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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia was born to [her father] Hugh Tours.
In 821 Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bavaria. Holy Roman Emperor. He the son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks (age 43) and Ermengarde Hesbaye Queen Consort Aquitaine.
Around 825 [her son] Ermengard Carolingian was born to [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
In 825 [her son] Louis II King Italy Holy Roman Emperor was born to [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia. He married 5th October 851 Engelberga Spoleto Holy Roman Empress and had issue.
In 826 [her son] Hiltrude Carolingian was born to [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 31) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
In 830 [her daughter] Bertha Carolingian Abbess Avenay was born to [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 35) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
Around 830 [her daughter] Gisela Carolingian Abbess Avenay was born to [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 35) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
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 835 [her son] Lothair II King Lotharingia was born to [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 40) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia. He married 855 Teutberga Arles, daughter of Boso "Elder" Arles Count Arles, and had issue.
In 840 [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 45) succeeded King Middle Francia. Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia by marriage Queen Consort Middle Francia.
Around 840 [her daughter] Rotrude Carolingian was born to [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 45) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
In 845 [her son] Charles King Provence was born to [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 50) and Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
On 29th September 855 [her husband] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 60) died.