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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 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 969-1030

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In or before 969 [his father] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine (age 31) and [his mother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois (age 55) and [his grandmother] Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy (age 53). He the son of [his grandfather] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine and [his grandmother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine.

In 969 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine was born to William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine (age 32) and Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.

On 3rd February 994 [his father] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine (age 57) died. His son William (age 25) succeeded V Duke Aquitaine.

After 1003 [his mother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine died.

In or before 1004 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 34) and Adalemode Limoges Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.

In 1004 [his son] William VI Duke Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 35) and [his wife] Adalemode Limoges Duchess Aquitaine.

In or before 1010 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 40) and Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.

Around 1010 [his son] Odo Duke Gascony and Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 41) and [his wife] Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine.

In or before 1023 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 53) and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy (age 62) and Ermentrude Countess Burgundy. He the son of William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.

In 1023 [his son] William VII Duke Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 54) and [his wife] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.

Around 1025 [his son] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 56) and [his wife] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.

On 31st January 1030 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 61) died. His son [his son] William (age 26) succeeded VI Duke Aquitaine.

In 1032 Geoffrey "Martel aka Hammer" Ingelger II Count Anjou and [his wife] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and Ermentrude Countess Burgundy. He the son of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou (age 62) and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou.

[his daughter] Agnes Poitiers was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.

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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.

[his son] Theobald Poitiers was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine.

[his son] Adalais Poitiers was born to William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine.

Ancestors of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 969-1030

Biography of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 969-1030

William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 969-1030 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 969-1030

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Ancestors of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 969-1030