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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In 1281 [her father] Charles Martel King Hungary and [her mother] Clementia Habsburg were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Rudolph I King Romans and [her grandmother] Gertrude Hohenburg. He the son of Charles II King Naples and Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples.
In February 1293 Clementia Hungary Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Charles Martel King Hungary and [her mother] Clementia Habsburg.
After 7th February 1293 [her mother] Clementia Habsburg died.
On 12th August 1295 [her father] Charles Martel King Hungary died at Naples. He was buried at Naples Cathedral.
In 1306 [her brother] Charles I King Hungary and [her sister-in-law] Mary Bytom Queen Consort Hungary Queen Consort Poland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of [her father] Charles Martel King Hungary and [her mother] Clementia Habsburg.
On 5th May 1309 [her grandfather] Charles II King Naples died. [her father] Charles Martel King Hungary succeeded King Naples.
On 15th November 1316 [her son] John "The Posthumous" I King France was born to Louis X King France I Navarre and Clementia Hungary Queen Consort France. He died aged less than one years old.
On 20th November 1316 [her son] John "The Posthumous" I King France died. Philip V King France I King Navarre succeeded V King France: Capet. He also claimed the Kingdom of Navarre although he had no hereditary right to do so since the Kingdom of Navarre was subject to inheritance by the female as well as male line meaning the four year old Joan Capet II Queen Navarre was successor by right. The Navarese didn't recognise his claim.
Around February 1319 [her brother] Charles I King Hungary and [her sister-in-law] Beatrix Luxemburg Queen Consort Hungary were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Hungary. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of [her father] Charles Martel King Hungary and [her mother] Clementia Habsburg.
On 6th July 1320 [her brother] Charles I King Hungary and [her sister-in-law] Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of [her father] Charles Martel King Hungary and [her mother] Clementia Habsburg.
On 12th October 1328 Clementia Hungary Queen Consort France died.
Louis X King France I Navarre and Clementia Hungary Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Charles Martel King Hungary and Clementia Habsburg. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre.