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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Ardennes
In 950 [her father] Sigfried Luxemburg Ardennes Count Ardennes (age 28) and [her mother] Hedwig Nordgau were married.
Around 975 Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress was born to Sigfried Luxemburg Ardennes Count Ardennes (age 53) and Hedwig Nordgau.
On 28th October 998 [her father] Sigfried Luxemburg Ardennes Count Ardennes (age 76) died.
In 999 Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor (age 24) and Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress (age 24) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Sigfried Luxemburg Ardennes Count Ardennes and Hedwig Nordgau. He the son of Henry "Quarrelsome" Saxon Ottonian II Duke Bavaria and Gisela Welf Duchess Bavaria.
In 1002 [her husband] Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor (age 27) was elected King Romans. Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress (age 27) by marriage Queen Consort Romans.
In 1014 [her husband] Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor (age 39) was elected II Holy Roman Emperor. Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress (age 39) by marriage Holy Roman Empress.
In 1024 [her husband] Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor (age 49) died.
On 3rd March 1040 Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress (age 65) died.
Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress
GrandFather: Eberhard IV Nordgau
Mother: Hedwig Nordgau