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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Munich is in Bavaria.
On 23rd December 1304 Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria [aged 51] died at Munich.
On 14th December 1334 Otto Wittelsbach IV Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 27] died at Munich. His nephew John [aged 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 [aged 54] and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 24] at Munich. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. 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 de 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 [aged 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 [aged 34] and Catherine Gorizia Duchess Bavaria at Munich. He married 11th May 1433 his half second cousin once removed Margarethe of Cleves, daughter of Adolph de 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 [aged 35] and Catherine Gorizia Duchess Bavaria at Munich.
On 7th January 1434 Adolf Wittelsbach was born to William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 59] and Margarethe of Cleves [aged 17] at Munich. He died aged seven in 1441.
In 1435 William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 60] died at Munich.
In 1435 William Wittelsbach was born to William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 60] and Margarethe of Cleves [aged 18] at Munich. He died aged less than one years old.
In 1435 William Wittelsbach died at Munich.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 2nd July 1438 Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria [aged 65] died at Munich. His son Albert [aged 37] succeeded III Duke Bavaria.
On 24th October 1441 Adolf Wittelsbach [aged 7] died at Munich.
On 9th June 1454 Barbara Wittelsbach was born to Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 53] and Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria [aged 40] at Munich.
Around 1487 Nicholas Kratzer was born at Munich.
On 22nd February 1568 William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria [aged 19] and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria [aged 23] were married at Munich. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine and Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine [aged 46]. He the son of Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria [aged 39] and Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria [aged 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 [aged 24] and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria [aged 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.
On 8th December 1843 Christian Hubert von Pfeffel was born to Karl von Pfeffel [aged 32] and Karoline Adelheid Pauline Rottenburg [aged 38] at Munich. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 8th November 1967 Marie Melita Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg [aged 68] died at Munich.