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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilda of Tubingen
On 28th July 1332 [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 13) and [his mother] Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King John I of Bohemia (age 35) and [his grandmother] Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia. He the son of [his grandfather] King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 38) and [his grandmother] Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 39). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 23rd July 1339 Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou was born to [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 20) and [his mother] Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 24) at Château de Vincennes, Vincennes.
In June 1348 the Black Death Plague arrived in England. The first of many occurrences. It is estimated to have killed between 25 to 60 percent of the population of around six million. The outbreak lasted through 1349 recurring in 1362, 1369 and regularly thereafter until its last significant outbreak in The Great Plague of 1666.
On 11th September 1349 [his mother] Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 34) died of plague in Maubisson, Pontoise.
On 19th February 1350 [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 30) and [his step-mother] Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France (age 23) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of William Auvergne XII Count Auvergne II Count Boulogne and Margaret Évreux Countess Auvergne and Boulogne. He the son of [his grandfather] King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 56) and [his grandmother] Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France. They were half second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 8th April 1350 [his brother] King Charles V of France (age 11) and [his sister-in-law] Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 12) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon (age 39) and Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon (age 37). He the son of [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 30) and [his mother] Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 22nd August 1350 [his grandfather] King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 56) died. His son [his father] John (age 31) succeeded II King France: Capet Valois.
On 12th February 1352 [his brother-in-law] Charles "Bad" II King Navarre (age 19) and [his sister] Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre (age 8) were married at Chateau du Vivie, Coutevroult. She by marriage Queen Consort Navarre. She the daughter of [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 32) and [his mother] Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France. He the son of Philip "Noble" III King Navarre and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1354 [his future brother-in-law] Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar (age 9) was created 1st Duke Bar. [his sister] Marie Valois Duchess Bar (age 9) by marriage Duchess Bar.
On 19th September 1356 the army of Edward "Black Prince" (age 26) defeated the French and Scottish army led by [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 37) at the Battle of Poitiers
King John "The Good" II of France was captured by three captains including Ivon aka John Fane.
The the English army included: Bernard Brocas (age 26), Thomas Felton (age 26), James Audley (age 38), Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 43), Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh (age 28), Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 61), Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh (age 21), Ralph Ferrers (age 27), William Scrope (age 31), William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 28), Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh (age 37), Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk (age 58), William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 18), John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford (age 44), John Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby (age 33), Thomas Arderne (age 19), Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos (age 36), Richard Pembridge (age 36), Jean Grailly (age 25), Robert de Fouleshurst (age 26) and John Sully (age 73)
John Savile of Shelley and Golcar (age 31) probably fought having received letters of protection to travel overseas.
Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 53) protected the baggage train.
The French and Scottish army included: King John "The Good" II of France, [his brother] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 14), Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche (age 12), Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas (age 26), John "Sans Terre" Artois 1st Count of Eu (age 35); all captured.
Guichard d'Angle 1st Earl Huntingdon and William Douglas 1st Earl Douglas (age 33) fought.
Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon (age 45) was killed. His son Louis (age 19) succeeded II Duke Bourbon.
Gauthier VI Comte de Brienne (age 54) was killed.
In 1360 Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 20) and Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Anjou. She the daughter of Charles "Saint" Chatillon Duke Brittany (age 41) and Joan "Lame" Capet Countess Penthièvre (age 41). He the son of King John "The Good" II of France (age 40) and Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1360 Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 20) was created I Duke Anjou.
In 1360 [his brother] John Valois 1st Duke Berry (age 19) was created 1st Duke Berry and 1st Duke Auvergne.
On 8th May 1360 King Edward III of England (age 47) and [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 41), and their eldest sons Edward "Black Prince" (age 29) and the future [his brother] King Charles V of France (age 21), ratified the Treaty of Brétigny at Calais [Map]. Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 20) and [his brother] John Valois 1st Duke Berry (age 19) were given as hostages.
[his brother] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 18) was ransomed. The treaty confirmed lands held by King Edward III of England including Aquitaine.
King John "The Good" II of France was ransomed for three million écus being released after the payment of the first third.
Bishop William of Wykeham (age 40) was present.
The Treaty was signed on 24th October 1360 at Calais.
Before 1362 [his brother] John Valois 1st Duke Berry (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Berry. She the daughter of John I Count Armagnac (age 50) and Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac (age 51). He the son of [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 42) and [his mother] Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1363 [his brother] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 20) succeeded II Duke Burgundy.
In 1364 [his brother-in-law] Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar (age 19) and [his sister] Marie Valois Duchess Bar (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Bar. She the daughter of [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 44) and [his mother] Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France. He the son of Henry of Bar IV Count of Bar and Yolande Dampierre Countess of Bar (age 33). They were second cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 8th April 1364 [his father] King John "The Good" II of France (age 44) died at Savoy Palace [Map] of an unknown illness. He was buried at the Basilica of St Denis [Map]. His son [his brother] Charles (age 25) succeeded V King France: Capet Valois.
On 19th June 1369 [his brother] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 27) and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Louis Dampierre III Count Nevers II Count Flanders (age 38) and Margaret Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders (age 46). He the son of [his father] King John "The Good" II of France and [his mother] Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1370 [his daughter] Marie Valois Anjou was born to Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 30) and [his wife] Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.61%.
On 3rd November 1373 [his sister] Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre (age 30) died at Évreux.
On 5th October 1377 [his son] King Louis of Naples was born to Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 38) and [his wife] Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou (age 32) at Toulose. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.61%. He married 1400 his first cousin once removed Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples, daughter of King John I of Aragon and Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon, and had issue.
In 1380 [his son] Charles Valois was born to Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 40) and [his wife] Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.61%.
On 16th September 1380 [his brother] King Charles V of France (age 42) died. His son [his nephew] Charles (age 11) succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois.
After 1383 [his daughter] Marie Valois Anjou (deceased) died.
On 20th September 1384 Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 45) died. His son Louis (age 6) succeeded Louis II Duke Anjou.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1404 [his former wife] Marie Chatillon Duchess Anjou (age 59) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: James I King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
GrandFather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Béla IV King of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman
Father: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh III Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo III Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Metz Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugues Vergy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Vergy Duchess Burgundy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas St Valery
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele Ponthieu
GrandMother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Avesnes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Guise
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
GrandFather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John I Brabant
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Mother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Ottokar I of Bohemia
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance of Hungary
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna
GrandMother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count of Habsburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert IV Count of Habsburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes of Staufen
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Ulrich of Kyburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig of Kyburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count Palatine of Tubingen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen