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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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In 1275 Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor was born to Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg (age 35) and Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg at Valciennes.
On 5th June 1288 [his father] Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg (age 48) died.
On 9th July 1292 Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 17) and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur were married at Tervuren. He the son of Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg and Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg.
On 10th August 1296 [his son] King John I of Bohemia was born to Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 21) and [his wife] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.
In 1304 [his daughter] Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France was born to Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and [his wife] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.
In 1305 [his daughter] Beatrix Luxemburg Queen Consort Hungary was born to Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and [his wife] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.
Adam Murimuth Continuation. 25th February 1308... both he and the queen were crowned by the Bishop of Winchester, Henry, by the commission of Lord Robert, Archbishop of Canterbury. And present at the said coronation were [his future son-in-law] Charles (age 13), the brother of the queen (age 13), who later became King of France, Duke of Brittany, Henry (age 33), Count of Luxembourg, who later became Emperor, and Peter de Gavestone (age 24), who nobly appeared, surpassing all, incurred the envy and hatred of all. Also, Louis (age 31), the brother of the King of France (age 39), was there.
... tam ipse quam ipsa regina fuerunt coronati per episcopum Wyntoniensem Henricum, ex commissione domini Roberti archiepiscopi Cantuariensis. Et dicte coronationi interfuerunt Karolus, frater regine, qui postea fuit rex Francie, dux Britanniæ, Henricus comes Luceburgiæ, qui postea fuit imperator, et Petrus de Gavestone, qui nobiliter apparuit omnes transcendens, invidiam et odium omnium incurrebat. Item, Lodowycus, frater regis Francis, fuit ibidem
In 1312 Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 37) was created VII Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg. [his wife] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur by marriage Countess Luxemburg, Countess Namur.
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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.
On 24th August 1313 Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) died. He was buried at Pisa Duomo. His half fourth cousin Louis (age 31) succeeded IV Holy Roman Emperor.
[his father] Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg and [his mother] Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg were married. She by marriage Countess Luxemburg. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Bouchard Avesnes and [his grandmother] Margaret II Countess Flanders. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur and [his grandmother] Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Kings Franks: Great x 3 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 11 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jutta von Wassenberg Wassenburg Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg
GrandFather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Namur III Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Billung Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Conrad Luxemburg Count Luxemburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Clementia Aquitaine Countess Luxemburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerard II Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry I Count Guelders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermgard Zutphen Countess Guelders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Arnstein 3rd Count Arnstein
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders
Father: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud I Count of Bar
Great x 3 Grandfather: Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisele de Vaudémont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar
GrandMother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Avesnes
GrandFather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adela Guise
Mother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders III Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Guelders Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou
GrandMother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine