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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Macedonia
Around 322BC [his father] Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC (age 45) and Eurydice of Egypt were married.
In 317BC [his father] Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC (age 50) and [his mother] Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC were married.
In 309BC Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharoah of Egypt 309BC 246BC was born to [his father] Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC (age 58) and [his mother] Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC.
In 284BC Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharoah of Egypt 309BC 246BC (age 25) succeeded Pharaoh of Egypt.
Around 280BC [his son] Ptolemy III Euergetes 280BC 222BC was born to Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharoah of Egypt 309BC 246BC (age 29) and Arsinoe I.
Before January 279BC [his half-brother] Ptolemy Ceraunus King of Macedon 319BC 279BC (age 40) and [his sister] Arsinoe II 316BC 265BC (age 37) were married. She the daughter of [his father] Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and [his mother] Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. He the son of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Eurydice of Egypt. They were brother and sister.
After 273BC Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharoah of Egypt 309BC 246BC (age 36) and Arsinoe II 316BC 265BC (age 43) were married. No issue. She the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. He the son of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. They were brother and sister.
[his half-brother] Rebel in Cyprus was executed on the orders of his half-brother Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharoah of Egypt 309BC 246BC.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharoah of Egypt 309BC 246BC
GrandFather: Magas of Macedon
Mother: Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC
Great x 2 Grandfather: Iolaus of Macedon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Cassander of Macedon
GrandMother: Antigone of Macedon