnings and encroachings of the Marqueses vpon the Sclaves The Marqueses like vnto the other Princes of Germany were at the first but such officers of the Emperours By the free grace hereof they became hereditary Princes and Electours of the Empire which honour they still retaine Their order and succession follow Sigifrid Earle of Ringelheim the first Marques set over this border about the yeare 927 by the Emperour Henry the first Gero appointed by the Emperour Otho the first Bruno Earle of Within appointed by the same Emperour Hugh son to Bruno appointed by the Emperour Otho the third Sigard brother to Hugh appointed by the same Emperour About this time the Marqueses began to be Electours Theodoric son to Sigard driven out by Mistivoius prince of the Sclaves Obotriti The Sclaves beaten out Vdo the first Earle of Soltwedel by the gift of the Emperour Conrade the second Vdo the second son to Eudo the first He was proscribed by the Emperour Henry the fourth conspiring against him with Rodulph Duke of Schwaben His country was given and seazed vpon by Primislaus king of the Obotriti Albert surnamed Vrsus prince of Anhalt after the decease of Primislaus king of the Obotriti created Marques and Electour of Brandenburg by the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa He much augmented and encreased the Marquisate by his great conquests vpon the Sclaves and his plantation of Dutch colonies in their forsaken and vninhabited countries Otho the first son to Albert surnamed Vrsus His brother Bernard was created Electour and Duke of Saxony by the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa succeeding vnto Duke Henry surnamed the Lion Otho the second Electour and Marques of Brandenburg son to Otho the first He deceafed without issue Albert the second Electour and Marques of Brandenburg brother to Otho the second Iohn the first son to Albert the second Iohn the second son to Iohn the first He deceased without surviving issue Conrade the first Electour and Marques of Brandenburg brother to Iohn the second Iohn the third son to Conrade the first He dyed without issue Waldemar the first brother to Iohn the third He dyed without issue male Waldemar the second son to Henry surnamed with land brother to Waldemar the first and Iohn the third Of this prince likewise wee finde no heires Iohn the fourth brother to Waldemar the second He died without issue the last Marques and Electour of Brandenburg of the family of Anhalt Lewis son to the Emperour Lewis of Bauaria created by his father Marques and Elector of Brandenburg the house of Anhalt being extinguished in Iohn the fourth Desirous of ease troubled with the impostures of a false Waldemar he resigned over his right to his brother Lewis surnamed the RomaÌ„ Lewis surnamed the RomaÌ„ son to the Emperour Lewis of Bauaria He draue out the CouÌ„terfeit Waldemar deceased without heires of his Body Otho the third Electour Marques of Brandenburg son to the Emperour Lewis of Bauaria and brother to the two former Leweses He sould the Marquisate and country of Brandenburg for 200000 duckats of Hungary vnto the Emperour Charles the fourth Wenceslaus Marques and Elector of Brandenburg and afterwards Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia by the gift of his father the Emperour Charles the fourth Sigismond sonne to the Emperour Charles the fourth and brother to Wenceslaus Emperour of the Romans king of Bohemia and Hungary and Marques and Electour of Brandenburg The better to furnish himselfe for his warres against the rebellious Hungarians and Charles king of Naples chalenging and vsurping the kingdome of Hungary he sould the Marquisate of Brandenburg vnto Iodocus Marques of Morauia redeemed afterwards by him from William Marques of Meissen to whom the Marques of Morauia had pawned it and in the councell of Constance in the yeare 1417 giuen to Fredericke Burgraue of Nurenberg for reward of his faithfull service in the warres of Bohemia and Huâ—gary paying vnto him onely 408000 Florens in lieu of the charges he had beene at Frederick Burgraue of Nurenburg Marques and Elector of Brandenburg by the gift of the Emperour Sigismond Frederick the second Marques and Elector of Brandenburg younger sonne to Frederick the first the elder brother Iohn surnamed the Alchymist neglected and passed ouer as lazye and vnfit to gouerne He had giuen vnto him the Dukedome of Stetin by the Emperour Frederick the third vpon composition relinquished shortly after to Bugslaus the tenth by his brother Albert reseruing onely the title and armes of the Dukes of Pomeren maintained yet by the house of Brandenburg He also obtained of the king of Poland the vpper Lausnitz surrendred afterwards Cotbus and some few other townes excepted to George king of Bohemia He deceased without suruiuing heires Albert the first brother to Frederick the second Marques and Electour of Brandenburg Iohn-Magnus son to Albert the first Ioachim the first sonne to Iohn-Magnus Ioachim the second Electour and Marques of Brandenburg sonne to Ioachim the first Iohn-George sonne to Ioachim the second Ioachim-Frederick sonne to Iohn-George Iohn-Sigismund sonne to Ioachim-Frederick He married vnto Anne daughter to Albert-Frederick Marques of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussen and to Mary-Leonor daughter to William the first Duke of Cleue and Iuliers George-William sonne to Iohn Sigismond and to Anne before mentioned now Marques Electour of Brandenburg Duke of Pomeren Stetin the Cassubians and Vandals Prussen Cleve Iuliers and Bergen Earle of Marck and Ravenspurg and Lord of Ravenstein The Marqueses of this house not Electours in regard of their number and to avoide confusion we let passe THE DVKEDOME OF POMEREN THe country was thus named from the Pamortzi or Pomerani the inhabitants thereof and these from their situation bordering vpon the sea for thus the words doe signifie in the Sclavonian tongue Helmolduâ— who lived in the raigne of the Emperour Fredericke Barbarossa confineth the name of the Pomerani within the Odera contained betwixt that river and the Wixel At this day their accompt and name is farther extended enlarged beyond the Odera Westward vnto the river Bartzee and the borders of the Dukedome of Mecklenburg Cromerus relateth this people with the whole nation of the Sclaves Winithi to haue sometimes beene subject to the Princes of Poland severed from their immediate commaunde and jurisdiction by meanes of the division of the dominions hereof amongst the numerous issue of Lescus the third Duke of Poland in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great More certainely after Helmoldus they were subdued and made tributary to the Poles by king Boleslaus in the raigne of the Emperour Otho the third vnder whose right and souerainety they remained vntill the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa when leauing the side of the Polanders they were hereby annexed to the Germanes their princes Bugslaus and Casimir created then Dukes and made princes of the Empire the occasion and beginning of the present Dukedome The order of the Princes
yeare 1086. The Princes following for some few successions resumed againe the title of Dukes of Bohemia Predislaus Duke of Bohemia sonne to Vladislaus the first Borsivoius Duke of Bohemia sonne to Vladislaus the first and brother to Predislaus Sobeslaus Duke of Bohemia brother to Predislaus and Borsivoius Vladislaus the second sonne to Predislaus made king of Bohemia by the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa for reward of his faithfull service performed at the siege of Milan in Italy He first tooke for his armes the Lion Argent with a forcked taile giuen vnto him by the Emperour Frederick the first euer since borne by the house Primislaus sonne to Vladislaus the second elected king by the Emperour Philip in the yeare 1199 with power giuen to the states afterwards to chuse their Prince before this time elected by the extraordinary grace only of the Emperours Since this time the kingdome of Bohemia hath continued still electiue by the states of the countrie although most commonly enioyed by the next of blood Wenceslaus the first king of Bohemia sonne to Primislaus the first Primislaus the second named otherwise Ottocarus king of Bohemia sonne to Wenceslaus the first He got seazed of the countryes of Austria Steirmarck Karnten Krain and Marca Trevisana surrendred not long after to Rodulph the first Emperour of the Romans He was slaine in battle at the river of Marck in Moravia in the yeare 1278 fighting against the Emperour Rodulph the first Wenceslaus the second sonne to Primislaus the second He added to the house hereof the dignity of Electour and chiefe taster of the Empire conferred by the Emperour Rodulph the first Vladislaus Locticus deposed hee was chosen king of Poland recovered afterwards againe from him by Locticus Wenceslaus the third sonne to Wenceslaus the second Hee was chosen by his faction king of Hungary which right he not long after yeelded vp to Otho Duke of Bavaria Hee deceased without issue in the yeare 1306. Rodulph Arch-duke of Austria eldest sonne to the Emperour Albert the first vpon his marriage with Elizabeth widowe to the deceased Prince elected king of Bohemia His raigne was short dying within the yeare Henry sonne to Meinard Duke of Karnten and Earle of Tirol chosen king of Bohemia against the Arch-duke Rodulph hauing married Anne sister to Wenceslaus the third Iohn of the house of Luxemburg sonne to the Emperour Henry the seaventh hauing married Elizabeth another of the sisters of Wenceslaus the third chosen king of Bohemia in the yeare 1310 his competitour Henry Duke of Karnten and Earle of Tirol being vanquished and driuen out He was slaine fighting for the French against the English in the battle of Crecy Charles the fourth Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia sonne to Iohn of Luxemburg and Elizabeth before mentioned He founded the Vniversitie of Prage in the yeare 1348. Wenceslaus the fourth Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia eldest sonne to the Emperour Charles the fourth He was deposed for his sloath and insufficiency in governing In the raigne hereof begun the warres or tumults of the Hussites the more encouraged through his vice and imperfections Sigismond Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia brother to Wenceslaus the fourth and sonne to the Emperour Charles the fourth Hee married vnto Mary heire of Hungarie by which meanes the right of that kingdome became first vnited with Bohemia in the house and posterity hereof Hee deceased without male issue Albert the second Emperour of the Romans Archduke of Austria succeeding in both kingdomes of Bohemia and Hungary hauing married Elizabeth daughter to the Emperour Sigismond and Mary aforesaid Ladislaus king of Hungary and Bohemia sonne to the Emperour Albert the second and Elizabeth daughter to the Emperour Sigismond He deceased young vnmarried and without issue George gouernour of the kingdome in the minority of Ladislaus after the decease hereof elected king of Bohemia At the same time Matthias Corvinus sonne to the great Huniades vsurped the kingdome of Hungary aided and drawne herevnto by king George Vladislaus or Ladislaus the fourth eldest sonne to Casimir king of Poland and of Elizabeth sister to king Ladislaus the third and daughter to the Emperour Albert the second and Elizabeth After the decease of Matthias Corvinus he succeeded likewise in the kingdome of Hungary the root of the succeeding kings of both countries of Hungary and Bohemia Lewis king of Hungary and Bohemia sonne to Ladislaus the fourth He was slaine in Hungary against Soliman the great Turke at the battle of Mohacz Ferdinand the first Archduke of Austria Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia and Hungary hauing married Anne daughter to Vladislaus the fourth and sister to Lewis slaine against Soliman the Turke Maximilian the second Archduke of Austria Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia and Hungary eldest sonne to the Emperour Ferdinand the first and Anne Rodulph the second Emperour of the Romans Archduke of Austria and king of Bohemia and Hungary eldest sonne to the Emperour Maximilian the second He deceased without issue Matthias Archduke of Austria Emperour of the Romans and king of Bohemia and Hungary younger brother to the Emperour Rodulph the second and sonne to the Emperour Maximilian the second Ferdinand the second Archduke of Austria Emperour of the Romans and king of Hungary sonne to Charles Archduke of Austria sonne to the Emperour Ferdinand the first and Fredericke the fift Electour and Count Palatine of the Rhijn elected kings of Bohemia both still retaining the title THE MORAVIANS THey were thus named from the river Marckh about which they inhabited Their expresse mention we finde not vntill the French Empire and the raigne of the Emperour Lewis the Godly Their dominion and name extended along the left shore of the Danow from the Mountaines of the Bohemians vnto beyond the river Tibiscus They contained the parts of Germany where now lie Marheren and the Lower Austria together with Dacia now the Vpper Hungary They were gouerned by kings the first whereof of whom we finde any mention was one Raslai liuing in the raigne of the Emperour Lewis the Godly by whom he was taken prisoner and had his eyes pluck'd out There succeeded herevnto Hormidorus Suantoplucus the first Christian king Suantobogius sonne to Suantoplucus In this Prince the kingdome of the Moravians tooke end proscribed and driven out by the Emperour Arnulph his country being giuen in prey to the bordering nations the greatest part whereof became presently seazed vpon by Cusala and the Hungarians since accounted part of Hungary THE MARQVISATE OF MARHEREN THe rest voluntarily became subiect to the neighbouring Bohemians erected by these into a Marquisate retaining still from hence the name of Moravia or Marheren Part was also vsurped by the Marqueses of Austria and containeth now the Lower Oosten reich but by what meanes wee finde not or whether lopped off from the part of the Bohemians or of the Hungarians THE POLONIANS THese haue had this name
here euer since their succession and English language and occasioning the name of little England beyond Wales By the Earles of Chester Warren and Mortimer with others about the same times the parts of Flint Denbigh together with Caeretica and the land of Gwent now Cardigan Monmouthshire are likewise taken in and subdued The valour or fortune of King Edward the first put an end to this languishing estate of the Welsh after some yeares warre vanquishing and killing Lhewelyn ap Gruffith their last prince and annexing the whole Wales to the English subiecting the people to his English lawes King Henry the eight of later yeares descended from the Welsh by the fathers side incorporated the country with the kingdome of England investing the Welsh with all the rights and priviledges of his English subjects in which ranke and vnion they now remaine The princes hereof from more certaine cleare times follow with that truth which their Histories will afford Roderique surnamed the Great Monarch of the Welsh sonne to Meruyn Vrych a nobleman of Wales Esylht daughter to Conan Tindaethwy son to Roderique Molwynoc son to Edwal son to Cadwallader the last king of the Britons Parting Wales into the divisions before mentioned he allotted Guynedh or Northwales vnto Anarawde his eldest son and vnto Cadelh Mervyn Deheubarth or Southwales Powys with condition that the two younger brethren their successours should be leigemen acknowledge the soveraignety of Anarawd the kings of Northwales confirmed afterwards by the lawes of Howel Dha He deceased in the yeare 876 slaine by the English Anarawd prince of Guynedh or Northwales soveraigne or chiefe King of the VVelsh eldest son to Roderique the Great The order of the kings of Southwales Lords of Powys for thus were they called and of the many inferiour Lords or Princes in each devision for as before euery son after the custome of the present Germans had a share of his fathers possessions I haue omitted in regard of their number Edwal Voel prince of Guynedh chiefe King of VVales sonne to Anarawd succeeding about the yeare 913. In the raigne hereof Athelstan King of England forced a tribute vpon the Welsh of 20 pounds of gold and 300 of silver with 200 head of cattaile remitted afterwards by King Edgar for a tribute of wolues Howel Dha Prince of Deheubarth or Southwales Powys soveraigne King of VVales succeeding in the yeare 940 descended from Cadelh brother to Anarawd the sonnes of Edwal Voel the right heires excluded Hee made lawes for the VVelsh obserued by the nation vntill their subjection to the English Iames and Ievaf sonnes to King Edwal Voel joynt princes of Guynedh and chiefe Kings of VVales succeeding after the decease of Howel Dha Owen with other the sonnes of Howel Lords of Southwales and Powys contending with them for the soueraignety being overthrowne by them in battaile and their elder brother Meyric omitted as vnfit for government Vnto these princes Edgar the King of England forgaue the tribute of money imposed by Athelstan exchanged for a certaine number of wolues constantly brought in by the VVelsh after my Authour vntill they were all destroyed The relation I leaue to the censure of the reader These afterwards falling out Ievaf is taken prisoner and Iames remaineth sole king overcome not long after and chased out by Howel sonne to Ievaf Howel Prince of Guynedh chiefe King of Wales sonne to Ievaf succeeding about the yeare 973 his father freed by him and set at liberty but not restored to the soveraignty He was slaine fighting against the English without any male issue Cadwalhon Prince of Guynedh soveraigne King of Wales son to Ievaf and brother to Howel succeeding about the yeare 984. He was slaine in battaile with Meiryc his brother by Meredith son to Owen king of Southwales Meredith Prince of Guynedh and chiefe king of Wales having slaine Cadwalhon Meyric son to Owen king of Deheubarth or South-wales After the decease of his father he likewise got seized of Southwales He afterwards lost Guynedh or Northwales vnto Edwal son to Meyric the eldest son of Edwal Voel the right heire in his absence set vp by the inhabitants Edwal prince of Guynedh chiefe King of Wales son to Meyric eldest son to Edwal Voel succeeding in the yeare 992. He was slaine in fight by the Danes leaving behind him a young son named Iames. In the yeare 998 died also Meredith aforesaid King of Southwales leaving one onely daughter named Angharat marryed to Llewelin ap Sitsylht By meanes hereof for want of heires or fit to goyerne Conan ap Howel Aedan ap Blegored contended for the gouernment when comming to battail Conan is slaine and Aedan vsurpeth the kingdome Aedan ap Blegored prince of Guynedh and soveraigne king of Wales succeeding in the yeare 1003. He was slaine with his foure sons in the yeare 1015 by Llewelin ap Sitsylht husband to Angharad Llewelin ap Sitsylht descended from king Anarawd and Angharad his wife daughter to Meredith king of Southwales after the decease of Aedan the vsurper soveraigne kings of Wales Hee was slaine in the yeare 1021 by Howel Meredith sons to Edwin son to Eneon brother to king Meredith leauing a son named Gruffith ap Llewelin After the death of Llewelin ap Sitsylht Iames son to King Edwal tooke vpon him the gouernment of Northwales as right heire Iames the second prince of Guynedh chiefe king of Wales son to king Edwal He was ouerthrowne slaine in the yeare 1037 by Gruffith son to Llewelin Angharad Gruffith prince of Guynedh chiefe king of Wales son to Llewelin ap Sitsylht Angharad He also subdued Southwales slaine by treason Blethyn Rywalhon sons to Angharad aforesaid Conwyn ap Gueristan her second husband princes of Guynedh and chiefe kings of Wales after the decease of king Gruffith Rywalhon being slaine in the yeare 1068 in a battaile fought betwixt these Meredith and Idel sonnes to king Gruffith Blethyn by this meanes remaineth sole King of Northwales He was slaine in the yeare 1073 by the treason of Rees ap Owen ap Edwyn Trahern ap Caradoc prince of Guynedh or Northwales and chiefe king of Wales cosen german to king Blethyn Hee was slaine in battaile by Gruffith son to Conan son to king Iames the second Gruffith ap Conan prince of Northwales chiefe king of Wales In the yeare 1079 after my Authour and the raignes of Gruffith ap Conan Rhees ap Theodor king of Southwales William the Conquerour king of England tooke the homages of the Welsh princes Not long after vnder William Rufus by the good leaue hereof Morganwc Brechiniauc and the Countrie where now is Cardiganshire parts of Deheubarth or Southwales with some part of Northwales neighbouring vnto Chester are subdued by Robert Fitzhamon Bernard de Neumarck other valiant Norman adventurers and added to the English government In regard hereof Matthew Paris maketh William Rufus the
Metellanus Caratacus Corbredus Dardannus Corbredus the second Luctacus Mogaldus Conarus Ethodius Satrael Donaldus the first Ethodius the second Athirco Nathalocus Findochus Donaldus the second Donaldus the third Crathilinthus Fincormachus Romachus Angusianus Fethelmachus and Eugenius slaine with the whole strength and flowre of the Nation by the joint armes of the Picts and Romans vnder Maximus Lieftenant of the Province for the Emperour Gratian after whom the remainder of the vanquished Scots being banished their Countrey by an edict of the Romans should follow a vacancie or Interregnum of 27 yeares The vntruth and absurditie of this whole narration the consent of auncient and approued Authours doth sufficiently manifest placing here the Novantae Caledonij and other names of the Britons without mentioning the Scots vntill the raigne of the Emperour Honorius Wee adde that the Roman Historians as neither the more auncient Brittish or English relate not any such conquest of the Scots or Northerne part of Britaine vnder Gratian and Maximus of which more great and remarkeable victory they would not doubtlesse haue beene silent if any such had beene Their succession from more certaine and cleare times follow Fergusius named by the Scottish Historians Fergusius the second whom they suppose to be the son of Erthus son to Echadius or Ethodius brother to Eugenius slaine in battaile by Maximus and the Romans in the yeare 404 and raigne of the Emperour Honorius returning from exile and through the aide and confederacy of the Picts and the absence of the Roman Legions drawne out into the Continent against the barbarous Nations by Honorius with the rest of the banished Scots recouering their lost countrey created King in the yeare aforesaid some 27 yeares after the decease of Eugenius The more vnpartiall and judicious make this Prince to be the first king of the Scots of Britaine That the Scots were possessed of a part of Britaine in the raigne of Honorius we haue before proued The manner we leaue vnto the credit of our Scottish Relaters Beda otherwise calleth the King or Captaine of the Scots vnder whom they first inhabited this Iland by the name of Reuda The time he setteth not downe Eugenius eldest son to Fergusius The kingdome of the Scots contained at this time the part of present Scotland extended along the Westerne Ocean from the Frith of Dunbriton Northwards He deceased in the yeare 449 slaine in battaile against Hengist and the Saxons Dongaldus brother to Eugenius Constantinus brother to Dongaldus and Eugenius Congallus son to Dongaldus Goranus brother to Congallus Eugenius the second son to Congallus Congallus the second brother to Eugenius the second Kinnatellus brother to Engenius and Congallus the second Aidanus son to Goranus in the time of S. Columbanus and of Austine the Monke the Apostle of the English He deceased in the yeare 604. Kennethus the first Eugenius the third son to Aidanus Ferchardus the first son to Eugenius the third succeeding in the yeare 622. Donaldus brother to Ferchardus the first Ferchardus the second son to Ferchardus the first Maldvinus son to Donaldus Eugenius the fourth son to Donaldus and brother to Maldvinus Eugenius the fift son to Ferchardus the second Amberkelethus son to Findanus son to Eugenius the fourth Eugenius the sixt brother to Amberkelethus Mordacus son to Amberkelethus Etfinus son to Eugenius the sixt succeeding in the yeare 730. Eugenius the seauenth son to Mordacus Fergusius the second son to Etfinus Solvathius son to Eugenius the seauenth Achaius son to Etfinus he deceased in the yeare 809 Charles the great then commaunding ouer the French Empire Vnder these two Princes after my Authours begun first the auncient league betwixt the French Scottish Nations Congallus the third cosen German to Achaius Dongallus son to Solvathius Alpinus son to Achaius His mother was sister vnto Hungus king of the Picts in whose right the heires of Hungus being deceased he made claime to the Pictish kingdome the occasion of a long and bloody warre betwixt the two nations the issue whereof was the death of Alpinus overcome in battaill and slaine by the Picts and the finall ouerthrow and extirpation of the Picts not long after by king Kenneth and the Scots Scotland at this time contayned onely the Westerne moity of the present extending from Solway Frith Northwards together with the Redshanks or Westerne Ilands hauing the Picts vpon the East vpon the South the Britons of Cumberland and vpon the North and West the Ocean from Ireland Kennethus the second son to Alpinus He vtterly subdued droue out the Picts and enlarged the Scottish Empire ouer the whole North part of the Iland divided from the Britons and English by Solway Frith and the riuer Tweede He deceased in the yeare 854. Donaldus the second brother to Kennethus the second Constantinus the second son to Kennethus the second He was slaine in fight against the Danes in the yeare 874. Ethus brother to Constantine and son to Kenneth Gregorius son to Dongallus Donaldus the third son to Constantine the second Milcolumbus the first son to Donaldus He added to the Scottish dominions the Countryes of Westmoreland and Cumberland part sometimes of Northumberland given vnto him and his Successours by Edmund Monarch of the West Saxons to be held vnder the right and homage of the English Indulfus slaine against the Danes Duffus sonne to Milcolumbus the first Culenus sonne to Indulfus Kennethus the third brother to Duffus By the consent of the states assembled in Parliament he made the kingdome haereditary or to descend vnto the next ofkin to the deceased which vntill that time had vncertainely wandred amonst the princes of the royall blood the vncles most commonly being preferred before the nephewes the elder in yeares before those who were yonger He was slaine by the malice and treason of Fenella a woman in the yeare 994. Constantinus the third son to Culenus chosen king by his faction against the law of Kenneth the third opposed by Milcolumbus son to Kenneth He was slaine in fight by Kenneth base brother to Milcolumbus Grimus son or nephew to King Duffus elected against Milcolumbus and the law of Kenneth overthrown in battaill and slaine by Milcolumbus Milcolumbus the second sonne to Kenneth the third king by right of conquest and the law of Kenneth He confirmed by act of Parliament the Law touching the succession made by his father After this Prince the eldest sons of the Kings or the next of their blood ordinarily succeeded in the Scottish kingdome Hee deceased without male issue slaine by treason Duncanus son to Crinus chiefe Thane of the Westerne Ilands and Beatresse eldest daughter to Milcolumbus the second He was slaine by the treason of Macbethus Macbethus son to the Thane of Anguis and Doaca yonger daughter to King Milcolumbus the second after seventeene yeares tyranny and vsurpation overcome and slaine by Milcolumbus son to Duncanus Milcolumbus the third son to Duncanus succeeding in the yeare 1057. He marryed vnto Margaret
and the preceeding kings Ethelbert son to Ethelred He was treacherously murthered by Offa the great king of the Mercians invited to his Court vpon pretence of marriage with his daughter Elfrid After Echelbert the East-Angles for a long time became a prey to the Mercians West-Saxons Kentish Saxons without kings or mentioned in Authours By great Egbert with the rest of the Heptarchie they became subject to the English name and Monarchy vnder a substituted king of their owne not named by Huntingdoniensis my Author as neither are any other of their princes vntill Edmund descended from Anna succeeding about the yeare 780. Saint Edmund the last Saxon king of the East-Angles substituted or governing vnder the West-Saxons invaded by Hungar and Hubba two Pagan Danish Captaines and after sundry torments with great constancy sustayned for his faith profession tyed to a stake and shot to death with their arrowes canonized for a Saint and Martyr whose rich and much honoured shrine gaue occasion of the name of Saint Edmundsbury in Suffolke Saint Edmund thus martyred after 9 yeares vacancy and spoile by the Danes Guthrum or Godrun a Danish Captaine succeedeth in the kingdome hereof of the East-Saxons to whome Eohric of the same nation succeedeth By Edward the first Monarch of the English Saxons the Danes are lastly driven out and the countrie is immediatly vnited to the rest of the English Empire THE KINGDOME OF MERCIA IT was so named after our best antiquaries from the word Mearc signifying with the Dutch or English a bounder called thus since confining in a manner withall the rest of the Saxon kingdomes lying in the heart and middle part of the Iland Better Etymologies we know not It contayned in its greatest extent the Countries of the Dobuni Catycâ—chlani Coritani and Cornavij of Ptolemy with part of the Iceni and Silures or after Malmes buriensis the moderne countries of Lincolne Nottingham Rutland Leicester Huntingdon Bedford Northampton Buckingham Oxford Glocester Warwijck Stafford Darby Worcester Hereford Chester and Shropshire with part of Hartfordshire the largest of all the seaven kingdomes bounded vpon the East with the East-Saxons and East-Angles with part of the German Ocean betwixt the Metaris or the Washes of Lincolneshire and the mouth of Humber vpon the South with the riuer Thames from the West-Saxons vpon the West with Offa's-Ditch from the Welsh with part of the Irish Ocean betwixt the Dee and Mersey and vpon the North with the riuer Mersey and Humber from the kingdome of Northumberland It comprehended the North South Mercia the riuer of Trent parting these two devisions after Mat. of VVestminster It was begun by Crida or Creodda a Saxon Captaine in the yeare 585 after my authour descended from prince VVoden enlarged by the victories of Wibba Penda and Offa. By great Egbert it was subjected to the vassalage of the West-Saxon Monarchs about the yeare 886 ending in Burdred a substitute of the West-Saxons tyred with long warres and molestations of the Danes departing vnto Rome after whom the Danes who had now vsurped it being expulsed it was vnited to the West-Saxon kingdome The Kings were Crida or Creodda aforesaid about the yeare 585 the first king of the Mercians Wibba son to Crida Ceorl son to Kinemund brother to VVibba Penda son to VVibba succeeding in the yeare 626. He slew in battaill Edwin and Oswald kings of Northumberland and Sigebert Egfrid and Anna kings of the East-Angles and droue out of his kingdome Kenwald of the VVest-Saxons noted for his bloudy fierce and violent raigne many victories and much cruelty against the neighbouring Christian English Himselfe was lastly slaine at a great memorable overthrow given by Oswy king of the Northumbrians After this the country for a time was made subject to Oswy and the Northumbrian Saxons Peada son to Penda by Oswy king of Northumberland vpon the marriage of Alkfled his naturall daughter set ouer the part of Mercia lying South of the riuer Trent with condition that hee should become Christian the first Christian king of the Mercians The part of Mercia vpon the North of Trent Oswy joyned to the immediate government of the Northumbrians He was slaine after Beda by the treason of his wife Alkfled after others by his mother Kinswith wife to Penda After Peada the Mercians shook off the yoke of the Northumbrians and Wulfhere is advanced to the kingdome Wulfhere son to Penda and brother to Peada Oswy the Northumbrians thrust out king of the Mercians By his great valour happie exploites after Oswy he obtayned the Soveraignety or chiefe rule of the Saxons continued in his successours vntill Kenelme and the Monarchy of Egbert and the VVest Saxons the eleventh Monarch of the English He founded the Church Monastery of Medesham or Peter borough begun by his brother Peada converted to Christianity by holy Chad the Apostle or first Bishop of Lichfield and the Mercians He deceased in the yeare 674. Amongst other issue he had Wereburg a professed Nun in the Monastery of Elye appointed afterwards by king Ethelred visitour of all the Monasteries in the kingdome of Mercia which charge she vnderwent with great zeale and opinion of sanctity whose dead corps or reliques remoued afterwards to the City of Chester occasioned there the Church of Saint VVereburg since the Cathedrall of that Diocese founded by Leofrike Earle of Chester in her honour Ethelred brother to Peada and VVulshere and son to Penda king of Mercia and the twelft Monarke of the English He founded the Monasterie of Bardney in Lincolneshire where relinquishing the kingdome himselfe became Monke and afterwards Abbat Kenred son to Wulfhere Ethelred resigneing king of Mercia and Monarch of the English Having raigned foure yeares he likewise gaue ouer the kingdome and with Offa king of the East-Saxons went to Rome where Constantine the first being Pope they together put on the Coule habit of religion Chelred son to Ethelred king of Mercia and Monarch of the English He had warres with Ina king of VVest-Saxons growne great through his late victories ouer the Kentish and South-Saxons and aspiring to the Monarchy managed with aequall fortunes Ethelbald of the blood royall of the kings of Mercia descended from Crida king of the Mercians Monarch of the English in the time of S t Winifrid or Boniface the Apostle of the Germans and Archbishop of Mentz reprehended by him for his vnmarried yet most lascivious and vnchast life He was slaine by his mutinous subjects stirred vp by Bernred ayming hereby at the kingdome Offa descended from Wibba after some vacancy the death of the Tyrant Bernred whom he slew in battaill king of Mercia and Monarch of the English renowned for his great victories archieved against the bordering Welsh Saxons He drew Offaes Ditch before described the bounder betwixt him the Welsh and subjected his English to atribute of the sea of Rome called Romscot and Peter-pence He likewise founded the great
Athelstan had for his share the countries of Kent and of the South East-Saxons and Ethelwolf the rest of England with the praerogatiue and title of Monarch or chiefe king of the whole At the same time likewise Burdred commaunded Mercia but substituted and vnder the right of Ethelwolf and the English Monarches Ethelbald and Ethelbert kings of England sons to Ethelwolf Hereof Ethelbert inherited Kent with the East and South-Saxons the portion of his vncle Athelstan The rest with the right of chiefe king or Monarch of the English fell to the lot of Ethelbald the elder brother This last tooke to his incestious bed his stepmother Iudith daughter to Charles surnamed the Bauld king of West-France widdow to his father Ethelwolf married after his death which hapned shortly after to Bauldwin the first Earle of Flanders He deceasing his brother Ethelbert remained sole king of the English Ethelbert sonne to Ethelwolf after the decease of Ethelbald sole Monarch of England Ethelred the first king of England brother to Ethelbald and Ethelbert During the troublesome raigne hereof through the advantage of the warres of the Danes the East-Angles shake off the yoake of the English Monarches creating holy Edmund their king martyred by Hungar Hubba two Danish Captaines and succeeded vnto by princes of this merciles Pagan Nation After stout resistance and many battails fought he was at last slaine against the Danes Alfrid king of England fourth sonne to Ethelwolf brother to the three preceding Kings Great was the valour amongst other vertues of this vnparaleld and matchles princes if not altogether vanquishing yet repressing the furie of the raging and vnconquerable Danes threatning now an vtter destruction of the English nation brought to a low ebbe through their long restles invasions frequent victories depopulations tyranny He founded or rather renewed the most auncient aud renowned Vniversity of Oxford and first parted the land into shires tithings and hundreds deceasing in the yeares 901. Edward surnamed the Elder king of England son to Alfred He made subject the East-Angles and all other parts possessed by the now languishing and droping Danes excepting Northumberland held yet by princes of that natiō Athelstan king of Englād son to Edward He twise vanquished in fight Constantine king of the Scots assisted with the Irish subdued the Britons of Cumberland with the remainder of the Danes inhabiting Northumberland made the Welsh tributary and confined the Cornish within the River Tamar their present bounds the greatest and most victorious of the English Monarches before his time deceasing in the yeare 940. Edmund the first king of England son to Edward and brother to Athelstan The Danes of Northumberland revolting he againe brought vnder annexed that province to his immediate government He also quite ouerthrew the kingdome of the Britons of Cumberland killing the two sons of Dummailus their last king whose country hee gaue vnto Malcolme the first king of Scotland with condition of homage to the English Crowne and of his defence of those Northerne parts against the Danish intruders Edred King of England son to Edward and brother to Athelstan He the third time tamed and brought vnder the ever restles rebellious Danes of Northumberland Edwy King of England son to Edmund the first Against this prince nothing gratious with his subjects Edgar his brother next successour vsurped the dominion of the still vnquiet Northumbrians Mercians Edgar King of England surnamed the peaceable in regard of his quiet raigne not molested with forraigne or domestique warres nor ordinarie in those tumultuous stirring times son to Edmund brother to Edwy He remitted the taxe of money imposed by Athelstan vpon the Welshmen for a tribute of wolues Edward the second king of England son to Edgar surnamed the Martyr from the manner of his death murthered by the treachery of his stepmother Elfrida coveting the kingdome for her son Ethelred Ethelred the second king of England son to Edgar Elfrida halfe brother to Edward In his time the Danes who had laine still during the late raigne of his victorious praedecessours subdued or beaten home through the high valour of Alfred Athelstan and other succeeding English Monarches renew their wonted outrages on all sides with furie vnresistable pillaging spoyling the countrie encouraged by the quarrells factions and bad affection of his disloyall subjects withdrawing or forslowing their aides or betraying his armies after much calamity and affliction compounded withall by Ethelred and not long after vpon Saint Brice his festivall and in the yeare 1002 massacred in one day by the commaund hereof and a joint conspiracy of the English drawing on a more sharpe revenge dreadfull warre of the nation vnder Sueno Canutus their potent much incensed kings not ending but with the English Monarchy of the West-Saxons and the finall conquest hereof by Canutus After a long but miserable raigne he deceased in the yeare 1016. Edmund the second from his hardie valour surnamed the Iron-side son to Ethelred the second succeeding his father in the kingdome of England in his vnfortunate warre with the Danes Having fought sundry stout battailes and one single combate with Canutus in the I le of Alney by Glocester comming to an agreement with the Dane he parted with him the kingdome of England contenting himselfe with the more Southern moity hereof deceasing after a seaven moneths raigne a short time for so many braue acts which in that space he atchieued in the yeare 1016 about 567 yeares after the first arrivall of the Dutch vnder Hengist some 197 yeares since the name beginning of the kingdome by Egbert Edmund Iron-side thus removed out of the way the whole kingdome of the English tyred out with long miseries of war yeelded to Canutus and the Danes whose estate and succession followeth during their rule government over the English THE KINGDOME OF ENGLAND VNDER THE DANES COncerning this Nation wee haue more fully related in the discourse of Germany They were a Dutch people for thus their Dutch dialect or language doth manifest Their name we conjecture from the bay Codanus Iland Codanonia of Mela now the Sundt Iland of Zelandt where and in the adjacent countries the Nation since their first mention hath alwayes continued When they begun we finde not Iornandes is the first of auncient authours by whom they are named living in the time of the Emperour Iustinian the first Their Countrey then he maketh to be the neighbouring Scanzia or Scandia most probably now Hallandt Schonen and Bleking or the part in that Continent of the present Denmarke We adde the Ilands of Zeland Funen with others lying in the straights of the Sundt Afterwards the exact time we know not they spread into the bordering Cimbrain Chersonese in the maine land of Germany taking vp the left roomes of the Iutes English departing into the Iland of Britaine vnder Hengist By the raigne of Charles
second time He was againe deposed by Ioseph Aben-Almao Ioseph Aben-Almao Mahomet Aben-Azar restored and deposed the third time by Mahomet Aben-Ozmen Mahomet Aben-Ozmen deposed by Ismael Ismael Muley Albohacen son to Ismael driven out by his son Mahomet Boabdelin During the raigne hereof begun the warres of the Christians vnder Ferdinand the fift Isabel kings of Castille Aragon thorough the civill warres dissention hereof continuing for the space of ten yeares with happy successe and ending with the vtter expulsion of the Infidels Mahomet Boabdelin son to Muley Albohacen opposed during the Christian warres by his father afterwards he growing old and forsaken by his faction by his vncle Muley Boabdelin son to Ismael each one being acknowledged kings by their parties in the yere 1492 Granado surrendred Malaga Guadix Baça Almcria with other places belonging to his vncle being before recouered after ten yeares warre with the whole Mahumetane superstition driven over into Afrique by Ferdinand the fift and Elizabeth kings of Castille and Aragon During the vsurpation of the Moores out of the ruines for the most part of the vanquished Gothes arose as before certaine honourable Christian kingdomes estates of Leon Castille Navarra Aragon Portugal Barcelona in continuance of time the Infidels beaten home over-spreading this whole continent whose originall increase vnion and whole fortunes wee are now to relate THE BEGINNING PROGRESSE AND FORTVNES OF THE KINGDOME OF LEON THis Kingdome was begun in Asturia in the person of Pelagius descended from the auncient Gothish Monarches in the yeare 716 by the distressed remnants of the vanquished and flying Christians sheltering themselues in the mountaines hereof about two yeres after their great overthrow given by the Moores at the battaill neere Xeres de la Frontera It was first called the kingdome of Asturia After that the city of Leon was taken by Pelagius it tooke the name thereof Some would haue after that the towne of Oviedo was builded by king Froila that for certaine descents it did beare the name of that citie wherein I striue not much the name of Leon at length prevayling The parts of Spaine which at the beginning it contayned were the mountainous parts of Asturia now onely retayning the name hereof together with part of Galitia By the raigne of Ordonius the second the kingdome became enlarged over all Galitia Asturia Leon with the greatest part of Castillia la Veia being devided from Navarra by Monte D'oca and from the Moores by the Mountaines of Segovia Avila Castille revolting in the raigne of king Froila the second it became stinted Southwards with the riuer Pisuerga the common bounds hereof and of that countrie comprehending onely Galitia Asturia and Leon the ancient extent of the kingdome of Leon vntill its revnion with Castille Vpon the decease of Veremundus the third without issue slaine in battaill by Ferdinand the first king of Castille it became seazed vpon by that prince in right of his wife Sanctia sister to Veremundus added to his dominions family In the house of this Ferdinand it became twise againe severed from Castille in Alfonsus son hereof and in Ferdinand the second for some descents In Ferdinand the third son to Alfonsus the ninth Berengaria sister to Henry the first king of Castille the two kingdomes were lastly vnited incorporated into one entire state knowne by the name of the kingdome of Castille Leon. The kingdome was hereditary and where women for defect of heires male might succeed The princes vntill their last revnion with Castille were Pelagius descended of the Gothish Monarches the first founder as before we haue related of the kingdome created king in Asturia in the yeare 716. Favila son to Pelagius He died without issue Alfonsus the first surnamed the Catholique sonne in lawe to Pelagius Froila the first son to Alfonsus the first slaine by the treason of his brother Aurelius Aurelius brother to Froila the first He deceased without heires Silo his wife Adosinda sister to Aurelius Alfonsus the second surnamed the Chast son to Froila the first deposed by Mauregate thorough the power aide of Abderahmen the first king of the Spanish Moores Veremundus the first surnamed Deacon son to Bimaranus son or brother to Froila the first He admitted for companion in the kingdome Alfonsus the second depriued by Mauregate liuing then exiled in Biscaia Alfonsus the second sole king of Leon Veremundus deceasing Ramir the first son to Veremundus the first He overthrew the Moores in a great battaill at Clavigio vnder their king Abderahmen the second in the yeare 846. Ordonius the first son to Ramir the first Alfonsus the third son to Ordonius the first Garsias the first son to Alfonsus the third His yonger brother Ordonius was prince of Galitia the kingdome then being for a time devided Hee dyed without issue Ordonius prince of Galitia brother to Garcias the first after the decease hereof the second of the name king of Leon. In this princes time the kingdome of Leon contayned all Asturia Leon Galitia the greatest part of Castillia la Veia bounded vpon the East South by Monte D'oca the Mountaines of Segovia Avila from Navarra and the Moores and vpon the North and West extending vnto the Ocean He cruelly murthered all the Earles of Castille the occasion of the revolt not long after of that countrey Froila the second brother to Ordonius the second Formerly exasperated with the murther of their Earles by Ordonius the second and now encouraged by the slough many vices of this prince in the yeare 898 and raigne hereof the Castillians first revolted from vnder the gouernment of the kings of Leon became a free estate Alfonsus the fourth surnamed the Monke son to Ordonius the second injuriously prevented by king Froila the second Lazy vnfit to governe hee voluntarily resigned the kingdome to Ramir his yonger brother and turned Religious Ramir the second son to Ordonius the second and brother to Alfonsus the fourth Ordonius the third son to Ramir the second Sanctius surnamed the Grosse brother to Ordonius the second Ramir the third son to Sanctius the Grosse Veremundus the second son to Ordonius the third Alfonsus the fift son to Veremundus the second Veremundus the third son to Alfonsus the fift slaine in battaill by Ferdinand the first king of Castille Ferdinand the first king of Castille yonger son to Sanctius surnamed the Great king of Navarra after the decease of Veremundus the third without issue succeeding in the kingdome of Leon in right of his wife Sanctia sister to Veremundus He deceased in the yeare 1065. Alfonsus the sixt younger son to Ferdinand the first His elder brother Sanctius inherited the kingdome of Castille the two kingdomes being now againe devided Driven out by his brother Sanctius king of Castille hee liued for a time exiled amongst the Moores of Toledo After the decease of his brother without heires hee
Tortosa a Bishops See seated vpon the river Ebro Dertosa of Ptolemy Antoninus Dertossa of Strabo a Roman colonie Taragona vpon the Mediterranean some mile vpon the East of the river Francolino Tarracon of Strabo Ptolemy and Tarraco of Pliny Mela and Solinus a colony of the Romans founded by the two brethren Cn and Publius Scipio during the second Punique warre and afterwards made their chiefe towne and giuing the name vnto the Province Tarraconensis It is now an Archbishops See contayning two miles in compasse and about 700 families or housholds Lerida Ilerda of Strabo Ptolemy Lucan and Antoninus vpon the river Segre a Bishops See and Vniversity Vich a Bishops See Ausa of Ptolemy naming the Authetani of the same Authour and the Ausetani of Pliny Vrgel Erga of Ptolemy seated vnder the Pyrenaean Mountaines Barcelona Barcinon of Ptolemy Barchino of Mela and Barcino of Pliny Antoninus a Roman colonie surnamed Faventia by Pliny situated vpon the sea Mediterranean betwixt the riuers Besons and Lobregat Won from the Moores by Lewes the Godly sonne to the Emperour Charles the great it became the chiefe city of the famous Earledome thus named wherevnto in continuance of time accrewed the whole Catalonia held first vnder the subjection and soveraignty of the Frenchmen afterwards commaunded by free princes and lastly by Raimund the fift marrying vnto Petronilla inheritresse of Aragon vnited with that kingdome It is now a rich noted port a Bishops See and the seate of the Vice-roy and Inquisition for this province the place where ordinarily embarque the Spanish souldiers bound for the Levant Iles and Italy as for the Netherlands by the way hereof and of the Alpes and Germany The towne is large beautified with stately buildings both private and publique the streets faire and open the wals whole and entire with wide deepe ditches The countrey about it is pleasant but not so fruitfull Heere great store of ships are made both for warre burthen Neere herevnto vpon the right shore of the riuer Lobregat ariseth the pleasant mountaine called Mon-serrato stuck full of Anchorets Cels honoured with a much frequented chappell and image of the blessed Virgin whose ravishing description reade in L. Nonius Blanes Blanda of Ptolemy Mela and Blandae of Pliny vpon the Mediterranean at the mouth of the river Tardera Ampurias Emporium of Strabo and Emporiae of Ptolemy Pliny founded by the Massilians and afterwards made a Roman colony seated vpon the Mediterranean The towne is now poore base affording onely a safe harbour roade for ships Girona Girunda of Ptolemy Antoninus a Bishops See situated at the meetings of the litle rivers Ter Onhar The towne is litle but hansomly built and well traded Vpon the same Sea-coast vnder the Pyrenaean mountaines is Rosas Rhoda of Ptolemy and Rhodope of Strabo founded by the Emporitanes or Rhodians now a meane obscure village Further vp lyeth Cabo de Creux Veneris Templum of Ptolemy a promontory of the Mediterranean the furthest point Eastwards of Catalonia The people more aunciently inhabiting Catalonia were the Authetani or Ausetani Indigeti Laeetani Cosetani with part of the Ilercaones and Iaccetani of Ptolemy and other auncient authours THE LAND OF RVSSILLON INcluded betwixt two branches of the Pyrenaean Mountaines beginning at the mountaine Cano and the one extended to Colibre and towards Cabo de Creux the other vnto Salsas having vpon the North the maine ridge of the Mountaines Pyrenaean vpon the West Catalonia vpon the East Languedoc in France and vpon the South the sea Mediterranean from Cabo de Creux vnto the castle of Salsas Places here of note are Colibre Illiberis of Ptolemy commendable onely for its antiquity now an ignoble village affording notwithstanding a safe and commodious harbour for ships Helna a Bishops See vpon the river Techo Salsas Salsulae of Strabo a strong castle frontiring vpon Languedoc France the fortresse bulwarke of Spaine vpon this side The peece after the new best manner of fortification consisteth of many severall wards distinguished a part with wide and deepe ditches having bridges over them and made defensible as together so one against another Perpignian the onely towne here of importance seated in a pleasant plaine vpon the river Thelis a rich and flourishing Emporie and a strong hold against the French to whose injurie in time of warre it is still exposed built in the yeare 1068 by Guinard Earle of Russillon Some halfe a Spanish league from hence where is the Castle of Russillon sometimes stood Ruscino Latinorum of Pliny giving the name to the countrey The Kings of Spaine hold in right of the Crowne of Aragon the Ilands Mallorça Menorça Sardinia and Sicily and in the continent the kingdome of Naples in Italy THE ILANDS OF SPAINE They partly lie within the Straights of Gibraltar in the sea Mediterranean and partly without in the maine Ocean IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THose in the Mediterranean are Mallorça Menorça Formentera and Yvica besides some lesser MALLORCA Lying against the countrey of Valentia and contayning in circuite about 300 miles and in breadth and length which differ not much some 100 miles The inhabitants are reckoned at some 30000 of all sorts The land towards the sea is mountainous within more plaine fruitfull yeelding sufficient store of corne wine oile and fruites Mallorça is the onely towne of note so named from the Iland a litle Vniversity the countrey of Raimundus Lullius MENORCA IT is lesse in quantity then the other from whence it hath had the distinction name It differeth not much from it in quality saving that it is better stored with beeues and cattaile The chiefe towne is Menorça called as is the Iland Mago of Ptolemy Here is likewise Cittadella Iama of the same authour These two Ilands were the famous Baleares Gymnasiae of Strabo the auncients whose inhabitants were renowned for their skill and vse of slings their proper armes trained vp herevnto from their childhood the first inventors of them occasioning the name hereof whereof we find much mention in the warres of the Carthaginians and Romans They obeyed for the most part the same Lords with the Continent Vnder the Moores they became a particular kingdome as they continued for a time vnder the Christians of the house of Aragon They belong now to the Crowne of Aragon YVICA AND FORMENTERA DIvided asunder by a narrow creeke of sea and situated betwixt the Baleares and the Promontory Ferraria of the countrey of Valentia the former contayning one hundred miles in circuite the other about seaventy In Yvica called Ebusus by Ptolemy and Strabo great store of salt is made It yeeldeth no venimous creatures The chiefe Towne is of the same name with the Iland Formentera is named Ophiusa in the same authours from the great number of Serpents and venemous
of the Estates incorporated this great Dukedome with the Crowne of France never from thence to be severed which the male issue hereof extinct in Henry the third Lewis the thirteenth of the house of Bourbon and Navarre now raigning Isabella of Austria Princesse of the Lowe Countries the heire generall rejected by the vertue hereof at this day enjoyeth Their religion was alwayes Christian and Catholique instructed in this faith vnder the Romans before their comming into this Province Their government vntill their vnion with the crowne of France was Monarchicall first vnder kings then vnder dukes Their Princes follow Conan an English Briton placed here by Maximus in the yeare and raigne aforesaid Grallon after some son to Conan Salomon the first son to Grallon Auldran son to Salomon the first Budic the first son to Auldran Hoel the first son to Budic the first Hoel the second son to Hoel the first Alain the first son to Hoel the second Hoel the third son to Alain the first Salomon the second son to Hoel the third In this prince Iudicael the last K. of Basse Bretaigne dying without heires for since the last disbourdments hither of the Britons vntill this time the estate hereof was divided into two kingdomes the whole became vnited vnder one Prince Alain the second grandchild to Salomon the second He deceased without heires the last king of Bretaigne of the house of Conan Daniel Dremruz Budic the second Maxence Iohn Reith and David Wa chiefes of their factions the kingdome being then rent into many petty tyrannies the occasion of the after conquest hereof by Charles the Great After that the kingdome became againe recouered from the French Neomene formerly Lieftenant here Gouernour of the Province for the Emperour Lewes the godly chosen about the yeare 841. Heruspee son to Neomene slaine by Salomon his successour Salomon the third the murtherer of Heruspee son to Rivaillon brother to King Heruspee Hee was likewise slaine by Pastenethen Gurvant brothers to Heruspee and sons to Neomene in the yeare 874 the last king of Bretaigne Alain surnamed le Rebre son to Pastenethen after long misery and contention for the kingdome succeeding in the gouerment hereof the Normans who had invaded the province being vanquished and his competitours slaine and subdued THE DVKEDOME OF BRETAIGNE REfusing the more envious name of king he tooke vpon him onely the title and stile of Duke since followed by all the succeeding Princes Iuhael and Collodoch sons to Alain le Rebre An Inter-regnum for certaine yeares by meanes of the Norman or Danish invasion and tyranny miserably wasting and subduing the Country Alain surnamed Barbetorte son to Mathuede Earle of Porrhoet and of the daughter of Alain le Rebre the Normans being driuen out Drogon â—on to Alain Barbetorte slaine yong by the treason of Fouques Earle of Aniou in whom ended the house of Alain le Rebre Conan Earle of Renes descended from king Salomon the third his Competitours Hoel and Guerâ—ch naturall sons to Alain Barbetorte successiuely contending being vanquished and slaine Geffrey sonne to Conan the first Alain the third sonne to Geffrey the first Conan the second son to Alain the third He dyed sans issue Hoel the fourth son to Alain Earle of Cournovaille in the right of his wife Havoise sister to Conan the second Alain the fourth surnamed Fergent son to Hoel the fourth Conan the third son to Alain the fourth Eudon Earle of Ponthieure in the right of his wife Berthe daughter to Conan the third Conan the fourth sonne to Eudon and Berthe aforesaid Geffrey the second third son to Henry the second king of England in the right of his wife Constance daughter to Conan the fourth Arthur the first son to Geffrey and Constance He dyed young and vnmarried after the French relation murthered by his vnnaturall Vncle Iohn King of England jealous of his better right to that kingdome Peter de Dreux in the right of his wife Alis daughter by a second marriage to Constance aforesaid He first made the Dukedome subject vnto the soveraignty and homage of the French kings Iohn the first son to Peter de Dreux and Alis Iohn the second son to Iohn the first Arthur the second son to Iohn the second Iohn the third son to Arthur the second He dyed without heires After the decease hereof the right was controversed betwixt Iohn Earle of Montfort yonger son to Arthur the second aided by Edward the third King of England and Charles de Blois husband to Ioan la Boiteuse daughter to Guye second son to Duke Arthur the 2 d assisted by Philip de Valois French king neither side yet prevailing Iohn the fourth surnamed the Valiant son to Iohn Earle of Montfort aforesaid sole Duke of Bretaigne after the decease of Charles de Blois his competitour thorough the aide and valour of the English ouerthrowne and slaine at the battaile of Auray Iohn the fift son to Iohn the fourth Francis the first son to Iohn the fift He deceased without heire male Peter brother to Francis the first He dyed sans heires Arthur the third Earle of Richmond and Constable of France second sonne to Iohn the fourth He also deceased without issue Francis the second son to Richard Earle of Clisson third son to Iohn the fourth He deceased in the yeare 1488. Charles the eight French king in the right of his wife Anne heire of Bretaigne daughter to Francis the second He dyed without issue Lewes the twelfth French king in the right of Anne of Bretaigne aforesaid daughter to Duke Francis the second marryed vnto him after the decease of King Charles the Eight He deceased without male issue Francis the first French king and the third of that name Duke of Bretaigne in the right of his wife Claude eldest daughter to king Lewes the twelfth and Anne aforesaid With consent of the estates of Bretaigne in the yeare 1532 he inseparably vnited the Dukedome to the crown of France Francis Daulphin of Vienne eldest son to king Francis the first and of Claude crowned Duke of Bretaigne in the yeare 1539. He dyed yong before his father Henry the second French king son to King Francis the first and Claude Francis the second French king son to Henry the second Charles the ninth French king brother to Francis the second and son to Henry the second Henry the third French king brother to Francis the second and Charles the ninth and sonne to Henry the second the last French king of the house of Valois and in whom ended the line succession of the Dukes of Bretaigne After his decease the line masculine of the house of Valois and Bretaigne being extinguished the right hereof was questioned betwixt Henry the fourth King of France and Navarre and Philip the second king of Spaine pretending the title of his daughter Isabella now Princesse of the Low countreyes descended of Elizabeth daughter to King Henry the second By the aide of the English the Spaniards
king of England William the first son to Iohn the third William the second son to William the first the last Duke of Cleve Gulick and Bergen and Earle of Marck continued in the line masculine and descended from Adolph the tenth He deceased in the yeare 1609 without issue After his decease the estates hereof were controversed betwixt the Emperour Rodulph the second pretending the prerogatiue and right of the Empire vpon the failing of the male issue and Wolfang Prince of Nuburg and George-William Duke of Prussen descended from the eldest daughters of Duke VVilliam the first by the favour and armes of neighbouring Princes Gulick besieged and taken established in the possession hereof George-VVilliam Duke of Prussen son to Iohn Sigismond Marquesse and Electour of Brandenburg and to Anne daughter to Albert Duke of Prussen and to Mary-Leonor eldest daughter to William the first Duke of Cleve and Wolfang prince of Nuburg son to Philip-Lewis Count Palatine of Nuburg to Anne-Magdelin second daughter to Duke William the first and sister to Duke William the second Dukes of Cleve Gulick and Bergen and Earles of Marck in the yeare 1616 and at this present THE PALATINATE OF THE RHIIN IT likewise lyeth on both sides of the Rhijn so named frō the Counte-Palatines or Princes thus stiled aunciently seated in those parts and in continuance of time by gift purchase marriage armes becomming Lords hereof How these by litle litle became seazed of the countrey reade Franc Irenicus in his 3 booke 54 55. chapters Who were these first Paltzgraues it is not agreed vpon Trithemius nameth Count Palatines before the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great Others accompt their beginning from the time of this Emperour Irenicus more probably from the Emperours of the German race house of Saxony They were not more aunciently Princes or hereditary and but onely chiefe Iudges amongst the Dutch or Presidents in their courts of judicature thus entitl'd appointed by the Emperours and continuing during pleasure The first of these whereof there is any certaine mention was one Henry living in the raigne of the Emperour Otho the third appointed one of the six first Electours of the Empire After him the Counte Palatines Electours follow Sigifrid Counte Palatine of the Rhijn and Elector son to Adelheild by a former husband wife vnto Henry the first Electour Ezeline Conrade sons to Sigifrid Lutolphus son to Ezelin Conrade in the raigne of the Emperour Henry the fift Frederique son to Frederique with the one eye Duke of Schwaben and nephew to the Emperour Conrade the third Henry surnamed the Lion Duke of Saxony Bavaria Henry son to Henry surnamed the Lion Engerus Henry the fourth Hitherto the order was confused Otto the second Duke of Bavaria vpon his marriage with Gertrude daughter vnto Henry the fourth created Counte Palatine of the Rhijn and Electour by the Emperour Frederique the second He deceased in the yeare 1259. Lewis the second Duke of Bavaria Electour Counte Palatine of the Rhijn He dyed in the yeare 1294. After the decease hereof these two Estates of Bavaria the Palatinate became againe divided as they haue continued ever since Lewis his younger son succeeding in the part of Bavaria since called the Dukedome of Bavaria and contayned betwixt the Danow and the Alpes and Rodulph his eldest son in the Electourship and the Palatinate of the Rhijn together with Nortgow aunciently part of the Dukedome of Bavaria and then first seperated and from the possession of these princes named since the vpper Palatinate or the Palatinate of Bavaria Rodulph eldest son to Lewis the second Electour and Counte Palatine of the Rhijn His younger brother Lewis succeeded in the Dukedome of Bavaria created afterwards Roman Emperour from whom the present Dukes of Bavaria are descended Adolph surnamed the Simple Electour Coute Palatine of the Rhiin eldest son to Rodulph His younger brother Robert Rodolph were also stiled Electours a chiefe cause of his surname of Simple Rupert son to Adolph the Simple Electour Counte Palatine of the Rhijn Rupert the second son to Rupert the first Hee was afterwards created Roman Emperour Lewis the third surnamed with the beard son to the Emperour Rupert From Stephen of Bipont his younger brother descended the Dukes of Zweibruck or Bipont as also the moderne Electours the house of Lewis the third becomming afterward in Otto-Henry extinguished Lewis the fourth son to Lewis the third Philip son to Lewis the fourth Lewis the fift son to Philip. He dyed without heires Frederique the first son to Philip and brother to Lewis the fift He also dyed without heires Otto-Henry son to Rupert brother to Lewis the fift and Frederique the first the last Electour and Counte Palatine of the Rhijn of the house of Lewis the third deceasing with heires after whom succeeded in Electourship the house of Stephen of Bipont Frederique the third Duke of Zimmeren son to Iohn the secōd son to Iohn the first son to Frederique Earle of Spanheim sonne to Stephen of Bipont son to the Emperour Rupert the house of Lewis the third failing in Otto-Henry in the yeare 1559 succeeding in the Electourship Palatinate He was stiled Frederique the third in regard of Frederique surnamed the Victorious younger son to Lewis the third who although not Electour had notwithstanding vsurped this title in the minority of Philip Electour of whom he was Guardian Lewis the sixt son to Frederique the third Frederique the fourth son to Lewis the sixt governed in his minority by Iohn Casimir Count Palatine of the Rhiin and Knight of the honourable order of the Garter in England son to Frederique the third and brother to Lewis the sixt Frederique the fift son to Frederique the fourth Electour and Count Palatine of the Rhiin chosen King of Bohemia against the Emperour Ferdinand the second whose wife is the most illustrious princesse Elizabeth sister to his Maiestie Charles King of Great Britaine THE LANGRAVE-SHIP OF ELSATS THis tooke the name from the river Ill the chiefe of the country The State was begun in the raigne of the Emperour Otho the third the first Lantgraue after Irenicus being one Theodoric In the raigne of the Emperour Frederique the second the male succession of these Lantgraues failing by meanes of daughters it became divided betwixt Albert the second Earle of Habspurg Albert Earle of Hohenburg Lewis Earle of Ottingen The Earle of Hohenburg shortly after vpon the marriage of Anne his daughter vnto Rodulph afterwards Emperour son to Albert the second Earle of Habspurg surrendred his part vnto that familie By this meanes the house of Habspurg afterwards of Austria became seazed of two parts hereof contayning now the vpper Elsats the Free Cities excepted The rest comprehēding at this day the lower Elsats the Earle of Ottingen sold vnto the Bishop of Strasburg whose Successours now hold the same vsurping the title of Lant-graues of Elsats The
from the which he was descended by his mother in the vsurpations of Burgundy on this side the Soasne and of the kingdome of France destitute of heires and quitting the French partie he gaue the Kingdome of Arles Burgundy vnto Conrade the second Emperour of the Germans to Henry surnamed the Black son to the Emperour Conrade of his sister Gisela By this meanes ended the kingdome of Arles Burgundy vnited by the Emperour Conrade the second his son Henry the Black vnto the German Empire divided into the Provinces and Estates before-mentioned of Provençe and Daulphiny the Free County Savoy and of the Switzers whose beginnings and continuance vnto our times follow THE EARLEDOME OF PROVENCE OR ARLES BY this name we reade in Caesar the whole more Southerne division of Gaule named afterwards Gaule Narbonensis to haue beene called in regard of the civility of the inhabitants and subjection hereof to the Roman lawes and much difference from the other newly conquered and barbarous Gallia excluded by this Author from the accompt of Gaule and named the Further Province The rest of this Roman Province of Gaule by the invasion and conquests of the barbarous nations taking vp new names the appellation onely remained in the part hereof contayned betwixt the Rhosne Alpes Falling to the share of Charles son to the Emperour Lotharius it became a parcell of his kingdome of Burgundy Afterwards in the person of Bozon the first it was made a part of the kingdome of Arles and Burgundy In the person of Hugh d' Arles supposed by Rubys to haue beene the bastard son of Lotharius the second king of Lorraine and of his Concubine Waldrada it was first made an Earledome being giuen vnto him with this title by king Bozon the first to bee held vnder the soveraignty of the kings of Arles and Burgundy Hugh d' Arles Earle of Provençe by the gift of Lewis son to Bozon becomming afterwards king of Arles and Burgundy and not long after this resigning that kingdome vnto Rodulph the second Duke of Burgundy Transiuraine exchanged for the kingdome of Italy reserued here onely this Earledome for his sonne William to he held vnder the soueraigne right of the kings of Arles Burgundy confirmed afterwards by Conrade the second and the Cerman Emperours but with cōdition to be held of the Emperours By the Emperour Albert the first the fief whole right of the Earledome of Provençe belonging to the German Emperours was vnited to Philip Augustus the French kings By Charles d' Aniou the last Earle of Provēçe wāting heires the country was given to Lewis the Eleventh French K. by whō it was incorporated with the kingdome of France in which vnion state it now remaineth The order of the first Earles we find not From Raimūd the last Earle of the house of Hugh d' Arles vnto Charles d' Aniou aforesaid the vnion of Provençe with the crown of France they were continued as followeth Raimund Earle of Provençe descēded frō Hugh d' Arles before mētioned Charles the first Earle of Aniou Maine afterwards K. of Naples Sicily brother to Lewis the ninth surnamed the Saint French King Earle of Provençe in right of his wife Beatres daughter to Raimund Charles the second King of Naples Earle of Provençe son to Charles the first Robert King of Naples Earle of Provençe son to Charles the second Ioane the first Queene of Naples Countesse of Provençe daughter to Charles Duke of Calabria son to King Robert By this Princesse the city countrey of Avignon were first alienated from the Earledome of Provençe and given to the Popes in lieu of a certaine tribute pretended to be due for the kingdome of Naples held of the Papacy and for many yeares vnpayed vnto that sea Lewis the first yonger sonne to Iohn French King adopted by Ioane the first Hee succeeded onely in Provençe The kingdome of Naples after the decease of Queene Ioane became seazed by Charles Durazzo descended from Charles the first continued after in his family vnto queene Ioane the second Lewis the second son to Lewis the first Earle of Provençe Lewis the third son to Lewis the second He dyed without heires Reiner broto Lewis the third Earle of Provençe in right of his wife Isabel Duke of Lorraine Deceasing without surviuing heires male he gaue the Earledome of Provençe to his brother Charles Earle of Maine Charles Earle of Maine Provençe brother to Reiner Wanting heires he bequeathed this countrey vnto Lewis the Eleaventh French King since which time it hath continued vnited with the Crowne of France DAVLPHINY THe Estate was begun by Guy surnamed the Fat Earle of Albon vsurping seazing vpon the countrey hereof with the title of Earle of Vienne in the raigne of Rodulph the second surnamed le Fay-neant the last king of Arles Burgundy Guy the third of that name Earle of Vienne taking the Dolphin for his armes alluding to the nature of that fish which of all other is accompted the most familiar and friendly vnto man first named himselfe Dolphin of Vienne from whom the succeeding princes haue still continued the stile and the countrey from thence beene called Daulphiny In the yeare 1340 Humbert last Daulphin of Vienn◠destitute of heires deceasing gaue this countrey vnto Iohn French king with condition that the eldest sonnes of France should alwayes beare that title and bee immediate Princes a custome still afterwards vnto this day observed by the French The Princes for as many as wee find of them were these Guy the first surnamed the Fat before mentioned Earle of Albon descended from Girard Earle of Vienne dispossessed thrust out by the Emperour Charles the Bauld the pretence of this his vsurpation title Guy the second son to Guy the first Guy the third son to Guy the second He first stiled himselfe Dolphin of Vienne The order of the Dolphins from this prince we finde not and vntill Humbert Humbert the last Dolphin of Vienne of the house of Guy the Fat Charles eldest son to Iohn French King the first Dolphin of the house of France by the gift of Humbert in whom this countrie was vnited with France the title continued still afterwards in the eldest sons of the French Kings This province as part of the kingdomes of Arles Burgundy was aunciently held of the German Empire How it was cleered from the right hereof we cannot certainely relate The Free Countrey of Burgundy IT hath beene thus named from the Free Estate which the inhabitants enjoy vnder their Princes The Earledome was begun in the person of Otho-Guillaume son to Gerberge Countesse of Dijon wife to Henry the first Duke of Burgundy on this side the Soasne seazed hereof by the aide power of Robert French King in lieu of that Dukedome given vnto him by Henry the first and whereof he had bin deprived by King Robert By Ioane Countesse hereof
Philibert the last Prince of Aurenge of the house of Chalon slaine at the siege of Florence in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fift deceasing without heires the inheritance hereof descended vpon Renate Earle of Nassau son to Henry Earle of Nassau and of Claude sister to Philibert in which familie it hath ever since remained It is now possessed by the illustrious prince Henry Earle of Nassau state-holder and governour of the forces of the vnited Provinces of Netherland Philip of Nassau the late Prince descended from his elder brother and Maurice deceasing without issue Avignon Avenio of Strabo Pliny and Mela Colonia Aveniorum of Ptolemy and civitas Avenicorum of Antoninus an Archbishops sea an Vniversitie vpon the Rhosne on both sides of the riuer The towne is rich faire flourishing belonging to the Popes remarkeable for 7 times 7 singularities 7 palaces 7 gates 7 parishes 7 Colleges of the Liberall Arts 7 Hospitals 7 Nunneries and 7 Convents of Friers Hither in the yeare 1303 Pope Clement the fift removed the Papall sea after 74 yeares continuance in the yeare 1377 brought backe againe to Rome by Pope Gregory the Eleaventh Cavaillon Cabellio of Plinie Cabalio of Strabo Cabelliorum Colonia of Ptolemy and civitas Cabellicorum of Antoninus a Bishops sea vpon the river Durance The country about Cavaillon Aurenge and Avignon with Grenoble in Daulphinie were the Cavares of Strabo Pliny Mela the Cavari of Ptolemie Carpentras Carpentoracte of Ptolemy and civitas Carpentoractensium of Antoninus a Bishops sea Betwixt this towne and Cavaillon lyeth the vallie and towne of Val-cluse begirt with hils and rockes whence issue out most sweet and cleare streames whither for the exceeding pleasure and still solitarinesse thereof the famous Petrarch vsed to retire when he would devote himselfe to his Philosophicall studies meditations Tarascon Tarascon of Strabo and Tarascum of Ptolemy a Bishops sea vpon the riuer Rhosne opposite to Beaucaire Vaison Vasio of Pliny and Mela and civitas Vasionensium of Antoninus The country about Vaison were the Vocontij of Strabo Plinie Ptolemie and Mela. These 4 townes lie in the country of Avignon exempt from the jurisdiction of the French kings appertaining to the Popes Arles Arelate of Pliny Mela Arelatae of Strabo Arelatum colonia of Ptolemy civitas ArelatensiuÌ„ of Antoninus then a rich colonie of the Sextani or Roman souldiers of the 6 Legion now an Archbishops sea vpon the Rhosne in a lowe and marishie situation This was sometimes the royall seat or chiefe residence of the later kings of Burgundie from hence named ordinarily in histories the kings of Arles Neere herevnto but on the other side of the riuer beginneth the deepe chanell or dreane called by Ptolemie Fossae Marianae by the French Comargue or Aigues Mortes drawne from the Rhosne vnto the Ocean by the Roman Consul C. Marius for the more easie convaiance of victualls vnto his camp during his warres in Gaule against the Teutones Aix Aquae Calidae or Sextiae of Strabo Aquae Sextiae of Plinie Ptolemie and Florus and civitas Aquensium of Antoninus a Roman Colonie the station of their 25 Legion and the Metropolis or chiefe citty of Narbonensis secunda named thus from the hot bathes thereof and from the Consul C. Sextius the conquerour of the Salyi by whom it was founded now an Archbishops sea and the Parliament chiefe citty of the Province situated vpon the riuer Rhosne Glandeves Glanum of Plinie and Ptolemie Glanon of Mela and civitos Clannatena of Antoninus seated amongst the sea coast Alpes now a Bishops sea vpon the river Goremp The country about Clandeves and of Aix Arles and Tarascon were the Salyi of Plinie and Florus the Salies of Strabo the Salvij of Livie and the Salices of Ptolemie the first people of the Gaules beyond the Alpes with whom the Romans had warre occasioned through their iniuries and difference with the neighbouring Massilians drawing on the warres and conquest of the rest of Gaule S. Gillis vpon the Comargue Apt Apta Iulia of Plinie and civitas Abtensium of Antoninus a Bishops sea vpon the riuer Colao The country hereabouts were the Vulgientes of Plinie the Abtenses of Antoninus Amongst the Mountaines betwixt this and the riuer Durance lye the little townes of Merindol and Chabrieres memorable for a bloodie massacre made of the poore inhabitants thereof murthered put to death in the raigne of Francis the first French king certaine scattered remainders of the Albigenses Ries civitas Retensium of Antoninus a Bishops sea Marseilles Massilia of Livie Caesar and Plinie a Greeke citty and colonie anciently confederate with the Romans founded by the banished Phocenses in the 45 Olympiade and raigne of Tarquin surnamed the Proud king of the Romans now a Bishops sea and a great and noted Port vpon the sea Mediterranean In the Cathedrall Church hereof they shew the supposed head of Lazarus whom Christ raised from the dead whom they accounted their first Bishop The hilly countrie hereabouts were the Albici of Caesar. Betwixt Marseilles Arles or the more Easterne branch of the Rhosne lyeth for a great space of land for sundry townes are seated within it the part of the country named La Craux by Strabo and Plinie Campus Lapideus Campi Lapidei by Mela Littus Lapideum called thus froÌ„ the innumerable multitude of stones wherewith after a strange manner it seemeth all strawed ouer The ancients as Mela relateth fained this to be the place where Hercules fought with Albion and Bergion sonnes of Neptune whom when other weapons failed his father Iupiter should relieue with a showre of stones whose remainders these should be Toulon Tauroentium of Ptolemy and Taurentium of Strabo vpon the Mediterranean a Bishops sea and a well frequented Port. Feriuls Forum Iulium of Strabo Plinie and Ptolemie Forum Iulij of Mela and civitas Foro Iuliensium of Antoninus founded by the Massilians and made afterwards a Colonie of the Romans vpon the Mediterranean a Bishops sea Antibe Antipolis of Strabo Plinie and Ptolemie and civitas Antipolitana of Antoninus a sea-coast towne vpon the Mediterranean neere vnto the riuer Varo and the borders of Italy The country hereabouts were the Deciates of Plinie and Deciatij of Ptolemie La Grace a Bishops sea within the continent S. Paul de Vençes civitas Venciensium of Antoninus a Bishops sea Senas Civitas Saniciensium and Sanicisio of Antoninus a Bishops sea Digne Dinia of Ptolemie and civitas Diniensium of Antoniâ—us a Bishops sea The country hereof were the Sentij of Ptolemy Cisteron civitas Segesterorum of Antoninus a Bishops sea and Seneschaussee foâ— part of Provence vpon the river Durance neere vnto the borders of Daulphinie The towne is very strongly fortified The country here abouts were the Segestorij of Antoninus THE PARLIAMENT OF GRENOBLE COntaining only Daulphinie DAVLPHINIE BOunded vpon the West
the inheritance hereof descended vpon Magnus the first and the surviving house of Brunswijck Magnus the first Duke of Brunswijck and Lunenburg Magnus the second Duke of Brunswijck and Lunenburg sonne to Magnus the first Henry Duke of Brunswijck and Lunenburg sonne to Magnus the second William Duke of Brunswijck Lunenburg sonne to Henry He yeelded vp the Dukedome of Lunenburg vnto his vncle Bernard sonne to Magnus the second Bernard Duke of Lunenburg son to Magnus with the chaine Duke of Brunswijck and Lunenburg and vncle vnto William Fredericke Duke of Lunenburg sonne to Bernard Otho Duke of Lunenburg son to Fredericke Henry Duke of Lunenburg sonne to Otho Otho and Ernest Dukes of Lunenburg sonne to Henry Otho the younger sonne to Otho Otho Freder c. sonnes to Otho the younger William and Henry sonnes to Ernest. Ernest c. sonnes to William Iulius Ernestus c. sonnes to Henry THE DVKEDOME OF HOLSTEIN The Country is the same with the ancient Saxonie beyond the Elb the seat of the Saxons of Ptolemie containing now foure parts or divisions of Ditmarse Stormarse Wagerland and of Holstein particularly thus called It was first an Earledome divided from the great Dukedome of Saxonie by Duke Lotharius who afterwards was Emperour and giuen by him with this title vnto Adolph Earle of Schowenburg whose successours continued still in the line masculine for 400 yeares afterward enioyed the same In the yeare 1459. Adolph the last Earle hereof and Duke of Schleswick deceasing without lawfull heires the right hereof was controversed betwixt Christierne the first king of Denmarke son vnto the sister of Adolph and Otho Earle of Schowenburg further off but descending in a direct line masculine from the first Adolph Otho being compounded with for a summe of mony Christierne enioyed the Earledome of Hoâ—stein with the Dukedome of Schleswick whereof Schleswick he immediatly incorporated with the kingdome of Denmark the other his successours still haue held vnder the fief and soueraigntie of the Empire vnto this day The Emperour Fredericke the third to gratifie this Prince giving vnto him Ditmarse pretended then to be without Lord vnited the same herewith together with Stormarse into one entire Dukedome thus named which vnder the homage and right of the Empire the house of Denmark still hitherto hath possessed THE DVKEDOME OF WESTPHALIA This is now meerely a title vsurped by the Archbishops of Colen ever since the proscription of Duke Henry surnamed the Lion The countrey is divided amongst sundrie Bishops and inferiour States and Princes THE DVKEDOME OF BERGEN AND EARLEDOME OF MARCK Concerning these see Cleue in the Relation of France to the right of whose Princes they now belong THE ALMANS The name hereof some fabulously deriue from one Alman whom they would haue to haue beene the 11 King of the Dutch or Germans about the yeare of the world 2391. Others no lesse absurdly from the Lake Lemanâ—â— of Caesar now the Lake of Geneve but whose name and dominions never extended so farre Others from the river Altmul in Nortgow called in Latine by some later writers Alemannus wherevnto they should border Others more probably from the Dutch words Allensen mann signifying as much as all sorts of men which name perhaps at their first comming downe to the Rhijn and the Roman frontiers they might take vp or bee called by others being then a medly of sundry Dutch nations and not knowne by any one distinct name The best doe Etymologize them from the words Alle mann expressing in the Dutch Language as in our English either a promiscuous number of all sorts of men or men all hardie and valiant a name most likely vsurped by these Germans in oâ—tentation of their valour at their comming downe to those borders and for a greater terrour to the Roman Garrisons whom they affronted on the further side of the Rhijn and the Danow They were originally Suevians into which name after their subjection to the Frenchmen by little and little they resolued againe as into their first Element inhabiting sometimes about the Elb and towards the declining of the Roman Empire as Crusius conjectureth in the raigne of the Emperour Septimius Severus descending to the Rhijn and Danow or the Marches and borders of that state whether that they were driven out of their first and natiue countries or drawing hither as towards a warmer sun and more rich and certaine pray or whether that they expulsed from hence the ancient inhabitants or that these their country being large enough for both incorporated into their common name For nothing towardes this purpose can be gathered out of the snatching epitomizing Histories of thoâ—e times The first time wherein we heare them mentioned was in the raigne of the Emperour Antoninus Bassianus Caracallâ— who should overcome them in a battle fought nere vnto the river of the Mâ—iâ—e From hence I thinke it is that Crusius conjectureth their first descent vnto the Rhijn to haue hapned about the raigne of Severus father to this Emperour After this we heare of them frequently vpon occasion of their inroades and excursions into the neighbouring Romane Provinces in the raigne of Gallienus spoiling and forraging Gaule and thorough this province breaking into Italie of Claudius the second overthrowne by this prince with great slaughter in Italy nere vnto the Lake Benacus of Dioclesian and Maximianus to the number of 60 thousand slaine in Gaule in the country of the Lingones by Constantius father to the Great Constantine Of Constantius father vnto Constantine the Great and succeeding vnto Dioclesian served in Bretaigne by Erocus a king of this nation of Constantius sonne to Constantine the Great wasting then and spoiling Gaule and overcom'd in battle at Argentoratum by Iulianus and driuen home into their country Chrodomarius one of their kings being taken prisoner of Valentinian the first and Valens forraging Gaule and Rhaetia and againe beaten and ouerthrowne by the Romans of Gratian againe inuading Gaule and by the army hereof slaine at Argentaria to the number of 30 thousand Their seat here during these their affaires and since that they were knowne by the name of Almans was the right shore of the Rhijn froÌ„ beyond the Meine or froÌ„ the confluence of the Rhijn the Moselle the borders of the FrenchmeÌ„ vnto the part of the Rhijn against the Rauraci now the couÌ„try of Basil or as in Crusius vnto he towne of Waldshut aboue Basil a sort sometimes of the Almans affronting the Romanes confined vpon the South with the Danow and thwaâ—ting on the farther sides of the rivers Danow and the Rhijn the provinces of Rhaetia Prima Germania Prima and Maxima Sequanorum They contained then the parts where now he the Dukedomes of Franconia and Wittenberg the Marquisate of Baden Brisgow and Mortâ—â—w with the part of Schwaben comprehended within the Danow and of the Lower Palatinate lying within the Rhijn About or shortly after the raigne of Valentinian the third for no ancient
author mentioneth the exact time as Rhenanus conjectureth presently after the invasion of Attilas and the death of Aetius following the tract of the Huns who beating downe the Romane townes and fortresses had levelled and made plaine the way before them passing over the rivers of the Rhijn and the Danow they made themselues masters of the first Rhaetia with the First Germanie and part of Maxima Sequanorum in Gaule whose conquest in the more flourishing estate of Rome they had often before to their losse attēpted enlarging by this meanes their dominions and the name language and account of the Dutch vnto the Alpes and beyond the Rhijn vnto the confines of the Burgundians bounding then vpon the South with Italy vpon the West with the river Russ and the Mountaine Vauge from Burgundie vpon the North with the Moselle and vpon the East with the river Lech from the Bavarians or from those who then held Vindilicia containing at this day besides the parts before mentioned the rest of the Lower Palatinate and of Schwaben the Grisons Switzerlandt vnto the river Russ the territory of Basil Sungow Elsass and Westreich Not long after this their enlargement quarrelling with the French iealous of their victories and conquests they were overthrowne by king Clovys at Tolbiacum now the towne of Zulph nere Colen in a memorable and great battaile subdued after by this Prince and least they should recouer againe vpon a barbarous iealousie of their strength and greatnesse oppressed with a miserable and lasting servitude some markes whereof in the common sort of the Suevians doe still hetherto remaine Their estate whilst they were free and during the Roman Monarchie was vnder Kings every lesser Canton hauing their severall Princes whereof we read in Am. Marcellinus no fewer then eight to haue raigned at one time besides others probably not mentioned Vpon their subiection to the French men they were made a Dukedome named first the Dukedome of Almaigne afterwards of Schwaben continuing as during the whole goverment of the French so after the expiration of the French Empire and since this became electiue whereof and of the States raised from hence we are now to relate THE DVKEDOME OF ALMAIGNE OR SCHWABEN By these two names we finde the ancient Dukedome promiscuously to haue beene called The State was erected vnder this title by Clovys King of the Frenchmen presently vpon his conquest of the nation The first Dukes were only but such governours vnder the French thus stiled chosen by the free grace of the Princes and in whose free power it was to remoue and displace them at their pleasure It was after the division of the French Empire by the sonnes of the Emperour Lewis the Godly and that the Empire was translated to the Germans that they became hereditary the first that transmitted this honour to posterity being Frederick the first created by the Emperour Henry the fourth The Dukes of Almaigne or Schwaben for as many as we can finde of them out of the lame Dutch Antiquaries follow Leutharis and Bultinus Gonzo Luitfridus and Vncelinus in the raigne of Childebert French king Martin and Godfrey in the time of Pepin the Fat Maiour of the Palace Maso about the same time Ortuvinus in the time of S. Gal. Luitfridus Theodovalda in the Regency of Charles Martel Maiour of the Palace At this time Crusius accounteth in Almaigne to vse his owne words Elsass Zurichgow Schwaben and the Higher Germanie whereby it appeareth that little vntill then had beene diminished of the ancient Theobaldus Bertholdus Veius Gotfridus and Watilo in the same raigne Hildebrandus Imanus Gotfrey and Lantofrichus during the same Regencie for many then commanded together Geroldus Hiltebrandus and Berchtoldus in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great Nothardus in the raigne of the Emperour Lotharius the first Wighartus and Rupertus about the same time in the raigne of Lewis surnamed the Ancient King of Germanie Berchtoldus and Erchinger in the raigne of the Emperour Arnulph In the raigne of the same Prince Rodulphus Burchardus Hitherto the order of the Dukes is broken and confused There followeth a more continuate succession but neither yet hereditary Burchard descended from the Earles of Buchorn created Duke of Almaigne or Schwaben in the yeare 916 by the Emperour Conrade the first Herman Luitulphus Duke of Saxonie sonne to the Emperour Otho the first Burchard the second sonne to Burchard the first Otho the first sonne to Luitulphus before mentioned Conrade Herman the second Herman the third sonne to Herman the second Ernest the first Ernest the second sonne to Ernest the first Herman the fourth Henry brother to the Emperour Conrade the second Otho the second Count Palatine of Witlispach Nephew to the Emperour Otho the third Otho the third Marquesse of Sweinfurt Rodulph Earle of Rheinfeilden by the practise of Pope Hildebrand chosen afterwards Emperour of the Romans against the Emperour Henry the fourth Hee died of a wound at Mersburg receaved against this Emperour in the battle sought at the River of Elster in Meissen By this time sundry new Estates being erected and lopped off from the vast bodie of the Dukedome of Schwaben the name and accompt hereof became straitned within more narrow bounds Fredericke the first surnamed the Auncient Baron of Hohen-staufen created Duke of Schwaben by the Emperour Henry the fourth in the place of Rodulph He first made the Dukedome hereditary the former Dukes after Crusius commanding but in the nature of deputies and leiutenants of the Emperours Frederick surnamed with the one eye son to Fredericke the Auncient Fredericke surnamed Barbarossa son to Frederick with the one eye He was elected Roman Emperour vnfortunately drowned in the riuer Saphet in Armenia in his iourney towards Syria for the recouery of the Holy Land buried at Tyre Frederick the fourth younger sonne to the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa Henry the eldest brother was elected Emperour of the Romans after his father Conrade brother to Fredericke the fourth Philip brother to Fredericke the fourth and Conrade He became Roman Emperour after the decease of Henry the Sixt. He was slaine at Bamberg by Otho Counte Palatine Frederick the fift sonne to the Emperour Henry the Sixt. He was also made Emperour by the name of Frederick the second after Otho Count Palatine son to Henry surnamed the Lion Duke of Saxonie poisoned in Italy by his base sonne Manfrede Conrade sonne to Fredericke the fift poisoned by Manfrede his base brother Conradinus son to Conrade taken prisoner in Italy in his warres against Charles Duke of Aniou beheaded afterwards at Naples by the commandement hereof iealous and vnpatient of a corrivall young and without heires the last Duke of Schwaben and in whom ended the succession and familie of Frederick the Ancient After this disastre the Dukedome of Schwaben for want of heires falling to the Empire became scattered into sundry lesser States too many to recite containing besides the Bishoppricks almost infinite
since haue beene named the Marquesses of Baden Herman the second Marquesse of Baden sonne to Herman the first Herman the third sonne to Herman the second Herman the fourth Marquesse of Baden sonne to Herman the third Rodulph sonne to Herman the fourth Herman sonne to Rodulph Rodulph sonne to Herman Frederick sonne to Rodulph Rodulph sonne to Fredericke Bernard sonne to Rodulph Iames sonne to Bernard Charles sonne to Iames. Christopher son to Charles Marquesse of Baden and Hochberg and Earle of Spanheim Bernard Marquesse of Baden son to Christopher His brother Ernest succeeded in the Marquisate of Hochberg Christopher the Younger sonne to Bernard Edward Marquesse of Baden sonne to Christopher the younger Indebted and going about to sell and alienate the estate from his house he was driuen out and depriued of all by his kinsman Ernest Marquesse of Hochberg Ernest and George Fredericke Marquesses of Hochberg sons to Charles sonne to Ernest Marquesse of Hochberg sonne to Christopher the Elder Marquesse of Baden and Hochberg and Earle of Spanheim and brother to Bernard Marquesse of Baden after the expulsion of Edward succeeding in the Marquisate and country of Baden Ernest deceasing without issue male George Fredericke remained sole heire of the house Marquesse of Baden and Hochberg in the time of Albizius How the country by continuall additions became enlarged vnto its present extent see the third booke of Irenicus and the 108. chapter THE FRENCHMEN OF the Originall Empire and whole fortune of this nation we haue already fully related in the discourse of the famous and potent kingdome of France The name and memory hereof is yet continued here in the country of Franconia one of the foure maine Dukedomes or Provinces during the command of the French the part of Germany then subject vnto them was divided into The title of the Duke of Franconia is yet borne and maintained by the Bishop of Wurtzburg THE THVRINGIANS THese probably might be the Thervingi mentioned by Ammiarius Marcellinus in his 31 booke in the Emperours Valens and Gratianus driven then by the Huns vnto the hither side of the river Danow but from what country he nameth not Not vnprobably otherwise they might bee the Tyrangetae of Ptolemie a nation then inhabiting Sarmatia Perhaps these three might all be the names of one and the same people But in this nothing is certaine The first time wherein we read of this expresse name was in the raigne of the Emperour Valentinian the third when they are mustered vp by Sidonius Apollinaris amongst other Barbarous nations following Attilas towards Gaule and the West Their first certaine mention in this country of Germanie we finde to haue beene in the raigne of Childerick the fourth king of the Frenchmen from Pharamond father to the great Clovys Avitus and Maiorianus then succeeding in the expiring Roman Empire of the West at what time we heare of one Bissinus King of this nation and of his adulteresse wife Bissina entertaining Childerick living there exiled expulsed out of his kingdome Procopius notwithstanding in his Gothish warres fetcheth their antiquitie and arrivall hither much further from the time of the Emperour Augustus comming and inhabiting here by his permission but without the testimony of more ancient authors and for this cause not deseruing any credit The parts they tooke vp here whilst they were a free estate and before they became subiect to the Frenchmen were the moderne Duringen and Hessen They were subiect vnder kings whereof since their first notice in regard of their short continuance we finde onely two Bissinus now mentioned and Erminfridus Vnder Erminfridus their liberty and kingdome tooke end ouercome and after perfidiously slaine at Tolbiacum now Zulp by Theodorik king of Austrasia aided by his brother Clotarius king of Soissons sonnes to king Clouys the great Their country by this meanes became subiect to the French of Austrasia added vnto East-France wherevnto it remained after for a long time annexed It was afterwards vnder the Dutch Emperours made a Lantgraue-dome then after diuided amongst two Lantgraues of Duringen and Hessen The maner followeth THE EARLEDOME OR LANTGRAVEDOME OF DVRINGEN IT was so named from the auncient inhabitants thereof the Thuringians The estate after a long vacancy was begunne about the yeare 1025 by the Emperour Conrade the second in the person of Lewis son by one of the Dukes of Orleans vnto Blancaschidis sister to Gisela wife of this Emperour and daughter vnto Lewis the fourth French king It contained then the whole auncient Duringen the prouince not yet being diuided The Princes followe Lewis before mentioned son vnto Blancaschidis Lewis the second son to Lewis the first Lewis the third son to Lewis the second Vnto this prince If I mistake not my author The Emperour Lotharius the second gaue first the title of Lantgraue signifying with the Dutch a Provinciall Earle the former Princes being onely called by the simple title of Earles Lewis the fourth Lantgraue of Duringen son to Lewis the third Lewis the fift sonne to Lewis the fourth He deceased without issue Herman brother to Lewis the fift He obtained of the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa the Palatinate of Saxony deriued by the succeeding Lantgraues to the Marqueses of Meissen Lewis the sixt snnne to Herman He dyed without suruiuing male issue Henry brother to Lewis the sixt He deceased without issue in whom ended the family or male succession of the house of Orleans after that it had therein continued for the space of 232 yeares These being deceased there stroue for the inheritance and right hereof Henry Marquesse of Meissen whose mother was Iudith or Iutta daughter vnto Herman and Henry Duke of Brabant whose wife was Sophia daughter to Lewis the sixt After some 9 yeares contention and warre by agreement betwixt the pretendants the country was diuided betwixt them whereof the Marquese of Meissen had the Easterne moity for his share with the title of Lantgraue of Duringen and the Duke of Brabant West-Duringen with the title of Lantgraue of Hessen How the Lantgraues of Duringen haue been since continued in the house of Meissen reade those Marqueses The Lantgraues of Hessen follow THE LANTGRAVE-SHIP OF HESSEN THis was sometimes a parcell of the greater province of Duringen from its westerne scituation called then West-Duringen and otherwise from the Catti its ancient inhabitants corruptly Hessen It was devided from Duringen about the yeare 1262 in the person as was before mentioned of Henry Duke of Brabant vpon composition agreement made betwixt him and Henry Marques of Meissen contending for the Lantgraueship of Duringen The Lantgraues continuing the house follow Henry the first surnamed the Magnanimous Duke of Brabant in right of his wife Sophia first Lantgraue of Hessen Henry the second surnamed the Infant Lantgraue of Hessen son to Henry the first and Sophia Henry surnamed the Meeke his elder brother but by an other Venter succeeded vnto his father in the Dukedome of
ever since continued THE DVKEDOME OF KARNTEN THe country tooke the name from the Carni of Pliny its ancient inhabitants When the state begun wee finde not The first Duke wee heare of was one Henry mentioned by Aventinus son to Berchtold Duke of Bavaria and living in the raigne of the Emperour Otho the third Whether that their had beene former Dukes it is vncertaine The Dukes after this follow in order Conrade sonne to Otho Duke of Franconia after the decease of Henry Duke of Karnten by the gift of the Emperour Otho the third Adalbero by the gift of the Emperour Henry the second Conrade the second sonne to Conrade the first created by the Emperour Conrade the second Welpho by the gift of the Emperour Henry the third Luitolphus appointed by the Emperour Henry the fourth Henry of Epperstain Henry sonne to Engelbert prefect of Histria adopted by Henry of Epperstain deceasing without issue He also died without children By this most probably Krain and Marca Trevisana became first added to the house of the Dukes of Karnten Engelbert brother to Henry Vlric son to Engelbert Henry son to Vlric Herman brother to Henry Vlric son to Herman This Duke being aged and without children sould the country hereof with its appendices vnto Ottocarus king of Bohemia Ottocarus king of Bohemia and Duke of Karnten by purchase from the last Vlric Falling at variance with Rodulph the first Emperour of the Romanes vpon a peace and reconciliation made betwixt them he yeelded over vnto him Karnten Krain and Marca Trevisana togither with Austria and Steirmarck Rodulph the first Emperour of the Romanes by right of warre and of the Empire Lord of Karnten Krain Marca Trevisana Austria and Steirmarck taken from Ottocarus king of Bohemia In a Diet held at Augspurg in the yeare 1283 by consent of the estates of the Empire he gaue Karnten and Marca Trevisana vnto Meinard Earle of Tirol his brother in law reserving Austria Krain and Steirmarck for his eldest sonne Albert. Meinard brother in law to the Emperour Rodulph the first Earle of Tirol and Duke of Karnten Henry Earle of Tirol and Duke of Karnten sonne to Meinard He deceased without issue male Otho surnamed the Pleasant and Albert surnamed the Short Dukes of Austria and sonnes to the Emperour Albert the first Dukes of Karnten by the gift of the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria the male issue of the house of Tirol failing in Henry By this meanes the Dukedome of Karnten Krain and Marca Trevisana became possessed by the familie of Austria THE EARLEDOME OF TIROL IT was thus named from the ancient Castle of Tirol standing yet neere vnto the towne of Meran and towards the head of the riuer Adise When the Earledome begun we finde not The Princes from more cleare times follow Meinard the first Earle of Tirol and Gorecz deceasing in the yeare 1258. Meinard the second Earle of Tirol sonne to Meinard the first He became likewise Duke of Karnten by the gift of the Emperour Rodulph the first His brother Albert succeeded in the Earledome of Gorecz Henry Duke of Karnten and Earle of Tirol sonne to Meinard the first Leaving no issue male Karnten and Marca Trevisana returned vpon the Princes of the house of Austria by the gift of the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria Margaret surnamed Maultasch Countesse of Tirol daughter to Henry Haning no surviving issue by the consent of her people shee estated this rich Earledome vpon Rodulph Albert and Leopold Archdukes of Austria sonnes to Albert the Short by which meanes the house of Austria haue ever since beene seazed hereof The Earledome of Gorecz by the same right vpon the decease of Leonard the last Earle in the yeare 1501 without issue descended vpon the Emperour Maximilian the first the heire of the house THE HVNNS THese I take with Becanus to haue beene the Chuni of Ptolemie a people of the Sarmatae Their first expresse mention in histories wee finde to haue beene in the raignes of the Emperours Valens and Gratian at what time comming first vnto the banke of the Ister being a nation before vnknowne and not heard of they expulsed thence and draue vnto the farther side of that river into the Romane provinces the fatall nation of the Gothes the after treaders downe of the Romane maiesty and Empire Their name after this is common In the raigne of the Emperour Gratian we read of them with the Gothes Alans and Taifali then to inhabite Dacia and Thrace of Gratianus and Theodosius with the Scyri and Cappadocae to haue beene overcom'd heereby in battle and to haue beene forced againe beyonde the Ister most likely out of Thrace and the Roman countries which but lately before they had seazed vpō of Arcadius and Honorius vnder their Prince Vldes overthrowing and killing in battle one Gaines rebelling in the East against Arcadius and with his weake and conquered troupes flying over vnto their barbarous coast of the Ister againe then with the Alans aiding Stilico Leiutenant to Honorius in his warre against Radagaisus king of the Gothes of Theodosius the second and Valentinian the third aiding Iohn vsurping against Valentinian againe then the Romans against the Gothes againe in the same raigne miserably wasting and spoiling Illyricum and Thrace of Valentinian the third and Marcianus vnder their great Captaine Attilas accompanied with an innumerable multitude of other Barbarians descending into Gaule and towards the West and in the plaines of Chaalon vpon Marne in a great memorable battle overthrowne by Aetius Generall of the Romans and by the aides of the French Gothes and Burgundians driven backe againe into the Provinces of the East again◠shortly after and vnder the same Captain returning backe towards Italy and sacking the towne of Aquileia of the Emperour Anastasius serving him in his warres against the rebell Vitalianus and betraying Hypatius Generall of his army into the hands of that enimy After this we read little of them vnlesse amongst the Avares of whom Iornandes I knowe not with what trust maketh them to haue been a part Agathias notwithstanding who lived about the raigne of the Emperour Iustin the second relateth their name in his time to haue beene vtterly extinct and no where heard of whether that they were then quite destroyed by the slaughter and cruelty of other Barbarians or that they removed into farre remote and vnknowne parts Their first and more ancient dwelling most probably was within the maine land of Sarmatia where were the Chuni of Ptolemy In the raigne of the Emperours Valens and Gratian remouing from thence the Gothes they flitted vnto the left shore of the Ister thwarting vpon the further side Pannonia and Thrace infesting from thence for a long time the neighbouring Roman Provinces Vnder the Great Attilas they were seated in Pannonia with the opposite side of Dacia where now are Hungary and Austria but how long they there inhabited and when they should remoue from thence wee finde not It is
continuing the succession follow Bugslaus and Casimir sonnes to Wartislaus the first Christian prince created Dukes of Pomeren by the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa Bugslaus the second sonne to Bugslaus the first Barnimus the first sonne to Bugslaus the second Bugslaus son to Barnimus the first His brother Otho the country after the custome of the Germans being divided betwixt them succeeded in Stetin whose posteritie failing in Otho the third his part as voide and returning vpon the Empire was by the Emperour Fredericke the third given vnto Fredericke the second Electour and Marques of Brandenburg a cause of much contention and warre betwixt the house of Brandenburg the Dukes of Pomeren of Wolgast descended from Bugslaus The controversie being decided betwixt them Brandenburg retained the armes and title and the Dukes of Pomeren the country Wartislaus son to Bugslaus Barnimus son to Wartislaus Wartislaus son to Barnimus Barnimus son to Wartislaus Wartislaus son Barnimâ—s Eric sonne to Wartislaus Bugslaus the tenth of that name son to Eric sole Duke of Pomeren Stetin or the part belonging to the house of Otho being by composition yeelded vnto him by Albert the first Electour and Marques of Brandenburg George son to Bugslaus the tenth Philip son to George Bugslaus the eleaventh and Ernest-Lewis sons to Philip. Bugslaus the 12 th and George sonns to Bugslaus the Eleaventh and Philippus Iulius son to Ernest-Lewis Dukes of Pomeren in the time of my authour THE DVKEDOME OF MECKLENBVRG IT was thus named from the great and ancient towne of Mecklenburg situated sometimes where now is Wismar sounded after Krantzius out of the ruines hereof The estate was first occasioned by Primistaus prince of the Obotriti subdued and made subject to the Dutch with the whole nation of the Sclaues Winithi inhabiting this country by Henry surnamed the Lion Duke of Saxonie and Bauaria the progenitor of the moderne princes His posterity notwithstanding enioyed not the title of Dukes of Mecklenburg neither the right and priviledge of princes of the Empire vntill the yeare 1348 and the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fourth The order of the princes since the Dutch conquest hereof commanding the country follow Primislaus before mentioned Prince of the Obotriti subdued and driuen out by Henry the Lion Duke of Saxony and Bauaria and afterwards taken into fauour and restored to the possessions and inheritance of his ancestours to be held vnder the right and homage of the house of Saxony Henry the first sonne to Primislaus Henry the second sonne to Henry the first His brother Niclot the inheritance being diuided succeeded in the Principality and title of the Vandals Iohn surnamed the Diuine sonne to Henry the second Henry surnamed of Hierusalem sonne to Iohn the Diuine Henry surnamed the Lion sonne to Henry of Hierusalem Albert and Iohn sonnes to Henry surnamed the Lion created first Dukes of Mecklenburg and made Princes of the Empire by the Emperour Charles the fourth Magnus Duke of Mecklenburg sonne to Albert. Iohn Duke of Mecklenburg sonne to Magnus He founded the Vniuersity of Rostock Henry surnamed the Fat Duke of Mecklenburg sonne to Iohn William the last prince of the Vandals descended from Niclot and Primislaus before named deceasing without male issue he added that part vnto the Dukedome of Mecklenburg Magnus Duke of Mecklenburg sonne to Henry the Fat Albert Duke of Mecklenburg sonne to Magnus Iohn-Albert Duke of Mecklenburg sonne to Albert. Sophia the onely daughter of his brother Vlrick Duke of Mecklenburg was married vnto Frederick the second king of Denmarck from whom were descended amongst other issue Christian the fourth now king of Denmarck and the most illustrious princesse Anne Queene of Great Brittaine Adolph-Frederick and Iohn-Albert sonnes to Iohn-Albert Dukes of Mecklenburg in the time of my authour THE BOHEMIANS THese tooke their name from the country Boiohoemum of Paterculus and Boiemum of Tacitus now Bohemia called thus from the more ancient and first knowne inhabitants hereof the Boij and through sundry different successions of people continuing the name vnto our times The Sclaves thus distinguished first arrived here if we may beleeue their historians vnder Zechus brother vnto Lechus the founder of the Polish monarchie and nation about the yeare 649 agreeing with the time of Constans Emperour of the East and of Clovys the second sonne to Dagobert Monarch of the Frenchmen succeeding to the Marcomans A time notwithstanding more neere vnto the dissolution of the Westerne Romane Empire and the generall flittings of Barbarous nations seemeth much more probable By Charles the Great and the succeeding Emperours of the West they were subdued and made a part of the French and Germane Empires Their first Religion was Gentilisme Vnder their prince Borsivoius in the raigne of the Emperour Arnulph they received the Christian faith converted by S. Methodius Bishop of the Moravians THE KINGDOME OF BOHEMIA THEIR goverment was for the most part Monarchicall first vnder Dukes then vnder Kings created by the Dutch Emperours afterwardes made electiue and obtaining a place in the generall Diets and the priviledge of Electours and Princes of the Empire Their order followeth Zechus vnder whom the Sclaves first disbourded hither the founder of the nation He died without issue after whom the state for a time became popular Cracus the Law-giuer of the Polonians created Duke of the Bohemians weary of their rude and confused Democracie He deceased about the yeare 709. Lybussa daughter to Cracus maried vnto Primislaus Primislaus husband to Lybussa Duke of Bohemia after the decease hereof He founded the towne of Prage Nezamislaus sonne to Primislaus Mnatha sonne to Nezamissaus Duke of the Bohemians in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great About this time the nation became first subiect to forraine jurisdiction tamed and brought vnder by the armes of the French not fully quieted notwithstanding and incorporated with Germany vntill the raigne of the Dutch Emperours Voricius sonne to Mnatha Wenceslaus Bela. Nostricius sonne to Bela. Borzivoius the first Christian Prince in the raigne of the Emperour Arnulph Sbitignaeus sonne to Borzivoius Vladislaus the first brother to Sbitignaeus Wenceslaus the second surnamed the Saint son to Vladislaus the first slaine by his brother Boleslaus Boleslaus the first brother to Saint Wenceslaus and sonne to Vladislaus the first Boleslaus the second sonne to Boleslaus the first He mightily encreased the Christian religion not yet here fully established by armes and the planting of industrious Pastours Boleslaus the third sonne to Boleslaus the second Iaromir sonne to Boleslaus the third Vdalricus Duke of Bohemia brother to Boleslaus the third and vncle vnto Iaromir Predislaus sonne to Vdalricus Sbitignaeus the second son to Predislaus He deceased about the yeare 1061. Hitherto they gouerned only in title of Dukes Vladislaus brother to Sbitignaeus the first of the nation and name King of Bohemia created in a Diet at Mentz by the Emperour Henry the fourth in the
and distinction giuen them either from the evennesse of their countrie lying flat and without hills or from their frequent hunting an exercise wherevnto this nation hath alwaies beene much addicted for the word Pole in the Sclavonian tongue signifieth both The former is the more received opinion The ordinary sort of the Polish and Bohemian historians relate these with the Bohemians to haue beene originally Croatians descended from the Sclaves inhabiting Krabbaten and Windischlandt and brought into these parts by Zechus and Lechus two brethren flying hither and banished out of their country for homicide But this fable is judiciously refuted by Cromerus The more certaine opinion is that which we haue before delivered that they were no other then the naturall Sarmatians vpon the departure of the Dutch nations towardes the Romane frontires flocking hither and in regard of their neighbourhood filling vp and inhabiting their left countries and by reason of their common language with the Sclaves of Illyricum and the East thus accompted Notwithstanding that Zechus and Lechus were the founders of the two nations it is a constant tradition received by all their Historians and not lightly to be rejected Although whether that these were straungers or natiue inhabitants and onely the beginners and raisers of two such states and goverments the thing is altogither vncertaine since that all ancient histories and monuments are silent The time when these first should arriue hither after the report of their Historians was the yeare 649 vnder Lechus A time notwithstanding more neere vnto the great and generall flittings of the Barbarous and Northren nation as before we haue shewed is much more probable Their country since their first notice was the moderne Poland with Schlesi divided with the river Wixel and containing part of Sarmatia By king Boleslaus the first Pomeren was added contained then betwixt the river Odera and the Wixel recovered afterwardes by Fredericke Barbarossa to the Dutch Empire Schlesi was likewise annexed to the kingdome of the Bohemians the occasion and manner whereof we wil shew hereafter THE KINGDOME OF POLAND THeir goverment was for the most part monarchicall first vnder Dukes then vnder princes afterwards vnder kings Their order followeth Lechus first Duke of the Poles or of Poland brother vnto Zechus the first prince of the Bohemians His posterity for a while succeeded but whose names as neither their number are not knowne These failing 12 Palatines commaunded The Aristocracie put downe Cracus is chosen Lechus the second son to Cracus Venda sister to Lechus the second 12. Palatines Lescus the first the monarchy againe restored He deceased without issue Lescus the second Lescus the third son to Lescus the second He lived in the raigne of Charles the Great Vnto this time if we dare beleeue their Histories the Dukes of Poland besides the moderne country and Schlesi commanded over the whole coast of the Sea Baltick inhabited by the many people of the Winithi divided then first amongst the numerous issue of this prince and the posterity of these revolting becomming afterwardes conquered and vnited to the Dutch filled with their colonies But this whole narration seemeth altogither to be fabulous Popielus the first Duke of Poland son to Lescus the third Popielus the second son to Popielus the first He died without surviving heires of his body after a monstrous and straunge maner eaten vp and devoured with mice together with his wife and whole issue Piastus the first elected Duke of Poland after Popielus the second Zemovitus the first sonne to Piastus the first Lescus the fourth son to Zemovitus the first Zemomyslus the first son to Lescus the fourth Miezislaus the first son to Zemomyslus the first the last Duke of Poland Boleslaus the first son to Miezislaus the first created first king of Poland by the Emperour Otho the third about the yeare 1001. He subdued and made tributary the Pomerani Miezislaus the second K. of Poland son to Boleslaus the first Casimir the first son to Miezislaus the second Boleslaus the second son to Casimir the first deposed from the kingdome and dying exiled in Hungary Vladislaus the first brother to Boleslaus the second elected after his brother He left the title of king and was stiled only Prince of Poland continued by his successours vnto Praemislus Boleslaus the third prince of Poland son to Vladislaus the first Vladislaus the second eldest sonne to Boleslaus the third Prince or soueraigne Lord of the whole Poland but commanding immediatly only in a part the country being divided betwixt him and his other brethren He was driuen out by the ioint armes and conspiracy hereof Vpon composition with his brethren by the mediation of the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa he had allotted vnto him for his share the country of Schlesi sometimes part of Poland left vnto his three sonnes Boleslaus Conrade and Miezeslaus whose successours enioyed it a long time after first vnder the right of the kings of Poland afterwards of the kings of Bohemia the beginning and occasion of the Dukedome thus called and of the rent hereof from the name and account of Poland Boleslaus the fourth brother to Vladislaus the second Miezeslaus the third brother to Boleslaus the fourth and Vladislaus He was likewise deposed Casimir the second brother to Miezeslaus the third Lescus the fift sonne to Casimir the second deposed againe by Miezeslaus the third Miezeslaus the third Vladislaus the third sonne to Miezeslaus the third deposed by Lescus the fift Lescus the fift the last prince of Poland after whom the long languishing monarchie hereof became for a time quite extinguished the countrie being diuided amongst many petty Lords all absolute no one hauing soueraigne authority ouer the rest After some vacancy Praemislus Duke of Posna Hee vnited in his person the greatest part of the many divided Provinces hereof and was elected king of Poland in the yeare 1295 after that this title here had beene intermitted for the space of 215 yeares continued euer since in his successours Vladislaus the fourth king of Poland elected after Primislus Casimir the third king of Poland sonne to Vladislaus the fourth He deceased without heires Lewis the first king of Hungary son to Caribert by Elizabeth sister to Casimir the third elected king of Poland after Casimir Hee deceased without heire male Hedwigis younger daughter to Lewis the first Queene of Poland She married vnto Iagello great Duke of Lithuania Her elder sister Mary succeeded in the kingdome of Hungary married vnto the Emperour Sigismond Iagello great Duke of Lithuania after his baptisme and conuersion to Christianitie from Paganisme named Vladislaus after the decease of Hedwigis without surviving issue continuing king of Poland transmitting the right hereof to his issue and posterity By this Prince the great Dukedome of Lithuania with the appending countries became annexed to the crowne of Poland and added to the Church of Christ. Vladislaus the sixt eldest son to Iagello by his wife Sconza daughter to And rew-Iohn
Charles the Great seemeth more probable for that Beda who lived not long before his raigne relateth the part of the Chersonese where sometimes dwelt the English in his time to haue lyen wast and empty of inhabitants without mentioning the Danes At this day they containe the parts of Hallandt and Sohonen in the maine land of Scandia all the Ilands within the straights of the Sundt with the North and South Iutlandts and the Dukedome of Schleswic in the Cimbrian Chersonese divided from the Saxons or Dutch by the river Eydore al now together called by the name of Dane marck or Denmarck signifying the limit of the Danes given first by the neighbouring Dutch to the marches or border hereof derived afterwardes to the whole country THE KINGDOME OF DENMARCK THe gouerment hereof hath been still vnder Kings electiue but where the next of blood most commonly haue succeeded now besides Denmarck Lords of Norwey Islandt and in a manner of whatsoeuer cold and inhabitable regions subiect to the Pole Articke and the North together with the great Dukedome of Holstein lying in Germany betwixt the rivers Eydore the Elb containing the particular country of Holstein Ditmarse Stormarse and Wagerlandt held hereby vnder the fier of the Dutch Emperours The first of their kings whereof we read in histories deseruing credit for those long descents from Dan in Grammaticus Saxo and Krantzius are meerely counterfeit and fabulous were Cochliarius before mentioned slaine with his whole army by Theodebert sonne to Theoderick king of Austrasia Godfrey in the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great Hemingus nephew to Godfrey Sigifridus and Amilo nephewes also to Godfrey chosen by their seuerall factions and slaine in battle one against the other the side of Amilo prevailing Harioldus and Ragenfridus brothers vnto Amilo driuen out by the sonnes of Godfrey and exiled amongst the Suiones These all commanded in the time of Charles the Great From Christopher the second deceasing about the yeare 1333. to omit the more ancient for a great part fabulous or very confused the succession hath beene continued as followeth Waldemar the third king of Denmark son to Christopher He deceased without issue male Margaret daughter to Waldemar the third She married vnto Haquin king of Norwey After the decease of her husband and of her young sonne Olaus shee ruled both kingdomes transmitting them to succession She overcame and tooke prisoner Albert king of Sweathland whom she forced to resigne his kingdome added by this meanes to her other possessions and enthralled for a long time after to the Danish yoake She died without surviving issue about the yeare 1410. Eric Duke of Pomeren adopted by Queene Margaret descended of her sister Ingelburgis elected king of Denmarck Norwey and Swethen Wearied with tedious hard warres against the rebellious Sweathlanders the towne of Schleswic and the Hanse-citties hee voluntarily left those kingdomes retiring into his Dukedome of Pomeren where he died Christopher the third Count Palatine of the Rhijn sonne to Margaret sister to Eric after the departure hereof elected and succeeding in all the three kingdomes He deceased without issue Christiern the first Earle of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst after the decease of Christopher elected king of Denmarck and Norwey in the yeare 1448 Sweathland revolting and chusing a Prince of their owne nation He annexed to the house of Denmarcke the countries of Holstein Ditmarse Stormarse and Wagerland erected into a Dukedome by the Emperour Frederick the third He recouered likewise the kingdome of Swethen Iohn sonne to Christiern the first succeeding in all three kingdomes Christiern the second sonne to Iohn In this Prince the Sweathlanders after sundry revolts and revnions finally shoake off the yoake of the Danes gouerned ever since by their owne kings In the yeare 1522 hated for his crueltie he was driuen out and depriued of all his estates succeeded vnto by his vncle Frederick after ten yeares banishment and 27 yeares captivitie miserably dying in bonds Frederick the first younger brother to Iohn and sonne to Christiern the first after Christierne the second elected king of Denmarck and Norwey He first reformed religion in his dominions Christiern the third king of Denmarck and Norwey sonne to Frederick the first Frederick the second sonne to Christiern the third Christiern the fourth king of Denmarck and Norwey sonne to Fredericke the second now raigning THE SVIONES THis people are mentioned by Tacitus in his description of Germany being then a part of the Suevi and with the Sitones inhabiting the greater Scandia of Ptolomie By Aimonius with small difference they are named the Sueones in his fourth booke and 101 chapter By Iornandes de Rebus Geticis the Suethidi more neere vnto the moderne At this day by long corruption the Sueci giuing the name to the country now called Suecia or Sweathland extended for a great space of land betwixt the Balticke and the Frozen seas Their mention in more ancient authors is very sparing not bordering vnto or hauing then any affaire with the Romans French or other civill nations who might relate their acts or passing vnder the generall name of the Normans THE KINGDOME OF SWEATHLAND THeir government anciently and in the time of Tacitus was vnder kings commanding in full liberty and not at the will of the subject continued thither if we dare beleeue their histories from Magog sonne to Iaphet the yeare of the world 1745 and the 90 from the Deluge vnto our times In the raigne of the Emperour Charles the Great we finde them likewise to haue beene a free state different from that of the Danes entertaining then Harioldus and Ragenfridus kings of that nation driven out by the sons of Godfrey In the raigne of Sueno the first and of Canutus the Great agreeing with the raignes of the Emperours Henry and Conrade the second wee heare of them subiect to the Danes but by what meanes it is not manifest as neither how they became cleare from their servitude By Queene Margaret about the yeare 1387 and during the raigne of the Emperour Wenceslaus they were againe subdued to the Danish yoake after long warres sundry defections and recoveries not fully delivered herefrom vntill the yeare 1525 the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fift freed by Gustave whose posterity the Danes being expulsed haue ever since held the crowne The order of the first kings fabulous and confused we purposely omit From Albert and more cleare times they were continued as followeth Albert living in the raignes of the Emperours Charles the fourth and Wenceslaus Duke of Mecklenburg and king of Sweathland warred vpon and taken prisoner by Margaret Queene of Denmarck and Norwey Desirous of libertie he resigned his right of the kingdome vnto Margaret aforesaid Margaret Queene of Denmarck Norwey and Swethen by right of Armes and the resignation of Albert. Eric Duke of Pomeren king of Denmarck Norwey and Swethen adopted by Margaret Christopher Count Palatine of the
Rhijn king of Denmarck Norwey and Swethen son to Margaret sister to Eric aforesaid He deceased without issue Charles son to Canutus a knight of the country elected king of Sweathland after Christopher the Danes excluded Christiern the first king of Denmarck Norwey and Swethen Charles being driuen out Charles king of Swethen restored the second time Christiern the first king of Denmarck being againe excluded After the decease of Charles Steno a nobleman of the country governed the affaires of the realme during the rest of the time of Christiern the first Iohn king of Denmarck Norwey and Swethen sonne to Christierne the first about the yeare 1448 admitted by Steno and the Sweathlanders pressed with the warres of the Russes Christierne the second son to Iohn king of Denmarck Norwey and Swethen by armes and the right of his ancestours He afterwards lost all the three kingdomes driuen out in regard of his tyranny and cruelty Gustaue son to Eric a noble man of the country given by the Sweathlanders amongst the pledges for their fidelity to Christiern the second vpon the fame of Christiernes the Danish tyranny making an escape out of prison expulsing that enimie and elected king of Sweathland Since this time the Sweathlanders free from the Danish servitude haue beene still commaunded by princes of their owne nation Eric eldest son to Gustaue deposed vpon pretence of tyranny and misgoverning the state succeeded vnto by his brother Iohn Duke of Finlandt Iohn Duke of Finlandt son to Gustaue the first and brother to king Eric He marryed vnto Catharine daughter to Sigismond the first sister to Sigismond the second kings of Poland Sigismond son to Iohn and Catharine aforesaid before the decease of his father elected king of Poland afterwardes of Swethen vpon the cause of his different religion and the pretence of his breach of covenants with the people excluded and deposed by his factious nobility succeeded vnto by his vncle Charles Charles Duke of Suderman vncle vnto Sigismond the third king of Poland and younger sonne to Gustaue the first during the absence and warres of Sigismond and the Polonians created Administratour and governour of the kingdome afterwardes in the yeare 1608 elected and crowned king of Sweathland Gustave the second sonne to Charles king of Sweathland nowe raigning THE NORVEGIANS VVHether these were called thus from the country of Norwey or the country from them it is vncertaine We haue not yet read either name in any ancient author Both seeme more lately to haue been giuen from their Northren situation THE KINGDOME OF NORWEY THe coūtry by Aymonius was sometimes otherwise named Westerfold a part then of the Danish kingdome For thus it appeareth by his description hereof in his fourth booke and 101. chapter situated then to the West and North and thwarting the extreame point of the Iland of Great Brittaine It afterwardes became a distinct kingdome By meanes of the marriage of Haquin the last prince vnto Margaret Queene of Denmarcke it became annexed to the house of Denmarcke where it hath ever since continued After this maner the name of Germany is become at this day enlarged beyond the ancient over the provinces of Rhaetia and Noricum with parts of Gaule Pannonia as on the other side extended sometimes vnto the river Wixel the Frozen sea is since become straitned within the Eydore the sea Balticke and the confines of the Polonians the auncient then comprehending without the accompt of the moderne the kingdomes of Denmarke Norwey and Swethen with the greatest part of Poland and the moderne now containing lying without the limits and accompt of the auncient the countries of Seirmarck Karnten Krain and Tirol the parts of Austria Bauaria and Schwaben without the riuer Danow and of France betwixt the riuers Rhijn the Meuse and the Soasne The whole now accompted Germany speaking Dutch or subiect to the soverainety hereof may be diuided into three different States 1. the prouinces of the Low Countries 2. the confederacy of the Switzers 3. and the Empire or kingdome of the Germanes the present subiect of this discourse The originall of the many particular states we haue now related There remaineth the generall state or kingdome whereof the other are parts and subordinate THE KINGDOME OF GERMANY THis is otherwise called the Empire in regard of the residence therein of the Imperiall Roman Maiesty Italy being subdued by Odoacer and the Heruli and the rest of the Roman prouinces of the West by other Barbarous natiōs about the yeare 475 left of by Augustulus after an interregnum of 326 yeares resumed againe by Charles the Great king of the Frenchmen and by succession herefrom the French dominions being divided afterwards in the yeare 880 deriued vpon Charles surnamed the Fat king of Germany maintained euer since in the Princes hereof The country after that it became subiect to the Frenchmen was for a long time a part of their kingdome of Austrasia after the policy of those times divided into 4 maine provinces or Dukedomes of Franconia Saxonie Almaigne and Bauaria the parts lying now beyond the riuers of the Elb and Saltza and possessed then by the many nations of the Sclaues not being added vntill afterwards About the yeare 841 in the person of Lewis surnamed the auncient sonne to the Emperour Lewis surnamed the Godly the French Empire being then shared amongst the many sonnes hereof it was first made a distinct kingdome in which title the Princes haue still enioyed it their name of Emperour hauing beene since added vnto them onely as they are soveraigne Lords of Rome and Italy successours to Charles the Great and the French The kingdome contained onely at the time of its first erection the parts now bounded in with the Mountaines of Bohemia the Alpes the German Ocean and the riuers of the Rhijn Eydore Elb and Saltza including Pannonia a part then of Bauaria afterwards taken herefrom by the Hungarians By the Emperours Otho the third and Conrade the second the parts lying in Gaule betwixt the rivers of the Rhijn the Soasne and the Meuse were added The manner wee haue shewed in France By Henry the first and the succeeding Emperours vnto Frederick Barbarossa and by the armes of the Dukes of Saxonie and the Marqueses of Brandenburg were added the parts beyond the rivers Saltza and Elb containing now Mecklenburg Lawenburg Pomeren Meissen Lausnitz and the Middle and Newe Marches of Brandenburg held vnder the right hereof The order of the kings of Germany follow Lewis before mentioned surnamed the Ancient second sonne to the Emperour Lewis the Godly first king of Germany whose portion it was in the division of the French Monarchie betwixt him and his other brethren Lotharius and Charles the Bald. Carloman Lewis and Charles surnamed the Fat kings of Germany sonnes to Lewis the Ancient Charles the Fat sole king of Germany his two brothers Lewis and Carloman deceasing without heires or lawfull The male issue of his vncle the Emperour Lotharius failing
and Charles the Simple the onely left legitimate issue of Charles the Bald being then young and vnfit to governe he got seazed of Italy and the Roman Empire the title still afterwards continuing in his successours Forsaken and deposed by his inconstant nobility hee died in extreame want and misery in the greater Augia neere Constance a memorable example of the incertitude of this transitory and earthly happinesse succeeded vnto by Arnulph Arnulph Emperour of the Romans and King of Germany naturall sonne to Carloman brother to the Emperour Charles the Fat Lewis Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany sonne to Arnulph He deceased without issue Conrade the first sonne to Conrade brother to Lewis the last Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany of the house of Charles the Great He deceased in the yeare 919. Henry the first surnamed the Fowler Duke of Saxonie by the choise of the Dutch and the assignement of Conrade the first elected Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany the Caroline line here being extinguished and that succeeding in France being excluded as strangers Otho the first surnamed the Great sonne to Henry the first Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany Otho the second sonne to Otho the first Otho the third sonne to Otho the second Wanting heires and for prevention of all future claime of the French and Italians by the aid and authority of Pope Gregory the fift a Dutchman and of the cittizens of Rome hee made the Empire of the Romans and the kingdome of Germany to bee perpetually electiue and entailed them vpon the German nation After this Prince the state hath ever since for the space of 627 yeares remained electiue continued chiefly in foure Dutch families of Franconia Suevia Lutzenburg and Austria where now it resteth He died in the yeare 1000. Henry the second Duke of Bavaria the first elected Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany Conrade the second Duke of Franconia Henry the third sonne to Conrade the second Henry the fourth sonne to Henry the third Falling out with and excommunicated by the Popes hee was lastly by their curse depriued of all imperiall and kingly dignitie his sonne Henry the fift authorized and set vp against him dying afterwards in great distresse and poverty Henry the fift the vnnaturall sonne of Henry the fourth the last Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany of the house of Franconia after long quarrells with the Popes deceasing in the yeare 1124. Lotharius the second Duke of Saxonie Emperour of the Romans and king of Germanie He deceased in the yeare 1137. Conrade the third Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany sonne to Frederick surnamed the Ancient Duke of Suevia Fredericke the first surnamed Barbarossa Duke of Suevia sonne to Frederick with the one eye brother to the Emperour Conrade the third Henry the sixt sonne to Frederick Barbarossa Philip Duke of Suevia brother to Henry the sixt slaine by Otho Count Palatine Otho the fourth sonne to Henry surnamed the Lion Duke of Saxony and Bavaria chosen Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany against Philip by the contrary faction of Pope Innocent the third enimieâ— the house of Suevia after the decease of Philip crowned at Rome Excommunicated shortly after through the inconstancy and iniury here of he became forsaken and depriued of all dying in a private state at Brunswijck in the yeare 1218. Frederick the second Duke of Suevia sonne to the Emperour Henry the sixt in the yeare 1212 chosen against Otho the fourth after long warres and contention with the Popes deceasing in the yeare 1251 the last Emperour of the Romans and king of Germany of the house of Suevia During the raigne hereof beginne the faction of the Guelphes and Gibelines amongst the Italians whereof these later sided for the Emperours the other for the Popes occasioned by the quarrells hereof the side of the Popes through the power and authority of that sea at length prevailing and the Emperours quite dispossessed of Italy the title onely remaining William Earle of Holland elected Emperour of the Romanes and king of Germany during the raigne of the Emperour Fredericke the second thorough the authority of the sea of Rome and the immense charge of Pope Innocent the Fourth enimie to Fredericke the second He was slaine the yeare 1257 in his warres against the rebellious Frisâ—â—s Richard Earle of Cornewall brother to Henry the third king of England and Alphonso the tenth king of Castille and Leon chosen Emperours of the Romanes and kings of Germany by their factions the Electours being divided Râ—dâ—lph the first Earle of Habspâ—rg after long disorder and vacancie in the yeare 1273 chosen by the ioint consent of the Electours the founder of 〈…〉 family of Austria and the first Emperour of the Romanes and king of Germany of that house Albert the first Duke of Austria sonne to the Emperour Rodulph the first and Adâ—lph Earle of Nassâ—â— chosen one against the other Albert prevailing by whom Adolph was slaine in battaile Henry the seaventh Earle of Lâ—â—zeâ—burg elected after the decease of Albert. Lewis the fift Duke of Bavaria elected Emperour of the Romanes and king of Germanie opposed by Fredericke Arch-duke of Austria Charles the fourth king of Bohemia and son to the Emperour Henry the seaventh elected during the raigne of the Emperour Lewis excommunicated by the Popes Iohn the two and twentieth Benedict the tenth and Clement the sixt thorough the authority hereof After the decease of Lewis being againe disliked by the Electours Edwarde the 3 d king of England is designed who refusing the Empire as did afterwardes Fredericke Lantgraue of Duringen Gunther Earle of Schwartzenburg is elected dying shortly after vnto whom he againe succeeded for the space of 33 yeares By this prince in the yeare 1356 the Golden Bull was ordained containing the maner of chusing the Emperours Wenceslaus king of Bohemia son to the Emperour Charles the fourth deposed for his floth and many other vices Fredericke Duke of Brunswijck elected after Wenceslaus slaine shortly after at Frislar by the teason of the Bishop of Meâ—tâ— Rupert Count Palatine of the Rhijn He made warre in Italie for the recovery of that province but with vnfortunate successe that Italians every where now shaking of the yoake of the Empire favoured by the Popes iealous of the neighbourhood and greatnesse of the Germanes Iodocur Marques of Moravia vncle to Wenceslaus elected after Rupert His raigne was but short not lasting fullie six moneths Sigismond king of Hungarie and Bohemia son to the Emperour Charles the fourth and brother to Wenceslaus the last Emperour of the Romanes and king of Germany of the house of Lutzenburg He deceased in the yeare 1437. Albert the second Archduke of Austria and king of Hungary and Bohemia son in law to the Emperour Sigismond From this prince the house of Austria haue ever since possessed the Imperiall and Royall Diademe Fredericke the third Archduke of Austria Emperour of the Romanes
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Comm. Bel. Gall. l. 7. c. 2. 3. 4. 28. 32. Interpretationes Montani Petri Birtij in Ptol. Geog. lib. 2. c. 7. b Aquitani vnde nomen Provinciae Plin. N. Hist. lib. 4. c. 19. a Beginning after Caesar and Mela at the Garumna but according vnto Strabo Pliny and Ptolomy at the Loire * v. Claud. Ptol. Geog. l. 2. c. 8. Strab. l. 4. Plin. N. His. l. 4. c. 1 8. Pomp. Mel. l. 3. Iul. Caes. Comm. Bel. Gal. l. 1. c. 12. l. 3. c. 3. 5. lib. 5. c. 21. l. 6. c. 2. 3. 7. 8 lib. 7. c. 3. 5. 18. 19. 20. 22. 26. 27. 28. 29. 36. c. Interpret Montani P. Birtij in Claud. Ptol. lib. 2 c. 8. b Most probably extended further in regard of the strength and power of the people v. Caesar Co-Bel Gal. * v. Claud Ptol. Geog. l. 2. c. 9. Strab. l. 4. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 3. c 5. l. 4. c. 17. Pomp. Mel. l. 3. Caes. Comment Belli Gallici lib 1 c 1 2 3 4 5. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. 15 19. lib 2 c 2 7 8. 10 11 lib 5 c 1 lib 6 c 2. 12 lib 7 c