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Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Munich is in Bavaria.
On 23rd December 1304 Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 51) died at Munich.
On 14th December 1334 Otto Wittelsbach IV Duke Lower Bavaria (age 27) died at Munich. His nephew John (age 5) succeeded 1st Duke Lower Bavaria.
On 25th July 1336 Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 54) and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress (age 24) at Munich. He married (1) after 19th July 1353 Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria and had issue (2) 1394 his half fourth cousin once removed Margaret La Marck Duchess Bavaria, daughter of Adolph de la Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark.
In 1373 Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria was born to John Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 32) and Catherine Gorizia Duchess Bavaria at Munich. He married 26th January 1395 Elisabetta Visconti Duchess Bavaria and had issue.
In 1375 William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria was born to John Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 34) and Catherine Gorizia Duchess Bavaria at Munich. He married 11th May 1433 his half second cousin once removed Margarethe La Marck, daughter of Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves and Marie Valois Duchess Cleves, and had issue.
In 1376 Sofia Wittelsbach was born to John Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 35) and Catherine Gorizia Duchess Bavaria at Munich.
On 7th January 1434 Adolf Wittelsbach was born to William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 59) and Margarethe La Marck (age 17) at Munich. He died aged seven in 1441.
In 1435 William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 60) died at Munich.
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 1435 William Wittelsbach was born to William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 60) and Margarethe La Marck (age 18) at Munich. He died aged less than one years old.
In 1435 William Wittelsbach died at Munich.
On 2nd July 1438 Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 65) died at Munich. His son Albert (age 37) succeeded III Duke Bavaria.
On 24th October 1441 Adolf Wittelsbach (age 7) died at Munich.
On 9th June 1454 Barbara Wittelsbach was born to Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 53) and Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria (age 40) at Munich.
Around 1487 Nicholas Kratzer was born at Munich.
On 22nd February 1568 William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 19) and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 23) were married at Munich. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine and Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine (age 46). He the son of Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 39) and Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria (age 39). They were second cousins.
On 17th April 1573 Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria was born to William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 24) and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 28) at Munich. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.86%. He married (1) 6th February 1595 his first cousin Elisabeth Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria, daughter of Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine and Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine (2) 15th July 1635 his niece Maria Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress, and had issue.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 8th December 1843 Christian Hubert von Pfeffel was born to Karl von Pfeffel (age 32) and Karoline Adelheid Pauline Rottenburg (age 38) at Munich.
On 8th November 1967 Marie Melita Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 68) died at Munich.