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     Ludwig III Kurfürst von der Pfalz was born on 23 January 1378. He was the son of Rupprecht III von der Pfalz, Holy Roman Emperor and Elisabeth von Hohenzollern.¹ He married, firstly, Blanche Plantagenet, daughter of Henry IV, King of England and Lady Mary de Bohun, on 6 July 1402.³ He married, secondly, Matilda Principessa de Savoia-Achaea, daughter of Amadeo de Savoia, Prince of Achaea and Catherine de Genève, on 30 November 1417. He died on 30 December 1436 at age 58 at Heidelberg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.
     He succeeded as the Kurfürst von der Pfalz in 1410.¹ Ludwig III Kurfürst von der Pfalz also went by the nick-name of Ludwig 'the Bearded'.

     Erik VII von Pommern, King of Denmark was born in 1382.² He was the son of Wartislav VII Herzog von Pommern and Marie von Mecklenburg.³ He married Philippa Plantagenet, daughter of Henry IV, King of England and Lady Mary de Bohun, on 26 October 1406 at Lund, Skane, Sweden^G.² He died circa 1459 at Regenwalde Castle^G.
     He succeeded as the King Erik III of Norway in 1389.^2,3 He succeeded as the King Erik VII of Denmark in 1397.^2,3 He succeeded as the King Eric XIII of Sweden in 1397.^2,3 He abdicated as King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1439.³

     Jeanne d'Evreux, Princesse de Navarre was born circa 1370 at Pamplona, Spain^G.² She was the daughter of Carlos II, Rey de Navarre and Jeanne de France.¹ She married, firstly, Jean IV de Montfort, Duc de Bretagne, son of Jean de Montfort and Jeanne de Flandre, on 11 September 1386 at Saille-pres-Guérande, Loire-Atlantique, France^G.² She married, secondly, Henry IV, King of England, son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster, Countess of Derby, on 7 February 1403 at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.² She married Henry IV, King of England, son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster, Countess of Derby, on 3 April 1402 in a proxy marriage.² She died on 9 July 1437 at Dower House 'Pirgo', Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England^G.² She was buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England^G.²
     She gained the title of Princesse Jeanne de Navarre.¹ After her marriage, Jeanne d'Evreux, Princesse de Navarre was styled as Queen Consort Joan of England on 25 February 1403.² She was appointed Lady Companion, Order of the Garter (L.G.) in 1405.² After her marriage, Jeanne d'Evreux, Princesse de Navarre was styled as Duchesse de Bretagne.

     Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu was born circa 1374.³ He was the son of Sir William Bourchier and Alianore de Lovayne.^2,4 He married Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st and last Duke of Gloucester and Lady Eleanor de Bohun, before 20 November 1405.¹ He died on 28 May 1420 at Troyes, Champagne, France^G.⁴ He was buried at Llanthony Priory, Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales^G.
     On 10 November 1405 he was pardoned. He was created 1st Count of Eu [Normandy] on 10 June 1419, created by King Henry V.²

     Philippa de Stafford was the daughter of Edmund de Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford and Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham.¹ She died, young.¹

     Friedrich II Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel was born on 14 August 1720.¹ He was the son of Wilhelm VIII Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Dorothea Wilhelmine von Sachsen-Zeitz.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Hanover, Princess of Great Britain, daughter of George II Augustus Hanover, King of Great Britain and Wilhelmine Charlotte Karoline Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach, on 28 June 1740 at Cassel, Germany^G.² He married, secondly, Philippine Charlotte Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Schwedt, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt and Sophie Dorothea Marie Prinzessin von Preußen, on 10 January 1773.¹ He died on 31 October 1785 at age 65 at Schloss Weissenstein, Germany^G.¹
     He succeeded as the Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel in 1760.³

     Elisabeth Christine Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was born on 8 November 1715 at Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany.³ She was the daughter of Ferdinand Albrecht II Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Antoinette Amalie Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.³ She married Friedrich II König von Preußen, son of Friedrich Wilhelm I König in Preußen and Sophia Dorothea Hanover, Princess of Great Britain, on 12 June 1733 at Schloss Salzdahlem, Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany.³ She died on 13 January 1797 at age 81.³
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.³

     Hamilton White was the son of Simon White and Frances Jane Eyre.¹ He married Lucinda Heaphy.¹ He died in 1804.¹

     Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman was born on 20 January 1872.⁴ She was the daughter of George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford and Lady Ida Frances Annabella Lumley.^4,5 She married John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, son of William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton, on 30 January 1893.⁴ She died on 7 August 1954 at age 82.⁴
     From 30 January 1893, her married name became Montagu Douglas Scott. After her marriage, Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman was styled as Duchess of Buccleuch on 5 November 1914.

     William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel was the son of Guillaume d'Aubigny and Maud le Bigod.² He married Adeliza de Louvain, daughter of Godefroi I de Louvain, Duc de Basse-Lorraine and Ida de Chiny, in 1138.^3,2 He died on 3 October 1176 at Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England^G.⁴ He was buried at Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England^G.²
     He was created 1st Earl of Arundel [England] circa 1138.² He held the office of Lord of the Manor of Buckenham, Norfolk in 1139.² In 1139 he gave shelter to the Empress Maud at Arundel Castle, but ever after adhered to King Stephen.² In 1153 he was influential in arranging the treaty where King Stephen retained the crown for life, but with Henry II as heir.² In 1163/64 he was one of the embassy to Rome.² In 1168 he was one of the embassy to Saxony.² He was commander of the Royal army in Normandy, against the King's rebellious sons, where he distinguished himself with "swiftness and velocity" in August 1173.² He fought in the battle near Bury St. Edmunds on 29 September 1173, where he assisted in the defeat of the Earl of Leicester who had, with his Flemings, invaded Suffolk.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁵