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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: Armagnac
Maternal Family Tree: Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac 1310-1363
In 1311 [her father] John I Count Armagnac and Reine de Got Countess Armagnac were married. She by marriage Countess Armagnac.
After 18th February 1347 Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon was born to [her father] John I Count Armagnac (age 36) and [her mother] Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac (age 37).
On 21st November 1359 [her brother] John II Count Armagnac (age 26) and [her sister-in-law] Jeanne Countess Armagnac were married. She the daughter of Roger Bernard Unknown Count Périgord. He the son of [her father] John I Count Armagnac (age 48) and [her mother] Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac (age 49).
Before 1362 [her brother-in-law] John Valois 1st Duke Berry (age 21) and [her sister] Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Berry. She the daughter of [her father] John I Count Armagnac (age 50) and [her mother] Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac (age 51). He the son of King John "The Good" II of France (age 42) and 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 [her mother] Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac (age 53) died.
On 16th May 1373 [her father] John I Count Armagnac (age 62) died. His son [her brother] John (age 40) succeeded II Count Armagnac. [her sister-in-law] Jeanne Countess Armagnac by marriage Countess Armagnac.
On 24th June 1373 King John I of Aragon (age 22) and Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon (age 26) were married at Barcelona [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of John I Count Armagnac (deceased) and Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac. He the son of Peter IV King Aragon (age 53) and Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Aragon. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 23rd October 1378 Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon (age 31) died.
On 2nd February 1380 [her former husband] King John I of Aragon (age 29) and Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon (age 15) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar (age 35) and Marie Valois Duchess Bar (age 35). He the son of [her former father-in-law] Peter IV King Aragon (age 60) and Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Aragon. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 19th May 1396 [her former husband] King John I of Aragon (age 45) died. His brother [her former brother-in-law] Martin (age 39) succeeded I King Aragon.
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.
[her father] John I Count Armagnac and [her mother] Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac were married. She by marriage Countess Armagnac.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Bernard VI Count Armagnac
Father: John I Count Armagnac
Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon 5 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 Grandfather: Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont 2 x Great Grand Son 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
GrandFather: John Bourbon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Odo III Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Vergy Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Burgundy Count Charolais 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Burgundy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archambaud "Young" Dampierre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Forez
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Chatillon
Mother: Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England