Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
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.
Paternal Family Tree: Saxon Ottonian
Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort East Francia.
Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Hatheburg Unknown Queen Consort East Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort East Francia.
In 876 Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia was born.
In 908 [his son] Thankmar Saxon Ottonian was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 32) and Hatheburg Unknown Queen Consort East Francia.
Around 910 [his daughter] Hedwig Saxon Ottonian was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 34) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
On 23rd November 912 [his son] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 36) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
On 30th November 912 Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 36) succeeded I Duke Saxony.
On 24th May 919 Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 43) was created I King East Francia.
All About History Books
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.
Around 920 [his son] Henry Saxon Ottonian I Duke Bavaria was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 44) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
In May 925 [his son] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 49) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 4th September 925. And Athelstan (age 31) was chosen king in Mercia, and consecrated at Kingston [Map]. He gave his [his future daughter-in-law] sister to [his son] Otho (age 12), son of the king of the Old-Saxons (age 49). St. Dunstan (age 16) was now born; and Wulfhelm took to the archbishopric in Canterbury. This year King Athelstan and Sihtric king of the Northumbrians came together at Tamworth, Staffordshire [Map], the sixth day before the calends of February, and Athelstan gave away his sister to him.
In 929 [his son] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Eadgyth Wessex Queen Consort Germany were married. She the daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons (age 59). He the son of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 53) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
Before 930 [his son-in-law] Gilbert Reginarids I Duke Lorraine (age 39) and [his daughter] Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia were married. She the daughter of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 53) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. He the son of Reginar "Longneck" Reginarids I Duke Lorraine.
On 2nd July 936 Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 60) died. His son [his son] Otto (age 23) succeeded I King Germany, I Duke Saxony. [his daughter-in-law] Eadgyth Wessex Queen Consort Germany by marriage Queen Consort Germany.
[his daughter] Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.