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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Biography of Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre 1217-1256

Paternal Family Tree: Dampierre

In 1205 [her father] Archambaud "Great" Dampierre (age 16) and [her mother] Alix Forez were married.

Around 1217 Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre was born to Archambaud "Great" Dampierre (age 28) and Alix Forez.

In 1222 [her future husband] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 20) and Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne.

After 11th July 1231 Theobald IV King Navarre (age 30) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne.

Around 1233 [her daughter] Eleanor Blois died.

In 1233 [her daughter] Eleanor Blois was born to [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 31) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 16).

On 7th April 1234 Sancho "Strong" VII King Navarre (age 79) died. His nephew [her husband] Theobald (age 32) succeeded IV King Navarre. Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 17) by marriage Queen Consort Navarre.

In 1236 John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 18) and [her step-daughter] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany (age 10) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 34) and Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy. He the son of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany (age 49) and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 06 or 7th December 1239 [her son] Theobald "Young" II King Navarre was born to [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 38) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 22).

Around 1242 [her daughter] Beatrix Blois Duchess Burgundy was born to [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 40) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 25).

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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.

In 1242 [her father] Archambaud "Great" Dampierre (age 53) died.

Around 1244 [her son] Henry I King Navarre was born to [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 42) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 27).

On 8th July 1253 [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 52) died. His son [her son] Theobald (age 13) succeeded V Count Champagne, II King Navarre.

In 1255 [her son-in-law] Frederick Metz III Duke Lorraine (age 15) and [her daughter] Margaret Blois Duchess Lorraine were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 38). He the son of Matthias Metz II Duke Lorraine and Catherine Luxemburg Duchess Lorraine (age 40). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 6th April 1255 [her son] Theobald "Young" II King Navarre (age 15) and [her daughter-in-law] Isabella Capet (age 14) were married. She the daughter of King Louis IX of France (age 40) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 34). He the son of [her former husband] Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 38). They were half third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 12th April 1256 Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 39) died.

[her father] Archambaud "Great" Dampierre and Beatrice Montluçon were married.

[her daughter] Margaret Blois Duchess Lorraine was born to Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre.

[her son] Peter Blois was born to Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre.

Royal Descendants of Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre 1217-1256

Theobald "Young" II King Navarre

Henry I King Navarre

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

Ancestors of Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre 1217-1256

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thibaud Dampierre

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thibaut Dampierre

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Saint Just

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre

Great x 4 Grandfather: Milo I "The Great" Montlhéry

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Montlhéry

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Dampierre

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andre Baudémont

Great x 2 Grandmother: Helvide Baudémont

GrandFather: Guy Dampierre

Father: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre

Great x 1 Grandfather: Archambaud Bouron

GrandMother: Mathilde Bouron

Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre

Mother: Alix Forez