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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: Anjou aka Plantagenet
In 1157 [her father] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 21) and [her mother] Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa. He the son of [her grandfather] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and [her grandmother] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem (age 52).
In 1160 Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem was born to Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 24) and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem (age 24).
In 1167 [her father] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 31) and [her step-mother] Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. He the son of [her grandfather] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and [her grandmother] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem.
On 11th July 1174 [her father] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 38) died. His son [her brother] Baldwin (age 13) succeeded IV King Jerusalem.
In August 1177 [her son] Baldwin V King Jerusalem was born to William Montferrat and Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 17).
Around 1184 [her mother] Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem (age 48) died.
In August 1186 [her son] Baldwin V King Jerusalem (age 9) died. His mother Sibylla (age 26) succeeded Queen Jerusalem.
In August 1186 Guy I King Jerusalem (age 36) and Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem.
In 1190 Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 30) died. Her half sister [her half-sister] Isabella (age 18) succeeded Queen Jerusalem.
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.
On 18th July 1194 [her former husband] Guy I King Jerusalem (age 44) died at Nicosia. His brother [her former brother-in-law] Almaric (age 49) succeeded II King Jerusalem.
In or before 1177 William Montferrat and Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem were married. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem.
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulcuich Count Mortagne au Perche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais
Great x 4 Grandmother: Melisende Viscountess Châteaudun
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albéric II Count Mâcon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Béatrice de Mâcon Countess Gâtinais
Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele Vermandois Countess Anjou
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou
GrandFather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Reginarids
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aumary Reginarids
Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Montfort
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Unknown
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy Archbishop of Rouen
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Normandy 2nd Count Évreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Herleva Countess Évreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramon Borrell Count of Barcelona
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide or Godehildis Ramon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde of Carcassonne
Father: Almaric I King Jerusalem
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin II King Jerusalem
GrandMother: Melisende Queen of Jerusalem
Great x 2 Grandfather: Joscelin Courtenay
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joscelin Courtenay I Count Edessa
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy I of Montlhéry
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth Montlhéry
GrandFather: Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa
Great x 2 Grandfather: Constantine I Armenia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Armenia
Mother: Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem