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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.
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On 14th March 1190 twin boys Robert Capet and Philip Capet were born to King Philip II of France (age 24) and Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France (age 19). The eldest Robert died the same day, the youngest Philip died three days later. Their mother Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France died from childbirth the day after the birth.
Around 21st September 1411 Anne Mortimer (age 20) died from childbirth.
On 22nd December 1476 Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 25) died from childbirth. The cause of death unknown but likely a consequence of the birth of her fourth child Richard in early October. She was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. George York 1st Duke of Clarence (age 27) believed she had been murdered by Ankarette Hawkeston aka Twynyho. See Trial and Execution of Ankarette Twynyho.
On 2nd February 1503 Katherine Tudor was born to King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 46) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 36) at the Tower of London [Map]. She died eight days later on 11th February 1503.
On 11th February 1503 (her birthday) Elizabeth York Queen Consort England died from childbirth.
On 24th October 1537 Queen Jane Seymour (age 28) died at Hampton Court Palace [Map] at two in the morning as a result of complications arising from childbirth.
On 12th August 1545 Maria Aviz (age 17) died from childbirth one month after giving birth to her son Carlos Habsburg Spain.
On 5th September 1548 Catherine Parr Queen Consort England (age 36) died from childbirth having given birth to her daughter Mary Seymour six days before. She was buried at Sudeley Castle [Map]. William Harvey (age 38) as Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary was the only herald to attend her funeral.
Around 23rd August 1557 Mary Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 17) died from childbirth at Arundel House [Map].
Around 24th November 1610 Sophie Hohenzollern (age 28) died from childbirth four weeks after the birth of her only child Jacob Kettler.
In February 1649 Elizabeth Wenman Baroness Latimer and Willoughby Broke died from childbirth. Her husband had died a month before. Their son Greville Verney 17th Baron Latimer 9th Baron Willoughby was born posthumously on 26 Jan 1649. She was buried at Compton Verney Chapel [Map].
On 12th September 1709 Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort was born to Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort (age 25) and Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort (age 22). His mother Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort died from childbirth the next day.
In July 1723 Mercy Wright died from childbirth having given birth to her son Lionel Wright Vane-Fletcher 1st Baronet a month before.
On 22nd July 1746 Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (age 20) died from childbirth three days after having given birth to her daughter Princess Marie Thérèse of France.
On 9th April 1755 Catherine Winn (age 23) died from childbirth.
Before 1st May 1755 Beatrix Copley (age 34) died from childbirth. On 1st May 1755 she was buried.
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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 1757 Rhoda Delaval (age 31) died from childbirth following the birth of her son Francis.
On 7th July 1770 Amelia Watts (age 19) died from childbirth one month after the birth of her son Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool .
On 25th March 1772 George Greville was born to George Greville 2nd Earl Warwick and Brooke (age 25) and Georgiana Peachey. His mother died from childbirth a few days later on 3rd April 1772. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 24th January 1783 Sarah Gurney (age 26) died from childbirth ten days after the birth of her son Samuel Hoare.
On 22nd August 1785 Hester Lyttelton died from childbirth giving birth to her second child who also died.
In 1786 Harriet Pitt (age 28) died from childbirth five days after giving birth to her only child.
On 1st February 1786 Mary Shuttleworth Lady Turner and Gascoigne (age 35) died from childbirth having given birth to a son, Thomas Charles Gascoigne, in the previous month.
On 10th September 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft (age 38) died from childbirth eleven days after the birth of Mary Godwin aka Shelley.
On 20th September 1822 Georgiana Elizabeth Miller Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne (age 33) died from childbirth. She had given birth to twins one of whom was stillborn, one survived thirteen days.
Monument in Milton Mausoleum, Markham Clinton [Map] sculpted by Richard Westmacott (age 47).
Georgiana Elizabeth Miller Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne: On 1st June 1789 she was born to Edward Miller Mundy. On 18th July 1807 Henry Pelham-Clinton 4th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and she were married in Lambeth Palace by marriage Duchess Newcastle under Lyme. He the son of Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln.
On 3rd August 1829 Mathewana Onslow (age 21) died from childbirth at Calwich Hall [Map] three months after giving birth to a daughter. Memorial at St Peter's Church, Ellastone.
Mathewana Onslow: Around 1808 she was born to Matthew Richard Onslow. On 28th June 1828 Bernard Granville and she were married.
On 4th October 1829 Arabella Hamlyn-Williams died from childbirth shortly after the birth of her fourth child Catherine Hamilton Noel.
On 28th March 1831 Anne-Elizabeth Hodgson (age 28) died from childbirth eleven days after giving birth to a daughter.
On 28th February 1848 Jessie Dalrymple Goddard (age 23) died from childbirth a few weeks after the birth of their only child Ernest Ambrose Vivian 2nd Baron Swansea.
On 7th April 1854 Catherine Louise Georgina Marlay (age 23) died from childbirth three weeks after giving birth to her daughter Edith Katherine Manners (deceased) who had died at twelve days old. She was buried at Highgate Cemetery on 15th April 1854. Monument by William Calder Marshall (age 41) erected in 1862 in a chapel at St Katherine's Church, Rowsley [Map] built for the purpose commissioned by her husband John Manners (age 35), the future 7th Duke of Rutland.
On 30th March 1855 Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (age 57) died from childbirth having given birth to twins the day before.
On 12th April 1855 Elizabeth Margaret HIbbert Lady Holland (age 21) died from childbirth.
On 4th January 1858 Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed died from childbirth.
On 22nd May 1858 Margaret Compton (age 28) died from childbirth. Monument at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] erected by her husband Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (age 39). Sculpted by Baron Pietro Carlo Marochetti (age 53).
Margaret Compton: On 14th March 1830 she was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton in Rome, Italy [Map]. On 1st June 1851 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower and she were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
On 15th July 1861 Joanna Mary Boyce (age 29) died from childbirth shortly after the birth of her third child.
On 20th February 1862 Captain Charles Barrington Balfour was born to Charles Balfour (age 38) and Adelaide Barrington (age 23). His mother died from childbirth three days later.
On 1st February 1863 Maria Thérese Lister died from childbirth a day after giving birth to her second son Lewis Vernon-Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt.
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.
On 7th October 1871 Louise Blanche Howard (age 29) died from childbirth six weeks after the birth of a child who had died the same or next day after birth. The Foljambe Tomb. Monument in St Mary's Church Tickhill Doncaster [Map] commissioned by her husband Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool (age 24) who had sixty monuments erected in her memory in places associated with her. Sculpted by William Calder Marshall (age 58).
Louise Blanche Howard: On 22nd February 1842 she was born to Frederick Howard and Fanny Cavendish. On 22nd July 1869 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool and she were married. On 21st February 1877 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool and Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool were married. She was a first cousin of his first wife Louise Blanche Howard.
On 8th October 1881 Florence Chaplin was born to Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin (age 40) and Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower (age 26). Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower died from childbirth two days later. She was buried in the churchyard of St Oswald's Church, Blankney. Her husband's account of her last days .... Lady Florence's second daughter was born on Saturday, and her birth was followed by convulsions from which she never recovered consciousness. Through the night Dr. Brook and her husband watched by her, and on Sunday there was a slight improvement which continued throughout the day. "At that time ", says Mr. Chaplin," my spirit had revived, and I allowed myself, foolishly perhaps, to become quite sanguine—only, alas, to be bitterly disappointed." On Sunday evening the breathing again became more rapid, and on Monday afternoon "my darling passed away, with her head resting on my shoulder, and with the most beautiful expression on her face as she died".
In 1886 Octavia Laura Mary Tennant (age 24) died from childbirth.
On 3rd May 1891 Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe was born to Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 34) and Lucy Tracy Lee. His mother died from childbirth six days later.
On 23rd December 1894 William Grosvenor 3rd Duke Westminster was born to Henry George Grosvenor (age 33) and Dora Mina Erskine-Wemyss (age 38). On 25th December 1894 his mother died from childbirth. He a great x 2 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 28th July 1923 Doreen Buxton Duchess Grafton (age 25) died from childbirth after giving birth to her third child Charles Oliver Edward Fitzroy on 13th July 1923.